{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-lonely-accountant-the-second-installment-of-the-sharply-plotted-and-tense-finder-mysteries-paperback","title":"The Case of the Lonely Accountant: The Second Installment of the Sharply-Plotted and Tense Finder Mysteries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Mason\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMason has been mainlining Simenon for a while, and it shows' Mick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's like the provincial British version of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaigret' Clare Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bournemouth 2008, the height of the financial crash. Don Bayliss, a timid and well-mannered accountant, vanishes after leaving his office before a scheduled meeting. His wife is both perplexed and distraught. His clothes are found discarded at the mouth of Poole Harbour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After seven years of searching with no firm leads, the investigation is closed, and Don is presumed dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until, sorting through his possessions, his wife finds a garish business card of one Dwight Fricker and decides it must be of some importance. Now more than eight years after his disappearance Dorset Police call in the Finder and the cold case is reopened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Finder begins with the last sightings of Don on the day he went missing, hearing how he seemed in a hurry, somewhat distracted? He unearths a string of overlooked clues that lead him to face the unlikely friendships that Don had made, the somewhat overbearing nature of Mrs Bayliss, the secrets that haunted him in his home life and the mistakes that led to him being investigated at work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Lonely Accountant\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark and rich mystery that centres upon one lonely man and reveals the distance between those who are missing and those who are lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIMON MASON has pursued parallel careers as a publisher and an author, whose YA crime novels \u003ci\u003eRunning Girl, Kid Got Shot \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHey, Sherlock!\u003c\/i\u003e feature the sixteen-year-old slacker genius Garvie Smith. A former Managing Director of David Fickling Books, where he worked with many wonderful writers, including Philip Pullman, he has also taught at Oxford Brookes University and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Exeter College, Oxford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost and Never Found\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in the DI Ryan Wilkins Mysteries. The first book, \u003ci\u003eA Killing in November\u003c\/i\u003e, received widespread critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. The Second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Times Audio Book of the Week and a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Crime Book of the Month.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.73 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376217678189,"sku":"9781529426038","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/dRL3rxcKfk9781529426038.webp?v=1779911868","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-lonely-accountant-the-second-installment-of-the-sharply-plotted-and-tense-finder-mysteries-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}