{"product_id":"a-voice-in-the-night-the-razor-sharp-fourth-book-in-the-di-ryan-wilkins-mysteries-9781529425932","title":"A Voice in the Night: The Razor-Sharp Fourth Book in the Di Ryan Wilkins Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eDEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Move over morse' Val McDermid \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superb series' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThames 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 Wilkins and Wilkins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Trailer park boy DI Ryan Wilkins, interesting looking in baggy trackies and over-large lime-green puffa. In his personnel file is a handwritten note scribbled by the outgoing Super: 'Do not, repeat not, give him responsibility.' And posh boy DI Ray Wilkins, improbably handsome in navy blazer and tan chinos: 'Thinks too highly of himself. More experience needed at the wet end.' Their previous investigations - though somehow successful - were models of disorder and dysfunction. The new Super needs to take action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There's been a shocking murder in the heart of Oxford, the stabbing of a security guard during an attempted armed robbery. Meanwhile, an elderly professor of linguistics goes missing from his home in cosy Iffley Village. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The high-profile murder investigation can be safely handled by reliable detective DI Hare. The entry-level enquiry into the wandering academic can be given to the problem duo, with instructions to keep it simple. But when the body of the professor is found, still dressed in his pyjamas and dripping wet, spreadeagled on a hotel lawn miles from home, things get a little unexpected for the Wilkinses. Will Ray keep on top of the brief? Will Ryan keep it together? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SIMON MASON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Terrific' Mick Herron \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Crime Book of the Month) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '[W]ell plotted and very funny' \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This has a TV series written all over it' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Mobius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.05w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529425932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIMON MASON has pursued parallel careers as a publisher and an author, whose YA crime novels \u003ci\u003eRunning Girl, Kid Got Shot \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHey, Sherlock!\u003c\/i\u003e feature the sixteen-year-old slacker genius Garvie Smith. A former Managing Director of David Fickling Books, where he worked with many wonderful writers, including Philip Pullman, he has also taught at Oxford Brookes University and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost and Never Found\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries. The first book, \u003ci\u003eA Killing in November\u003c\/i\u003e, received widespread critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. The Second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Times Audio Book of the Week and a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Book of the Month.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Simon Mason \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579883962525,"sku":"9781529425932","price":35.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_647fd211-a60e-46be-af5d-c0b583c16d54.jpg?v=1768897729","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-voice-in-the-night-the-razor-sharp-fourth-book-in-the-di-ryan-wilkins-mysteries-9781529425932","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}