Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw was born in 1939 in Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK. He lived there with his mother during the war years, with occasional periods of respite from the bombs and doodlebugs on his grandparents’ farm in Longham village in central Norfolk. He is a prize-winning writer, and his stories have also been featured in The Weekend Australian.


Chris was educated at Framlingham College, qualified as a pharmacist and spent three years in London, then seven years in the Caribbean, travelling as a medical representative through the British-based islands.


With his family, he emigrated to Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, in 1973, working as a retail pharmacist until he retired in 2009. He owned two pharmacies. 


In 1991, he married his beloved Rebecca at Trinity Beach, and they have never had a cross word.


www.chrisshawauthor.com

Sam Smith is an English boxer from Whitechapel in the 1960s. In Counterpunch, you can follow his incredible journey into world championship boxing. Fast-paced, action-packed and full of intrigue, Counterpunch hooks you from the first page.

He came from nowhere to become a world champion. He was helped by a team of dedicated boxing has-beens. An unstoppable force, he needed the help of the FBI, SAS and the police on two continents as he rose through the ranks.

He has a gift. No-one can beat him.

What does he do that is so different from all other boxers?

TWO LOVERS

A VIOLENT WAR

ONE RAVAGED MIND AND BODY

WILL FATE INTERVENE AND ALLOW THEM TO LIVE AND LOVE AGAIN?


It is the year 1914 in central Norfolk, England, when young farmer Frank Matthews meets his one true love, Gwen Bell, just before volunteering as a sniper in WWI. This captivating novel follows his journey as a lover, husband, father, killer and identity thief as he seeks to survive the horrors of war and the atrocities he both witnessed and committed.


And who is the mysterious discharged soldier Ken Bullen, appearing in Norfolk in 1917, intent on reclaiming his lost life and love? What happened to these two men fighting for their country in a bygone era of romance, violence, shell-shock and fragile new beginnings? The Imposter: A Norfolk Romance will reveal all. 



"Author Chris Shaw has crafted a tale that sports fans of all ages are highly likely to enjoy and get a lot of satisfaction from. Boxers and fighters will especially enjoy the technical aspects of the work and the vibrant atmosphere of the piece, which really gets into protagonist Sam's head as he goes through the many different stages which make him an ultimate champion. The plot progression has a few little surprises, but overall it builds in a very logical structure and gets more inspirational with every chapter. I really loved the supporting cast of characters who each contribute something to Sam's journey, and I felt they were diversely penned with plenty of variation and character quirks." 5-star review by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
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K.C. Finn for Reader's Favorite

'At the mention of each bell, my heartbeat rises in anticipation of what might happen next. Will our hero win the next boxing match? We soon discover that there's a lot more on the line than just winning. The author has the amazing ability to put us in the boxing ring right alongside the main character Sam, taking us on a journey through the boxing fraternity, particularly it's more sinister side. Binding this all together are characters we all wish we had in our corner. Beware when you read this novel - it will have you rolling with the punches.'

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Armando Lepore, former Southpaw, South Australian lightweight title fighter

“I really enjoyed this book. it was very well written and easy to read. It gives an insight into the terrible waste of life the wars had on the returning soldiers and how much of a toll witnessing these terrible things took on their psyche but with a beautiful romantic story woven into it. You feel like you know the characters at the end too.”
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Samantha Bullen

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