The Red Shore

The first in a brand new series of Devon-set crime thrillers featuring DS Eden Driscoll 'Crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery' Elly Griffiths

'Terrific … Perhaps his best yet' Ann Cleeves

Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed.

Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong.

When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn’t convinced. She was an experienced sailor and would never sail without a life jacket. Eden starts searching his sister’s life for answers, and what he discovers changes everything.

Praise for The Red Shore

‘I’ve always loved Shaw’s writing – The Red Shore is perhaps his best yet’ – Ann Cleeves

‘A gripping and wonderful thriller’ – Nicci French

‘Expertly paced with beautifully drawn characters … Highly recommended’ – M. W. Craven

‘I loved it. A sucking rip-tide of a plot’ – Simon Mason

‘Funny, sad, shocking – and always riveting’ – Jo Furniss

‘The Red Shore opens with a heart in the mouth moment and the pace never lets up … Loved it’ – Rachel Blok

© 2025 Hemlock Press (Lydbog): 9780008720438

Release date

Lydbog: 3. juli 2025