A Killing in November
by Simon Mason
☆ Shortlisted for the 2023 CWA Gold Dagger
A Killing in November by Simon Mason is a police procedural set in Oxford, the first book in series a featuring two DIs who coincidentally are both called Wilkins. Inevitably, there are echoes of Colin’s Dexter Inspector Morse series (a positive, in our view), though the characters are very different.
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“What he’s done is to modernise Morse. He’s got two main male characters for a start, so that’s a Morse and Lewis echo. They’re both called Wilkins but they’re very different. One’s very highly educated and self-confident; the other comes from the wrong side of the tracks. So Simon has got that contrast going on, which, again, is a bit Morse-like.” Read more...
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