Simon Mason

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1991
  • Latest Book:
    June 2026
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Full Series List in Order

A Finder Mystery

1 - Missing Person: Alice (Sep-2024)
2 - The Case of the Lonely Accountant (Sep-2024)

A Garvie Smith Mystery

1 - Running Girl (Jun-2015)
2 - Kid Alone (Nov-2017)

Oxford Crime

1 - A Killing in November (Jan-2022)
2 - The Broken Afternoon (Jan-2023)
3 - Lost and Never Found (Jan-2024)

Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Portrait of the Artist

  • The Quigleys at Large

    NOW AVAILABLE IN paperback, the Quigleys return in this second collection of stories. Funny and instantly recognizable from their last adventures, this time the family goes camping in France. Mum stars in the skipping competition at the local village...

  • Quigleys

    Four funny and fabulous stories told by each member of the unforgettable Quigley family. Meet Dad, Mum, Will, and Lucy, whose hilarious exploits have created a modern classic for bedtime reading, a treat to be enjoyed by both old and young....

  • Quigleys in a Spin

    Five more stories about the irrepressible Quigleys (and including a surprise guest appearance from the next-door neighbor’s cat, Fatbrain). Will makes a huge effort to get on with the sullen Robinson Potts, an unwelcome visitor on the family’s we...

  • The Quigleys: Not for Sale

    Mum and Dad think the Quigleys need to move -- the children are getting bouncier and the house is getting smaller. But Will and Lucy don’t agree, so they come up with a cunning plan. These Quigleys are not for sale!...

  • Moon Pie

    Someone has to keep their head, as Mum used to say, and 11-year-old Martha is used to being that someone in her family. Her little brother, Tug, is too small. Her dad has been acting too strange. And Mum's not here anymore. So when Dad falls off t...

  • Running Girl

    A Garvie Smith Mystery - 1

    A smart, engaging murder mystery filled with unexpected twists and turns perfect for Sherlock and CSI fans.Garvie Smith has the highest IQ ever recorded at Marsh Academy. And the lowest grades. His philosophy: What's the point? Life sucks. Nothing su...

  • Kid Got Shot

  • Kid Alone

    A Garvie Smith Mystery - 2

    Meet Garvie Smith. Good-for-nothing scoundrel, genius, and sometime detective. Right in the middle of exams hell -- until now. A boy from Marsh Academy has been shot, with no clear motive and no clues. Disgraced police detective Raminder Singh is ...



  • Hey Sherlock!

    Amy Roecastle is beautiful. Selfish. And missing. Vanished without a trace in the middle of the night, she's taken her ferocious dog - and something else, too. Something deadly. Amy's best friend is lying to Inspector Singh, who has no leads and no ...

  • A Killing in November

    Oxford Crime - 1

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2023'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen Fry'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)Ryan Wil...

  • The Broken Afternoon

    Oxford Crime - 2

    'Move over Morse. Simon Mason Oxford crime novel breathes fresh life into the police procedural' Val McDermid'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryA DI RYAN WILKINS MYSTERYA SHO...

  • Lost and Never Found

    Oxford Crime - 3

    'Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick Herron'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryOxford. A city of lost things - and buried cr...

  • The Case of the Lonely Accountant

    A Finder Mystery - 2

    'Mason has been mainlining Simenon for a while, and it shows' Mick Herron'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace'It's like the provincial British version of Maigret' Clare ChambersBournemouth 2008, the height of the financial crash. Don Ba...

  • Missing Person: Alice

    A Finder Mystery - 1

    'Excellently lean and tense crime novel with a touch of the nouveau roman about it' Ian Rankin'Mason has been mainlining Simenon for a while, and it shows' Mick Herron'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace'It's like the provincial British...

  • A Voice in the Night

    DEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'Move over morse' Val McDermid 'A superb series' Sunday TimesThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full...

  • The Woman Who Laughed

    'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace'Mason packs more into 200 pages than many writers do at twice the length' Sunday TimesIn the first months of 2020 there was a spate of murders of Black sex workers in northern cities. One of them was...

  • Missing Person

    'Excellently lean and tense crime novel with a touch of the nouveau roman about it' Ian Rankin'Mason has been mainlining Simenon for a while, and it shows' Mick Herron'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace'It&#...

  • The Dangerous Stranger

    PRAISE FOR THE RYAN WILKINS MYSTERIES 'I am absolutely hooked. Ryan Wilkins is a most extraordinary creation. There has never been a detective like him. Mason writes quite magnificently. Add to that brilliant plotting and character drawing that L...



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Simon Mason has published 19 books.

The next book by Simon Mason, The Dangerous Stranger, will be published in June 2026.

The first book by Simon Mason, Portrait of the Artist, was published in April 1991.

Yes. Simon Mason has 3 series.
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