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Simon Cann

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Simon Cann is the author of the Boniface, Montbretia Armstrong, and Leathan Wilkey books.

In addition to his fiction, Simon has written a range of music-related and business-related books, including the How to Make a Noise series, the most widely ready series about synthesizer sound programming, and Made it in China, about entrepreneurs building businesses in China. He has also worked as a ghostwriter on a number of books.

Before turning full-time to writing, Simon spent nearly two decades as a management consultant, where his clients included aeronautical, pharmaceutical, defense, financial services, chemical, entertainment, and broadcasting companies.

He lives in London.

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DHiSimon, always looking to discover good crime authors, prefer British over American, plus Australian (where we live.) We enjoy tight wellpaced Police Procedurals (aussie author Garry Disher our favourite, his series Det.Challis&Destry are terrific). Are your books police procedurals? We try to avoid police stories which focus too much on the old office-romance diversions. Can I enter your giveaway and find out?

Simon Cann Hi CrimeReader

Thank you for your question.

I most definitely fit your criteria being a British author.

High Five is not a police procedural (there are n…moreHi CrimeReader

Thank you for your question.

I most definitely fit your criteria being a British author.

High Five is not a police procedural (there are no police involved, there is no procedure--just escalating crime and reaction) and there is certainly no romance.

That tells you what's NOT involved...if you want to know what IS in the book, then why not go to my website (http://simoncann.com) and join my readers' group and I'll send you a free electronic copy of the book automatically. You can still join the giveaway for a chance to win a paperback edition.

By the way, the companion novella--Long Lunch--which picks up the story three days after High Five will be out toward the end of the month. That book will also be available for free to all members of my readers' group as soon as it's published.

All the best

Simon(less)

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Average rating: 3.91 · 351 ratings · 48 reviews · 30 distinct works

	How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis 3.78 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	How To Make A Noise: a Comprehensive Guide to Synthesizer Programming 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007 — 2 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
	Clementina (Leathan Wilkey, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	How to Make a Noise: Sample-Based Synthesis 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Bag Man (Leathan Wilkey, #1.5) 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 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
	High Five 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	How to Make a Noise: iPad Synthesizers Edition 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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 Camera (Leathan Wilkey, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 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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How to Make a Noise (5 books)
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Boniface (4 books)
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