# Sympathy for the Devil

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- Book: [Sympathy for the Devil](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shaw/sympathy-for-the-devil) ([Sympathy for the Devil.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shaw/sympathy-for-the-devil.md))
- Authors: [William Shaw](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-shaw)
- Publisher: riverrun
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8429-725-1
- Published: 2017-05-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'Big treat in store for fans. And if you're not a fan yet, why not?' Val McDermid 'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction' Peter James London 1969: A detective in love. A crime of passion The devil: She made a profit from rich men. They paid for her youth. She paid with her life. The angel: To investigate the prostitute's murder, DS Cathal Breen isn't scared to question powerful suspects. The fall: But when a mysterious man from MI6 calls, Breen begins to fear he's uncovered a spy scandal. And then Breen's girlfriend Helen Tozer, with her ex-copper instincts, gets dangerously involved. Right or wrong, Breen knows he has too much to lose. He can have no sympathy for the devil.