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Andy Maslen

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Born

Nottingham, The United Kingdom

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http://www.andymaslen.com

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Thriller, Crime, Fiction

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Andy Maslen writes thrillers across a number of genres: police procedurals, vigilante, psychological, suspense and horror. He spent 30 years in business before turning to writing full time.

Readers praise Andy's novels for their relatable characters, realistic dialogue, sense of place and kinetic action sequences, and for his meticulous research into police procedure around the world.

He is the creator of best-selling series featuring Kat Ballantyne, Gabriel Wolfe, Stella Cole and Inspector Ford, plus standalone novels and short stories.

Andy was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving university with a degree in psychology, he worked in business for thirty years as a copywriter. In his spare time, he plays the ...more

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	The Seventh Girl (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 19,708 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Shallow Ground (DI Henry Ford, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 8,521 ratings — published 2020 — 7 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 Unseen Sister (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 7,355 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Silent Wife (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #3) 4.46 avg rating — 6,692 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
	Plain Dead (DI Henry Ford #3) 4.46 avg rating — 5,886 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Land Rites (DI Henry Ford, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 5,896 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	Hit and Run (DI Stella Cole Thriller, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 5,265 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Trigger Point (Gabriel Wolfe, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,117 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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 Lying Man (Detective Kat Ballantyne, #4) 4.36 avg rating — 3,526 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
	Hit and Done (DI Stella Cole Thriller, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 2,607 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

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Detective Kat Ballantyne (6 books)
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DI Henry Ford (3 books)
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Berlin: A Short History

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“Time spent with cats is never wasted.’ – Sigmund Freud”
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― Andy Maslen, See the Dead Birds Fly

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“when she was thinking deeply. ‘What about the crime itself? The MO, I mean. What does that suggest to you?’ ‘Do we know what he”
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