A new author for me, I was attracted to the location in Devon. It took me a couple of chapters to get to know the main character, Eden, but once I did I came to like him. He is a maverick in some ways but tenacious and keeps going until he finds out the truth. Finn, his newly discovered nephew, is traumatized but the growing relationship between them was well described. There are a lot of twists in the plot, some predictable but others come out of the blue .
The writing is fast paced, where necessary descriptive and the suspense is built up in the closing chapters. Characterizations well done, though mostly told through Eden's point of view. I liked the backstory told to Finn, which gave more depth to Eden's character. The plot is intricate with what seem initially to be unconnected threads . I do hope to read more about Eden & Finn and will definately look out for more from William Shaw.
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC

Excellent read, murder mystery with plenty of action. Quite the page turner. A story about a cop whose sister goes missing mysteriously off her boat, leaving her 9 year old son locked in the cabin. Eden, the brother works in the Met in London, but his sister lived in Devon. Eden didn’t know he had a nephew and it comes as quite a shock to suddenly be responsible for a child. The story evolves as Eden tries to work out why his sister fell overboard, the local police initially say it was suicide, but Eden and other friends don’t believe this and with further investigation quite a systery unfolds of basically a rotten cop in Devon.

It's always great to discover a new author and especially one of this quality. The story is pacy and keeps you guessing until the very end and I couldn't put it down.

When a police detective hears about a young woman having gone overboard and her young son being found locked in a cabin on the boat, he puts it down to yet another tragedy to be investigated by the police force in that area.

He gets a double shock however when he learns that the woman in question is his estranged sister Apple and the young boy is his nephew who he didn't even know existed.

With no-one else available to care for the boy, he reluctantly goes to take care of him and, in the process finds his self involved in solving his sister's death.

Fabulous book and I can't wait to read more in the series.

A very good story about an police officer uncle having to discover what happened to his sister whilst trying to care for her child. Good story and good character development. The story has a good pace and ended up staying up late to finish it. Really enjoyed it and hope there will be more in a series about this character.

DS Eden Driscoll is shocked when he receives the news that his estranged sister Apple is missing, The local police ask him to come and see Fin- a nephew he didn't know existed! Apple and Eden had a strange childhood, being dragged from pillar to post (or should that be harbour to harbour) as their controlling father sailed aimlessly around the Med. Police work was the furthest Eden could get. He is committed to his work and had no desire for domesticity of a home or family. He hears that Fin had been found on Apple's boat alone and locked in a cabin. And when Apple's body is found without a life jacket he becomes suspicious. Apple's friends insist she would never have willingly left Fin. She never sailed without a life jacket- Now Eden needs to find out the truth and also adapt to parenting a scared little boy.

I had never read anything by this author before, but I'll be looking out for more as I hope this is the the start of a series. I enjoyed the setting and the characters and their relationships to each other were very compelling. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read this book.

London police officer, Eden Driscoll, hasn’t seen his sister for years. When she goes missing from her home in Devon, he is called down there by the local police. He is shocked to find she has a son, Finn, who he now seems responsible for. Eden thinks there is something suspicious about what happened to his sister but his questions are not appreciated by the locals, particularly the police. This was a brilliant thriller. Eden and Finn are both complex characters and I loved their developing relationship.

What a storyline, the dynamics between Eden and Finn the nephew he never knew he had were just amazingly well written.!
Eden has turned up in the Devon town because his sister Apple is missing, presumed dead. His work as a detective lead him to believe there is more going on than her just jumping overboard from her boat especially when Finn was on-board as well. The more he digs into Apples disappearance the more he's convinced there's something criminal that's happened, even more so when he gets threatened by someone on a motorbike!
Absolutely loved this novel fantastic for more in the series will be looking out for them.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read this novel, highly recommend if you love police dramas!

Police Procedural set in Devon. Eden Driscoll is a detective working in London when he is called to Devon because his sister (who he is estranged from) has gone missing from her boat leaving her nine year old son Finn locked in a cabin. Eden is reluctant to become involved with the boy but stays to avoid him being taken into care insisting it will be a short term measure. He becomes involved in investigating the disappearance of his sister and therein lies the story. Engaging, well written and enjoyable. The last few chapters were particularly nail- biting. Good read.

