'This is absolutely first class' Stephen Fry'Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick Herron'Move over Morse' Val McDermid'My favourite UK series' M W CravenOn a warm and pleasant evening in Oxford, gentle city of poets and scholars, rioters outside a hotel full of asylum seekers set a young refugee on fire. The city - the country - convulses in shoc...

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 idea.Cue Garvie Smith. Teenage slacker. Undeniable crime-solving genius.Garvie's one step ahead of the investigation. But there's nothing simple where Amy is involved. And this time Garvie's about to find himself in way over his head.

Eleven-year-old Martha is used to being the one who has to keep her head. Tug, her little brother, is too small. Dad is too strange. And Mum's not here any more.So when Dad falls off the roof, it's Martha who ices his knee and takes him to the doctor. And when Dad doesn't come home, it's Martha who cooks Tug's favourite pie and reads him his bedtime story. And when Dad passes out, it's Martha who cleans him up and keeps his secret.But eventually Dad's problems become too bi...

In shabby south Oxford, men clearing the debris of a burned-out garden room find something unusual among the ashes: a human ear. The two young women who seem to have been living in the garden room have disappeared. Who were they? What were they doing there? The new Superintendent of Thames Valley, a middle-aged lady with apple cheeks, looking more like grandmother in a children's story than an officer of the law, suspects organised crime. But the investigation is soon overtaken by other ev...

A DI RYAN WILKINS MYSTERYA 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.Ryan Wilkins, one of the youngest ever Detective Inspectors in the Thames Valley force, dishonourably discharged three months ago, watches his former partner DI Ray Wilkins deliver a press conference, confirming a lead.Ray begins to delve deeper, unearthing an underground network ...

He didn't come to town looking for trouble.Trouble was already waiting.Luke Bannister rides into a dying desert settlement where the streets sit too quiet and the people lock their doors before sundown. Something has taken hold of the place—something no bullet was ever meant to stop.They say a man vanished out near the old graveyard. They say the earth there doesn't stay still. And they say if you're caught outside after dark… you won't be alone.Luke has fac...

Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of MarriageIn the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason’s writing stimulates readers’ thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. “A marriage is not a joining of two worlds,” says the author, “but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one mi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Instant self-hypnosis demystifies the world of hypnosis, providing practical tools and techniques that allow you to access and influence your subconscious mind with your eyes open. This unique method allows you to induce self-hypnosis while fully conscious, making the process more accessible and less intimidating.With a wide range of applications, from overcoming fears and breaking bad habits to enhancing creati...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Six-String Mastery is your roadmap to becoming an exceptional guitarist, whether you're a beginner or an experienced player looking to level up. This comprehensive guide breaks down essential techniques, from mastering chord progressions and fingerpicking to nailing solos and understanding music theory. Learn how to craft your own style, play with precision, and bring emotion into every note you play. Packed with step-by-step t...

**CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF RYAN AND RAY? BUY THE LATEST BOOK, THE DANGEROUS STRANGER, NOW**'Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick Herron'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryOxford. A city of lost things - and buried crimes.At three o'clock in the morni...

**CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF RYAN AND RAY? BUY THE LATEST BOOK, THE DANGEROUS STRANGER, NOW**DEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'Move over morse' Val McDermid 'A superb series' Sunday TimesThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright - young, charismatic and ruthless, charged with pushing through big reforms. Her in-tray is full of problems - and at the top of the pile is the problem of Wilki...

'Excellently lean and tense crime novel with a touch of the nouveau roman about it' Ian Rankin'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, a finder of missing peop...