The birdwatcher
Subtitle: a novel
By: William Shaw
Edition: First North American edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780316316248
Subjects: Retribution; Murder; Police; Investigation; Secrecy; Bird watching; Fiction
Other titles: Bird watcher
Description: A methodical, diligent, and exceptionally bright detective, South is an avid birdwatcher and trusted figure in his small town on the rugged Kentish coast. He also lives with the deeply buried secret that, as a child in Northern Ireland, he may have killed a man. When a fellow birdwatcher is found murdered in his remote home, South's world flips. The culprit seems to be a drifter from South's childhood; the victim was the only person connecting South to his early crime; and a troubled, vivacious new female sergeant has been relocated from London and assigned to work with South. As our hero investigates, he must work ever-harder to keep his own connections to the victim, and his past, a secret.
Notes: "Originally published in Great Britain by Quercus, May 2016" -- Title page verso.