Death and detection at the seaside. What makes this book memorable is the relationship between DS Eden Driscoll and the nephew he never knew he had, the boy’s mother having died at sea. He’s never had much to do with children and intends having responsibility for Finn for just a few days, before returning home. As they get to know each other, he realises just how much the boy is suffering.

As a detective, Eden decides to investigate his sister’s death. Did she mean to kill herself or was someone else responsible. Strong characters and a pretty seaside setting make this a great read.

I'd quite recently read William Shaw's DS Alex Cupidi series set in Dungeness, and absolutely loved it, so I was intrigued by this new novel (and I suspect first in a series!).

Pleased to say that I found it has a similar. feel, in that it's atmospheric, has extremely well-written characters (the relationship between the main character and his nephew was really well done), and a slow burning but intriguing mystery with various clues dotted throughout.

Really enjoyable read, look forward to the next one if it is indeed a series!

A thoroughly brilliant story with the heart breaking tale of Eden and Finn as well as the whole mystery about what happened to Apple and why is no one taking it seriously....

The Red Shore surprised me, in the best way. I went in expecting a straightforward crime novel, but what I got was something much more emotionally grounded and layered.

The story follows Eden Driscoll, a Met detective who suddenly finds himself caring for his nephew, Finn, after his sister goes missing at sea. That setup alone had me hooked. There’s a quiet sadness that runs through the whole book, grief, guilt, the weight of unresolved family history, and it gives the mystery real emotional depth. It’s not just about finding out what happened, it’s about what loss does to people.

I found Eden incredibly relatable: reserved, conflicted, trying his best but clearly out of his depth both emotionally and as a sudden father figure. His relationship with Finn was the heart of the novel for me. It’s subtle and not overly sentimental, but you feel the shift as they both start to trust each other. Finn felt like a real boy, not overly precocious, just a child trying to understand a world that’s suddenly changed on him.

The mystery itself is well-structured and keeps you guessing without feeling forced. There are enough twists to stay engaged, and the Devon coastal setting really adds to the atmosphere, windy, unpredictable, a bit wild. It matched the emotional tone of the book perfectly.

This is one of those crime novels where the case matters, but the people matter more. It’s thoughtful and well-paced, with a quiet intensity that lingers. I really hope this is the start of a new series as Eden Driscoll is a character I definitely want to spend more time with.

Solid 4.5 stars for me. Highly recommended if you like your crime fiction with emotional weight and character depth.

Eden Driscoll loves his job with the Metropolitan Police but then he gets a call telling him that his estranged sister is missing and he needs to go to Devon to meet the nephew he never knew he had. When Eden arrives he finds himself unwelcome and that his sister was under suspision of being involved in drugs. Not knowing who to trust Eden tries to find the truth about his sister's disappearance whilst building the relationship he never thought he's have.
Shaw is a writer who I do enjoy, I've read several of the books in his previous series and this is the start of a new one, set in Devon. The plot is interesting but rather complex, I did guess the whodunnit, if not the whydunnit, but enjoyed the ride.

William Shaw has found a rich seam of back story, character and well-paced action to mine in the adventures of DS Eden Driscoll. In this first outing we see the lead character away from his normal London crime scene and, instead, pursuing a story related to a nephew he didn’t know existed and an estranged sister he hadn’t seen in years. Inevitably, what seemed at first sight to be a personal tragedy soon takes on dimensions that require Eden’s police skills to be deployed. To say more would spoil the story, so the focus of this review now shifts to an overview of this first in what I, and many others judging by the reviews, hope will be a series filling in more gaps in DS Driscoll’s crime tackling efforts.
Whilst some might quibble at the somewhat implausible elements of some aspects of the plot it’s always as well to remember that The Red Shore is fiction, so a requirement to suspend disbelief to a reasonable extent isn’t perhaps asking too much. Making up, if it were necessary, is a well-drawn cast of characters and a fast-paced plot that will leave some readers gasping for breath and hanging on way past the time they intended to put the book down.
An entertaining and engaging story that deserves a wide readership.

