The Wild Swimmers
On sale
13th February 2025
Price: £9.99
Genre
‘Shaw’s novels combine a strong central character with an atmospheric setting and original plots’ Sunday Times
If only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, it would have been her who had discovered the dead woman.
Convinced the report of a body on the beach is a false alarm, D S Cupidi darts to Folkstone with her daughter Zoe in toe to scan the area. But this time her instincts are off and it is Zoe who discovers Mimi Greene’s body on the shoreline.
A regular wild swimmer with her friends, it is perplexing that she would have been out swimming alone, especially in bad weather. Putting aside her daughter’s traumatised state, D S Cupidi must find the truth behind Mimi’s death.
Meanwhile, Jill Ferriter receives a letter from a man named Stephen Dowles. Convicted of murder in the 90’s, he’s been in prison for more than twenty years. In the letter he claims to be her father.
Jill must lean on Bill South in the absence Cupidi, and finding out that he knew Stephen Dowles from a historic case, Bill sets out to uncover the facts around Dowles’ conviction, revisiting old colleagues and criminals.
The Wild Swimmers is an explosive return to the DI Alexandra Cupidi Series, where the waters of the Folkstone shoreline bring encounters that could never be foreseen..
If only Alexandra Cupidi had turned south instead of north, it would have been her who had discovered the dead woman.
Convinced the report of a body on the beach is a false alarm, D S Cupidi darts to Folkstone with her daughter Zoe in toe to scan the area. But this time her instincts are off and it is Zoe who discovers Mimi Greene’s body on the shoreline.
A regular wild swimmer with her friends, it is perplexing that she would have been out swimming alone, especially in bad weather. Putting aside her daughter’s traumatised state, D S Cupidi must find the truth behind Mimi’s death.
Meanwhile, Jill Ferriter receives a letter from a man named Stephen Dowles. Convicted of murder in the 90’s, he’s been in prison for more than twenty years. In the letter he claims to be her father.
Jill must lean on Bill South in the absence Cupidi, and finding out that he knew Stephen Dowles from a historic case, Bill sets out to uncover the facts around Dowles’ conviction, revisiting old colleagues and criminals.
The Wild Swimmers is an explosive return to the DI Alexandra Cupidi Series, where the waters of the Folkstone shoreline bring encounters that could never be foreseen..
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Reviews
Loved it. Atmospheric, complex and satisfying - this is another hugely gripping instalment in my favourite police series.
The writing and plotting are so good that they sweep you on to the end
This is a fast-paced, atmospheric thriller with red herrings and twists and turns along the way.
The latest novel in William Shaw's atmospheric series set on the Kent coast is full of keen-eyed observation, both of landscape and the perils of human relationships.
A skilfully constructed and thoroughly engrossing thriller
Shaw now rivals Ann Cleeves . . . combining compelling mysteries with evocations of Britain's landscape. . . I spent most of the book applauding his artistry.
Clever, understated and believable, Shaw's atmospheric DS Cupidi books are one of the great British crime series
A gripping whodunnit peopled by the good, the bad and the ugly.
This is the fifth in the excellent DS Alex Cupidi series and is just as richly immersive as its predecessors. As usual the story rattles along, but never at the expense of its main characters, and with one of them being placed in peril halfway through you'll find yourself galloping through the pages to solve the mystery that lies at the heart of the novel.
