William Shaw Books in Order
William Shaw has written 18 books, published between 1994 and 2026. The first book is Spying in Guru Land (1994) and the newest is The Burning Tide (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1994–2026
- Confirmed
- 18 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,397 in 12 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,397 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
William Shaw came to crime fiction from journalism, having written for The Observer, The New York Times, Wired, Arena and The Face and taken Amazon UK's Music Journalist of the Year award in 2003. Non-fiction came first: Westside (2000), a year spent among young men in South Central Los Angeles, and A Superhero for Hire (2004), collected columns from the Observer Magazine. The Breen and Tozer trilogy opens with A Song From Dead Lips / She's Leaving Home (2013), setting Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen and Constable Helen Tozer against London in 1968 and 1969. DS Alexandra Cupidi and DS Eden Driscoll lead later series, and Shaw's 18 catalogued books reach The Burning Tide (2026) at a median of 410 pages.
How many William Shaw books are there?
William Shaw has 18 books, released between 1994 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.
William Shaw Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 William Shaw books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119942173/4
- 220003343/4
- 320043003/4
- 42007873/4
- 520134483/4
- 620144163/4
- 720154033/4
- 820163293/4
- 920174483/4
- 1020184553/4
- 1120194803/4
- 1220204803/4
- 132021–3/4
- 142022–3/4
- 152023–3/4
- 162024–3/4
- 172025–3/4
- 182026–3/4
William Shaw books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
DS Alexandra Cupidi in order
6 booksWilliam Shaw Non-Fiction
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Breen and Tozer in order
4 booksWilliam Shaw Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
DS Eden Driscoll in order
2 booksDo you have to read William Shaw books in order?
You only need to read William Shaw books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with William Shaw
Start with Spying in Guru Land (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest William Shaw book?
The Burning Tide (2026) is the newest William Shaw book released so far.
Is there a new William Shaw book coming?
No next William Shaw book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
William Shaw at a glance
- Still publishing
- William Shaw published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- William Shaw books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,397 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 410 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most William Shaw books, 7 of 18, were published in the 2020s.
What the William Shaw books are about
12 of the 18 William Shaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: london (england) is tagged on 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- London (England) 4 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 12 books
- Crime 3 of 12 books
- English literature 3 of 12 books
- Investigation 3 of 12 books
- Murder 3 of 12 books
- Police 3 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 12 books