When a yacht is found drifting off the coast of Devon with a terrified nine-year-old boy locked inside, DS Eden Driscoll is stunned to learn the child, Finn, is his nephew. The boat belonged to his estranged sister Apple, whom he hasn’t seen in over a decade.
Abandoning an undercover operation in London, Eden reluctantly heads to the beautiful seaside town of Teignmouth to take
custody of Finn.Days later Apple’s body is found at sea. The local police dismiss it as an accident but Eden, an experienced detective, knows better.
Apple was a skilled sailor and would never take such risks.
He begins to investigate her life, earning him the resentment and suspicion of the detective in charge of the case and before long Eden finds himself in deep waters. Dark dealings are at work beneath Teignmouth’s peaceful surface and someone doesn’t want the truth to come out.
Meanwhile Eden and Finn, uneasy housemates at first, begin to bond over bedtime stories in which Eden recounts his family’s troubled past.
A pacy read, The Red Shore marks the start of a promising new crime series. –

This was a gripping read with a fast paced plot. The information about the mystery of initiaally one strange death was given out in the perfect amount that kept me not wanting to put the book down. The story revolves around Eden, a Met poiliceman, who discovers that his sister has died suddenly and he recognises that it is under strange circumstances. He suddenly is faced with her son, of which he knew nothing about and the interaction between them has been beautifully executed.. I loved the characters as they are so well described and the scenery made the whole story come alive. All I hope now that there is a follow on to this that follows Eden's future path.
This is the first time that I have read William Shaw but I will certainly follow him in future as he writes in such a constructive manner.

Eden, a DS policeman in the London Met gets a call that his sister, Apple, is missing and can he look after her son, Finn. As Eden hasn't seen his sister for years and didn't know that his sister had a child, he goes down to Devon to find out more. Apparently Apple had gone out on her boat at night and vanished, leaving Finn locked in his cab8n alone.
As Eden digs into what happened, it appears that Apple's death may have been deliberate. A series of events happen to try and scare him away but Eden isn't giving up.
Interesting that Ellie Griffiths and Ann Cleaves both rated this story because it has a si ilar vibe to it, capturing Devon and its people. Definitely recommend

I hadn’t read anything by this author before but I certainly will now. This was a fast paced, cleverly plotted, gripping thriller. The characters were very relatable, I liked the peeks we got into Eden’s childhood and thought Finn’s writing as a traumatised child was really sensitively done. I will be looking out for the next in this new series - while I catch up on the authors other books!

Eden is a DS in The Met., in a unit tackling serious crime. He is contacted by Devon Police to say that his sister, whom he hasn't seen for over a decade has disappeared at sea, leaving her eight year old son on his own. Reluctantly Eden travels to Devon to try to work out what to do with the boy. After a few days Eden begins to notice that an increasing number of things about the disappearance just don't add up. His sister's lap-top is missing, the house is broken into and her car taken from the repair garage by someone who claimed to be Eden. Much as the local copper in charge of the case tries to put him off Eden can't help pushing into the investigation. Its a good plot with engaging characters and if you have ever been to Teignmouth you can tell that the author knowns it like the back of his hand. A gripping tale, highly recommended

A fast paced riveting read. I’ve not read anything by this author before, but I’ll be looking out for whatever he writes next. I like his main character, Eden, a Metropolitan police officer, called down to Teignmouth when his estranged sister, Apple, goes missing, leaving her son, Finn, in Edens care. As the only known relative, It’s not a job he wants or needs, and he is quite prepared to hand the child over to Social Services. However, as things start to unravel around him, he is drawn into the case, whether he likes it or not. Beautifully written, it draws the reader along, into a maze of clues, suspects & crimes, with a totally unexpected ending. Thoroughly readable and I loved it.

Thanks to NetGalley, the Publishers and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.