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Missing Person: Alice

The Finder Mysteries, Book 1

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Missing Person: Alice

By: Simon Mason
Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
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 A Guardian best crime and thriller book of 2024

'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 Chambers

The people I work with call me 'Finder'. I'm a specialist, a finder of missing people.

July 2015, Sevenoaks. 12-year-old schoolgirl Alice Johnson went missing while doing her paper round, her bag found discarded on the pavement. At 08.00, she was spotted standing in heavy rain at the side of the busy by-pass. At 11.00, she was seen talking to the driver of a black car in Tonbridge. After that, nothing. Alice was never found.

Nine years later the body of another schoolgirl, Joleen Price, is pulled from a nearby lake and a local man named Vince Burns detained. Convinced that Burns is guilty in both cases, SIO Dave Armstrong calls in the Finder to investigate the earlier disappearance.

Interviewing those who thought they knew her, the Finder gradually reveals a hidden Alice, a girl of surprising contradictions. Seeking answers from her divorced parents - an over-protective mother, a negligent father - the Finder is forced to consider violently opposing narratives. Was the timid 12-year-old a victim of the predator Burns, as he himself hints? Or was she carrying out a plan of her own?

The Case of the Lonely Accountant, book two in the Finder Mysteries, is OUT NOW! ©2024 Simon Mason (P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Thriller & Suspense Exciting

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I enjoyed this relatively short and well plotted missing person story. The protagonist is empathetic and the secondary characters believable. The resolution was satisfying

Well plotted missing person tale

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A thoughtful and compelling thriller that grips from the beginning and peels back the layers of the mystery in an utterly rewarding manner. Read with a quiet clarity that is befitting of the story.

Unfolds like blossoming flower to a rewarding finale.

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“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance
As those move easiest who have learnt to dance”
Lovely cross reference to James, characters depicted deftly and with depth, but none of the above in any way needed to appreciate a great tale well told.

Pure and acute narrative and narration

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A great enjoyable read/ listen.
I wish this author will write more books about the Finder.
The narration is very well done, in elegant, understated way.
Thank you !

A wonderful book

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Brilliant, beautifully written and so cleverly plotted, I listened to the entire book in one go. Simon Mason has been a wonderful find. I can’t wait to read the next one in the Finder series. The narrator did a splendid job too, Highly recommended.

Gripping

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Didn’t know what to expect with this but loved it. Recommend to women like me

Excellent

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I’m a confirmed fan of Simon Mason’s DI Ryan Wilkin’s Books. I was not at all sure I would like this Finder book.
However, it had the same page turning quality and the delight of looking forward to the next leisure moment when I would be able to sit down and continue listening.
A many layered book, it kept me wondering to the end.

A slow revealing of the character of a young girl and the excellent twists of the Finder’s quest.

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Enjoyed the narrative, which is tight and contains very little superfluous information and so moves along quickly and easily.

Engaging story, well told

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This is the first Simon Mason book I’ve listened to, and I’ll be sure to listen to the rest. At first, the way it was narrated irritated me a little but that soon diminished as the story progressed

A slow burner which keeps you hooked

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A convincing very welcome low key crime investigation that was all the better for its lack of sensationalism. Essential a character driven piece that is very well written.

Excellent narrator for an engaging story

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