´Move over Morse. Simon Mason Oxford crime novel breathes fresh life into the police procedural´ Val McDermid ´There is no one else like him´ Mark Sanderson The Times/Sunday Times Crime Club A DI RYAN WILKINS MYSTERY A SHOCKING DISAPPEARANCE A 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. A TRIGGERING RESPONSE 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. A DARK WEB Ray begins to delve deeper, unearthing an underground network of criminal forces in the local area. But while Ray´s investigation stalls Ryan brings his unique talents to unofficial and quite illegal inquiries which will bring him into a confrontation with the very officials who have thrown him out of the force. Praise for the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries ´Mason has reformulated Inspector Morse for the 2020s´ The Times ´Start now and avoid the rush´ Guardian