A break from festival Prep

The last three months have been decidedly busy with lots of festival prep, most of which I can’t talk about yet, apart from Newark. In between reading Kate Rhodes and Victoria Dowd, I was inspired by this years’ Harrogate longlist to read the 3rd Simon Mason, Lost and Never Found, after the second in this series was longlisted.



As a big fan of Simon’s work, I interviewed him about his first one for UK Crime Book Club and found whilst I was doing this, the most unique police partnership in a procedural that I’ve currently come across, that of the two Wilkins’. This was such an interesting way to start the first book in the series and has led to a great contrast in storylines by both characters being at either end of the policing spectrum and given the nature of how TV shows are commissioned these days, I think it would be perfect for it.



With Simon appearing on a policing panel at this years’ Harrogate, although I’d intended reading this later in the year, it seemed a good time to read it before I saw him. As the two characters were at ends of the policing spectrum, so were the others involved in the mystery with the story involving homeless people and then also characters close to home. The way in which Simon explores society different ills is what makes him a great writer. Coupled with the excellent characterisation of children, which obviously emanates from his previous work as a children’s writer. With the 4th book already on the horizon with a chapter included at the end of the audiobook, I will be further enticed to follow the arcs of these two great characters once again. Who will Ryan irritate and how will Ray save his neck? Or could it be the other way around?








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