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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1991
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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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: 16 titles




  • 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...



  • 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....



  • 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...



  • 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!...



  • 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...



  • 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...




  • 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 ...






  • 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] terrific crime novel' Mick Herron 'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month) '[W]ell plotted and very funny' ***** Sun 'This has a TV series written all over it' Da...



  • '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-...



  • 'Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick HerronOxford. A city of lost things - and buried crimes. At three o'clock in the morning, Emergency Services receives a call. 'This is Zara Fanshawe. Always los...



  • '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...



  • '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 ChambersThe people I work with call me 'Finder'. I'm a specialist,...



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


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Simon Mason has published 16 books.

The next book by Simon Mason, A Voice in the Night, will be published in January 2025.

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

Yes. Simon Mason has 3 series.