Simon Kernick Books in Order: Tina Boyd series, Bone Field series (DI Ray Mason series), Dennis Milne, Dead Man’s Gift series, Scope series, One By One ... standalone novels. (Series Order Book 81)

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After school, Simon wanted to further his education so went to sixth form college. It was now, when he was around 17 years old, that he wrote his first full-length novel. Today, he describes it as… Alastair Sheridan has it all. Wealth, good looks, a beautiful wife and children and, in the chaotic world of British politics, a real chance of becoming Prime Minister.

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In an interview, he mentioned that the reason he mostly writes thrillers is that “I’m only trying to write what I love reading – and I love reading thrillers.” Many of his books deal with ordinary people put in strange and dangerous situations that they can’t control. This is partly based on one of the author’s early experiences as a 16-year-old when he, along with two friends, was abducted, beaten, and finally released before Simon was sure he would be going to die. To have such a nightmare situation upon you at such a young age leaves one with a fear and a mark that will never go away. The author, however, successfully manages to channel those fears into his books instead. Simon was born into a typical middle class family in Slough, which is a town in the South of England, about 20 miles from London. While born in Slough, Simon was raised in Henley-on-Thames, which is only about 16 miles west. He attended Gillotts School, which is a comprehensive school in Henley-on-Thames and which was originally an all-girls school but became co-ed in 1960.

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After writing the book, Simon sent it to an agent who initially was interested in it, but the agent straight out rejected the story. So with some nudges from his wife, he kept sending that manuscript to other agents across the country after rewriting a few chapters and polishing the book a bit more. Eventually, a new agent liked what she saw, and they sold it to Transworld, who not only bought this book but also a sequel yet to be written at the time. He was, at the time, around the age of 35, which means never give up if your life-long dream is writing. Eventually, you will get there. They have taken your fourteen year old daughter, and her kidnappers are demanding half a million pounds in cash. They give you only forty-eight hours to raise the money, and warn that she dies if you call the police.

Simon Kernick Books in Order (22 Book Series) Simon Kernick Books in Order (22 Book Series)

Relentless” is the second novel in the “Tina Boyd” series and was released in the year 2006. There is just a single truth left in your world. They want you and want you dead. The only person Ray trusts is ex-cop and former lover Tina Boyd who's keen to settle her own scores with Sheridan.The Last 10 Seconds” is the fifth novel in the “Tina Boyd” series and was released in the year 2010. When John Cone, an ex-cop, is discovered lying wounded in a roomed filled with corpses, he has a horrifying new tale to tell. Only a handful of people know what kind of monster he is, and disgraced detective Ray Mason is one of them. While Boyd, Galland, and DI Asif Malik get closer to the guy responsible for the Heathrow shooting, they find one murderous conspiracy that is going to take them to the very core of one of the most notorious criminal gangs in London. What they cannot possibly know is that they have also gone down a collision path that is going to lead them directly into the enemy’s rifle sights. Deadline” is the third novel in the “Tina Boyd” series and was released in the year 2008. You come home late from work, in the evening, and your house is in darkness. You step in, and the phone starts to ring. You answer it, and it turns your entire world upside down. Also, the main idea behind creating his popular character Dennis Milne came after speaking with a few actual London cops who were very unhappy about their jobs, the pressure they got from everybody around them including their bosses and politicians, and how the main reason they still were cops were the pensions to receive at the end. As depressing as this was, it gave Simon an idea of how easy it could be for a lesser policeman to succumb to corruption instead or to send them straight over the edge.