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Win, read and review copies of Simon Mason’s explosive new series

Quercus is delighted to offer reading groups 8 copies of both A Killing in November and The Broken Afternoon, books 1 and 2 in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries.
 
Simon Mason is a writer of fiction. At first he wrote books for adults, then books for children, which grew up at roughly the same rate his own children grew up, and now he is back writing books for adults again. His latest novels are crime thrillers. He is currently RLF Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford.

More about the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries

‘Mason has reformulated Inspector Morse for the 2020s’ - The Times

A Killing in November (Book 1): A Killing in November introduces an unlikely duo from different sides of the tracks in Oxford in a deftly plotted murder story full of dangerous turns, troubled pasts and unconventional detective work.

The Broken Afternoon (Book 2): A 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.

How to get involved

To be in with a chance of winning 8 copies of both A Killing in November and The Broken Afternoon to read and review with your reading group please log in and complete the survey by Thursday 2 February.

Please note, group members will be expected to share a review in exchange for their free copy within six weeks of receiving the book. Please do not pitch if you cannot commit to this.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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