Simon Kernick (born February 1967 in Slough, Buckinghamshire) is a British thriller/crime writer now living in Oxfordshire with his two daughters. Kernick attended Gillotts School, a comprehensive in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Whilst he was a student his jobs included fruit-picker and Christmas-tree uprooter. He graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in 1991 with a degree in humanities.Simon Kernick
His novel Relentless was recommended on Richard & Judy's Summer book club 2007. It was the 8th best-selling paperback, and the best-selling thriller in the UK in the same year.
Awards +Awards for Kernick's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2003Barry Award for Best British CrimeFinalist2004Barry Award for Best British CrimeFinalist2005Barry Award for Best British CrimeFinalist2005Steel Dagger AwardFinalist2006Barry Award for Best British CrimeFinalist2007RelentlessBarry Award for Best Thriller Finalist2015Dagger in the Library Longlist
Bibliography The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne 1) (2002) — (Bantam, ) The Murder Exchange (2003) — (Bantam, ) The Crime Trade (Tina Boyd 1) (2004) — (Bantam, ) A Good Day To Die (Dennis Milne 2) (2005) — (Bantam, ) Relentless (Tina Boyd 2, Mike Bolt 1) (2006) — (Bantam, ) Severed (Mike Bolt 2) (2007) — (Bantam, ) Deadline (Tina Boyd 3) (2008) Target (Tina Boyd 4, Mike Bolt 3) (2009) The Last 10 Seconds (Tina Boyd 5, Mike Bolt 4) (2010) The Payback (Dennis Milne 3, Tina Boyd 6) (2011) Siege(Scope 1, plus Tina Boyd) (2012) Wrong Time, Wrong Place (2013, February) Ultimatum (Tina Boyd 7, Mike Bolt 5) (2013, June) Stay Alive (Mike Bolt 6, Scope 2) (2014) The Final Minute (Tina Boyd 8) (2015, January) The Witness (DI Ray Mason 1) (2016, January) The Bone Field (DI Ray Mason 2, Tina Boyd 9) (2017, January) The Hanged Man (DI Ray Mason 3, Tina Boyd 10) (2018, January) Dead Mans Gift & Other Stories (2018, July) We Can See You (2018, November) Die Alone (DI Ray Mason 4, Tina Boyd 11, Mike Bolt 7) (2019, November) Kill A Stranger (2020) Good Cop Bad Cop (2021) The First 48 Hrs (2023) You All Die Tonight (2025)
References
External links
Simon Kernick bibliography on Internet Book List