Simon Kernick
Simon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting new thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business Of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. However, Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was selected by Richard and Judy for their Recommended Summer Reads promotion, and then rapidly went on to become the bestselling thriller of 2007.
Simon's research is what makes his thrillers so authentic. He talks both on and off the record to members of Special Branch, the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.
To find out more about Simon Kernick and his thrillers, please visit www.simonkernick.com
News and Blog
I love pace and tension in a story. Not just in my writing but in my reading too. The challenge for me in writing Siege was to try to keep the pace cracking along for close to 400 pages, when almost all the action was set in the confined space of a hotel, and where the inevitable stand-off between police and terrorists always acted as an anchor trying to slow things down. I countered this in...
http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7956727 CHAPTER FOUR Lisa needed to think. She knew something bad had happened to Karl and wondered who might have something to do with it. She had to track him down. Drawing on her experience on secondment to LAPDs robbery and homicide unit she called the manufacturers of Karl’s Rolls Royce, knowing they would have a tracking device on...
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Books by Simon Kernick
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Siege
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/02/2012
Who will survive? The new race-against-time thriller by the UK Harlan Coben.
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The Payback
by Simon KernickPublished: 02/01/2012
Two cops. One city. No mercy. The new race-against-time bestseller by the UK Harlan Coben
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A Good Day To Die
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
A dark, gripping thiller set in London’s meanest of mean streets, featuring ex-cop Dennis Milne.
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Deadline
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
A race-against-time thriller to save a kidnap victim, from Transworld's newest superstar.
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Relentless
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
An unputdownable race-against-time thrilller from the rising star of British crime-writing
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Severed
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
One night stand. One dead body. One bad day. A terrifying read-in-one-gulp thriller with a killer premise from the author of Relentless.
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The Business Of Dying
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
The explosive first novel by the bestselling author of Relentless
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The Crime Trade
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
By the master of the race-against-time thriller, a gripping novel featuring a maverick undercover cop set in the the mean streets of north London.
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The Murder Exchange
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/08/2011
The currency is death ... The explosive second novel by the bestselling author of Relentless.
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The Last 10 Seconds
by Simon KernickPublished: 03/01/2011
RULE NUMBER ONE: STAY ALIVE. The new race-against-time bestseller from the UK Harlan Coben.
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Target
by Simon KernickPublished: 01/03/2010
No one to trust. Nowhere to run. No place to hide. The new race-against-time bestseller from the UK's Harlan Coben.
