Lost and Never Found

the twisty DI Ryan Wilkins Mystery set in Oxford

By: Simon Mason

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Paperback | 23 April 2026 | Edition Number 1

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352 Pages

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19.6 x 12.7 x 2.5

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'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 Fry
Oxford. A city of lost things - and buried crimes.

At three o'clock in the morning, Emergency Services receives a call. 'This is Zara Fanshawe. Always lost and never found.' An hour later, the wayward celebrity's Rolls Royce Phantom is found abandoned in dingy Becket Street. The paparazzi go wild.

For some reason, news of Zara's disappearance prompts homeless woman Lena Wojcik to search the camps, nervously, for the bad-tempered vagrant known as 'Waitrose', a familiar sight in Oxford pushing his trolley of possessions. But he's nowhere to be found either.

Who will lead the investigation and cope with the media frenzy? Suave, prize-winning, Oxford-educated DI Ray Wilkins is passed over in favour of his partner, gobby, trailer-park educated DI Ryan Wilkins (no relation). You wouldn't think Ray would be happy. He isn't. You wouldn't think Ryan would be any good at national press presentations. He isn't.

And when legendary cop Chester Lynch takes a shine to Ray - and takes against Ryan - things are only going to get even messier.

What readers are saying about Lost and Never Found

5* An engaging detective double act

5* Best in the series so far

5* Set in present day Oxford, it is Morse times two

Industry Reviews

This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises. - Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Year 2022)

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