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The Case of the Lonely Accountant : the second installment of the sharply-plotted and tense Finder Mysteries - Simon Mason Genre:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Carnivals and sideshows are settingsA Guardian best crime and thriller book of 2024'Mason has been mainlining Simenon for a while, and it shows' Mick Herron'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace'It's like the provincial British version of Maigret' Clare ChambersBournemouth 2008, the height of the financial crash. Don Bayliss, a timid and well mannered accountant, vanishes after leaving his office before a scheduled meeting. His wife is both perplexed and distraught. His