LOST AND NEVER FOUND

A TIMES TOP TEN CRIME AND MYSTERY BOOK FOR 2024 Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength and this their third outing is the best yet Simon Mason has created crime fiction s most entertaining double act in decades Mick Herron Oxford city of rich and poor where the homeless camp out in the shadows of the gorgeous buildings and monuments A city of lost things and buried crimes At three o clock in the morning Emergency Services receives a call This is Zara Fanshawe Always lost and never found An hour later the wayward celebrity s Rolls Royce Phantom is found abandoned in dingy Becket Street The paparazzi go wild For some reason news of Zara s disappearance prompts homeless woman Lena Wójcik to search the camps nervously for the bad tempered vagrant known as Waitrose a familiar sight in Oxford pushing his trolley of possessions But he s nowhere to be found either Who will lead the investigation and cope with the media frenzy Suave prize winning Oxford educated DI Ray Wilkins is passed over in favour of his partner gobby trailer park educated DI Ryan Wilkins no relation You wouldn t think Ray would be happy He isn t You wouldn t think Ryan would be any good at national press presentations He isn t And when legendary co