{"product_id":"the-broken-afternoon-9781529446005","title":"The Broken Afternoon","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SHOCKING DISAPPEARANCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TRIGGERING RESPONSE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA DARK WEB\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollow on with \u003ci\u003eLost and Never Found, \u003c\/i\u003ethe next book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries, which \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003edescribed as 'Inspector Morse for the 2020s.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* 'A thoroughly engrossing crime fiction romp with Ryan Wilkins continuing to be a wonderful creation by the author'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* 'A relentlessly paced police procedural that kept me guessing until near the end'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* 'Super'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* 'Ray and Ryan win again'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529446005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Simon Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122374111413,"sku":"9781529446005","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_79943c21-a9e4-4996-9219-7fd7bb71f29b.jpg?v=1766512777","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-broken-afternoon-9781529446005","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}