Prepare to be transported back to the heyday of the swinging Sixties in this thoroughly enjoyable debut by William Shaw. I cannot wait to get my hands on A House of Knives, book two in the series. This is the book that will make you wish you were around in the Sixties. Breen particularly shone for me, as a character. I had masses of fun getting to know Breen and Tozer in 1968. Shaw does a great job in giving us the Sixties era, warts and all. As for Tozer and the casual nastiness aimed at females, it just seemed sad and pathetic. It must have been tough being from a minority ethnic background at that time and having such open abusive terms thrust at you. Plus we get a real sense of the casual and open racism and sexism. We see the police investigation, through Breen and Tozer. We get the hero worship of boy bands in the Beatlemania. There is plenty that is familiar and fascinating. It was a time without the internet, mobile phones, DNA finger printing and Netflix. My impression is that it was a period of rapid societal change, when conventional 1950s behaviours were being thrown out of the window. The nearest I have got to the Swinging Sixties is watching Donald and Jacqueline on TV’s Benidorm. I have no idea what life was like fifty years ago. There are links to the Beatles and near by Carnaby Street. Together they start to piece together who the murder victim was and who would want her dead. Tozer is a Beatles fan and a woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. He is assigned Tozer, who is more a child of her time. A conventional man, who isn’t about to break the rules. Breen is very much representative of the 1950s. This becomes a case for Breen, a man who doesn’t quite fit into the CID.
#Songs about lips plus
The story starts with a disgruntled Nanny plus children discovering a body dumped in St John’s Wood. It introduces Sargeant Cathal Breen and Temporary Detective Constable Helen Tozer and sets them up for further adventures.
#Songs about lips series
A Song From Dead Lips is the start of a brand new series set in London’s Swinging Sixties.
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