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  • The Night She Died
  • Six Feet Under

Other Writing

HARBINGERS OF FEAR (SUSPENSE NOVEL) 1977
THE INSPECTOR THANET SERIES
THE NIGHT SHE DIED 1981
OmnibusOmnibusOmnibusSIX FEET UNDER 1982
PUPPET FOR A CORPSE 1983
CLOSE HER EYES 1984
LAST SEEN ALIVE 1985 (CWA Silver Dagger Award)
DEAD ON ARRIVAL 1986
ELEMENT OF DOUBT 1987
SUSPICIOUS DEATH 1988
DEAD BY MORNING 1989
DOOMED TO DIE 1991
WAKE THE DEAD 1992
NO LAUGHING MATTER 1993
A DAY FOR DYING 1995
ONCE TOO OFTEN 1998
DEAD AND GONE 1999

Inspector Thanet Omnibus editions (three novels in each one)

UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES

THE WISP OF SOUND (EQMM 1977)
THE SANCTUARY (AHMM 1978)
BOXES WITHIN BOXES (EQMM 1980)
TWO’S COMPANY (John Creasey’s Crime Collection 1984)
THE PERSON INSIDE (EQMM 1987)
JUST DESSERTS (An Inspector Thanet novella) in A DEAD GIVEAWAY (Little Brown 1995)

Other Reviews

A triumph.' Literary review.

'An exceptional debut’. Washington Post.

‘Master storyteller...peerless narrative control...one of the best purveyors of the genre.’ Booklist.

‘Skillfully plotted, replete with vivid characters...a page-turner to the end’ Publishers Weekly.

‘Simpson neatly interweaves past and present with deft double plotting.’ Book World

‘Inspector Thanet is a definite find.’ Times Literary supplement.