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Simon Rowell

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in Adelaide , Australia

Website

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Crime

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Also published under S.D. Rowell

Simon Rowell is a bestselling Australian crime mystery author, who was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

A graduate of both the University of South Australia and Flinders University, Simon’s work centres on the interplay between culture, morality and truth, which is explored within the bestselling novel, "The Echo of Others". The book was long-listed for the Ned Kelly Award, Australia's pre-eminent crime literature award, for Best First Crime novel.

Simon has published a trilogy of novels focused on a detective with PTSD, who works with a service dog. These novels are The Long Game, Wild Card and The Good Dog.

As a teenager, Simon worked in outback South Australia in the Cooper Basin oil & gas fields and later ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 3,716 ratings · 443 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Long Game (Detective Zoe Mayer #1) by Simon Rowell (Goodreads Author), S.D. Rowell (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,671 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Card (Detective Zoe Mayer #2) 4.10 avg rating — 881 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Dog (Detective Zoe Mayer #3) 4.07 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Echo of Others by S.D. Rowell (Goodreads Author), Simon Rowell (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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