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David C. Dawson

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Thriller, Mystery, Gay and Lesbian

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Men in love, men in jeopardy.

David C. Dawson is an award-winning writer of page-turner thrillers with a gay theme and the occasional romance.

His latest novel A Death At His Majesty's was published inb April 2024. It's the third in the Simon Sampson Mysteries series. The second in the series, A Death in Berlin, was shortlisted for a Mystery and Thriller LAMMY.

His debut novel, The Necessary Deaths, won bronze for Best Mystery & Suspense in the FAPA chairman's award. It became the first in the Dominic Delingpole series. The other two books are The Deadly Lies and A Foreign Affair.

His first mystery romance For the Love of Luke was published in October 2018 followed by Heroes in Love.

David lives in London with his boyfriend and ageing motorbik ...more

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	The Necessary Deaths (The Delingpole Mysteries, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	A Death in Bloomsbury (The Simon Sampson Mysteries, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 156 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
	The Foreign Affair (The Delingpole Mysteries #3) 4.33 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Deadly Lies (The Delingpole Mysteries #2) 4.03 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	For the Love of Luke 3.86 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	A Death in Berlin (The Simon Sampson Mysteries, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 91 ratings — 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
	Heroes in Love 4.34 avg rating — 56 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
	A Death at His Majesty's (The Simon Sampson Mysteries #3) 4.48 avg rating — 46 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
	Love Wins Anthology by Anne Regan (Editor), Lucie Archer (Goodreads Author), Kris T. Bethke 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016	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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David C Dawson and 1 other person liked Maria E.'s review of A Death at His Majesty's (The Simon Sampson Mysteries #3): "This murder mystery takes place in London 1929 (the Roaring 20s) which is the same time period in which Agatha Christie began writing her first murder-mysteries. Although the writing is not the same, the atmosphere in this book reminded me of Agatha " Read more of this review »
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