The Broken Afternoon
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'Move over Morse. Simon Mason Oxford crime novel breathes fresh life into the police procedural' Val McDermid
'There is no one else like him' Mark Sanderson The Times/Sunday Times Crime ClubA DI RYAN WILKINS MYSTERYA SHOCKING DISAPPEARANCEA four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, affluent area,her mother only a stones-throw away.A TRIGGERING RESPONSERyan Wilkins, one of the youngest ever Detective Inspectors in the Thames Valley force, dishonourably discharged three months ago, watches his former partner DI Ray Wilkins deliver a press conference, confirming a lead.A DARK WEBRay begins to delve deeper, unearthing an underground network of criminal forces in the local area. But while Ray's investigation stalls Ryan brings his unique talents to unofficial and quite illegal inquiries which will bring him into a confrontation with the very officials who have thrown him out of the force.Praise for the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries'Mason has reformulated Inspector Morse for the 2020s' The Times'Start now and avoid the rush' GuardianBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781529415742
- Author: Simon Mason
- Pub date: 06.02.24
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Simon Mason
SIMON MASON has pursued parallel careers
as a publisher and an author, whose YA crimenovels Running Girl, Kid Got Shot and Hey,Sherlock! feature the sixteen-year-old slackergenius Garvie Smith. A former ManagingDirector of David Fickling Books, where heworked with many wonderful writers, includingPhilip Pullman, he has also taught at OxfordBrookes University and has been a RoyalLiterary Fund Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford.Lost and Never Found is the third book in theDI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries. The first book,A Killing in November, received widespreadcritical acclaim and was shortlisted for the CWAGold Dagger. The Second book, The BrokenAfternoon, was a Times Audio Book of the Weekand a Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month.Other books by the author
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