Books by Simon Mason
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.
“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...
The Best Crime Novels Set in Oxford
Cara Hunter, Novelist
Interviews where books by Simon Mason were recommended
The Best Crime Novels Set in Oxford, recommended by Cara Hunter
The city of Oxford has been a popular location for fictional murders for nearly a century, the ancient university and its beautiful buildings also lending themselves to wonderful screen adaptations. Bestselling British novelist Cara Hunter—author of the DI Fawley series and Murder in the Family—talks us through some of her favourite crime novels set in the city of dreaming spires.
Best Mystery Books of 2023
As a year for mystery books, 2023 was definitely eclectic, with historical mysteries, mysteries that could be filed as supernatural horror, and the Edgar award for best novel going to the story of a serial killer on death row. The year also saw the publication of Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter, which experiments with different formats to engage the reader.
