I am merely one in a large group of omnivorous readers. We are so depraved that we will read the label on a bottle of aspirin or the list of ingredients on a can of soup. yes, dire indeed!
But better to be an omnivore than a bear wandering in the woods. Or something. Thoreau maybe?
Such is one William Shaw, who has written for the UK papers Observer and Independent and the NY Times.
I came to admire him reading "Salt Lane" whose heroine is Detective Sergeant Alexandra Cupidi a recent transfer from the Metropolitan police into Kent where this novel takes place.
What happens after an unidentified woman is found floating in a local marshland? The tale that ensues features one person using another's ID, more murders as well as the personal notes. Cupidi is charged with mentoring a Kent officer; has a badly-behaved teenage daughter and more.
Low key but riveting all of the same. 454 pages $27 Your library - since there are three more novels - may well have it in its shelves. Other titles include: "She's Leaving Home," "The Kings of London," "A Song for the Broken-hearted." Shaw lives in Sussex, England. His author photo shows what looks like a youngish, middle-aged man. Good. Keep'm coming Shaw!
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