Mike Knowles

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2008
  • Latest Book:
    June 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Sullivan Mystery

S.O.B. (May-2013)

A Wilson Mystery

1 - Darwin's Nightmare (Oct-2008)
2 - Grinder (Oct-2009)
3 - In Plain Sight (Aug-2010)
5 - Never Play Another Man's Game (May-2012)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Darwin's Nightmare

    A Wilson Mystery - 1

    Hard-hitting crime fiction from the author of Tin Men: “Fans of Charlie Huston and Chuck Palahniuk will probably enjoy Darwin’s Nightmare” (Sacramento Book Review).   Wilson spent his entire life under the radar. Few people knew who he was...

  • Grinder

    A Wilson Mystery - 2

    A mob enforcer is pulled back into his old life in this “terrific read” (Ken Bruen, Shamus Award"winning author of The Dramatist).   Two years ago, Wilson made a deal: he let his old boss live in exchange for a clean slate. He’s kept up ...

  • In Plain Sight

    A Wilson Mystery - 3

    “Wilson is worthy to stand next to Loren Estleman’s Peter Macklin and Donald Westlake’s Parker” (Publishers Weekly).   Wilson has tried to put his criminal past behind him -- but now a random car accident has interfered with his plans an...

  • The Wallygrange Grammar School Blog

    Situated dangerously close to the sewage works in the delightful Cheshire village of Prestbury lies Wallygrange Grammar School. Run in the Middle Ages by a group of itinerant monks with a penchant for a special brew of mind bending gooseberry wine, t...

  • Never Play Another Man's Game

    A Wilson Mystery - 5

    Heists, double crosses, and brutality drive this fast-paced fourth installment of the Wilson Mystery series An armoured car carrying a huge payday will be rolling through the city every Friday for four weeks. Out of money, Wilson takes up with Ruby, ...

  • S.O.B.

    A Sullivan Mystery

    Dark and gritty, this no-holds-barred novel introduces P. I. Frank Sullivan, a nasty S.O.B. with a sixth sense for the truth and escaping tricky situations. When Misty Olsen walks into his office, it’...

  • Buffalo Job, The

    “Fans of Donald E. Westlake’s Parker novels (written under his Richard Stark pseudonym) will be on familiar ground. . . . A very good entry in a very good series” (Booklist).   Wilson should have just walked away when t...

  • The Buffalo Job

    Wilson should have just walked away when three men came looking for a way to boost a valuable piece of art. But the heist was more than just a job for Wilson; it was a chance to get off the sidelines and back in the game.The art came off the wall,...

  • Borough Men

    The gritty reality of criminal investigation in the nineteen seventies. The story is set on industrial Tyneside in the days of borough police forces. A detective manipulates an old school friend into becoming an informant. A corrupt relationship deve...



  • Last of the Borough Men

    The sequel to BOROUGH MEN moves into the nineteen eighties. The same detective is working undercover with an underworld contract on his head. He discovers child exploitation in the highest echelons of society. It's perceived to threaten the stability...

  • Rocks Beat Paper

    In this “highly entertaining” heist thriller, there is no honor among jewel thieves (The Toronto Star).   A phone call brought Wilson and nine other men to a job in New York. At first, he couldn’t see a way to make the heist work, but the ...

  • Tin Men

    Three crooked cops going straight after a murderer Woody was working on getting high when the phone rang. Dennis was on a date -- it was a date he paid for, but a date all the same. Os had blood on his hands from a little extracurricular law enforc...

  • Running from the Dead

    Private detective Sam Jones’s six-year search for an eight-year-old boy ends with gunshots in a basement and cold bodies that would eventually lead the police straight to him. Jones had never promised Ruth Verne that he would find her son alive, bu...

  • Adapting Sharia Law to Jude Law

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  • The Shitters Handbook.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mike Knowles has published 15 books.

Mike Knowles does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Running from the Dead, was published in June 2020.

The first book by Mike Knowles, Darwin's Nightmare, was published in October 2008.

Yes. Mike Knowles has 2 series.
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