Grave's End

* THE GRIPPING THIRD NOVEL IN THE DS CUPIDI SERIES, BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR WILLIAM SHAW 'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID 'A superb storyteller' PETER MAY A BIZARRE DISCOVERY An unidentified corpse is found in a freezer in the garage of an unoccupied house. DS Alexandra Cupidi is handed a case that is made even colder by no-one seeming to know or care whose body it is. A HISTORIC CRIME It becomes clear there is a connection between the crime and a skeleton uncovered underneath a housing development of Trevor Grey, a boy who went missing twenty five years earlier. A BURIED LIFE Digging deep into secrets that have long been concealed brings Cupidi to face a deadly conspiracy to hide these crimes. Her investigation is complicated by a secret liaison, a political cover-up and the underground life of Trevor Grey's only friend. With meticulously realised characters and a brooding setting, Grave's End confronts the crisis in housing, environmentalism, historic cases of abuse and the protection given to badgers by the law. The third book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi series confirms William Shaw as one of our finest writers of crime fiction. READERS ARE LOVING THE THIRD IN THE DS CUPIDI SERIES: 'A must read' ????? 'Totally hooked' ????? 'Fantastic . . . definitely recommend' ????? 'Another cracking book' ????? 'Great characters, wonderful wildlife and a superb location' ?????