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Mason Cross

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in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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Mason Cross was born in Glasgow in 1979. He studied English at the University of Stirling and has worked variously as a tax officer, events coordinator, project manager and pizza delivery boy. He has written a number of short stories which have been published in Ellery Queen, Scribble and First Edition.

His story 'A Living', was shortlisted for the Quick Reads 'Get Britain Reading' Award. His first novel, The Killing Season was longlisted for the 2015 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and his second, The Samaritan was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in Spring 2016. The third book in the series, The Time to Kill w ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 9,455 ratings · 1,125 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killing Season (Carter Blake #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,204 ratings — published 2014 — 36 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 Samaritan (Carter Blake #2) 3.95 avg rating — 2,185 ratings — published 2015 — 29 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 Time to Kill (Carter Blake, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 1,383 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
	Don't Look For Me (Carter Blake, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 1,262 ratings — published 2017 — 18 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
	Presumed Dead (Carter Blake #5) 4.22 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2018 — 8 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
	What She Saw Last Night 3.75 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	O Fugitivo 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	Ett långt spår av blod 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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I wrote at least 100 words a day for a year

This time last year, I set myself a small challenge. The goal was to write a minimum of 100 words a day on a side project, other than my main book, every single day of the year.

I did it. As you can probably guess, otherwise I wouldn't be blogging about it.
And most of the time, it wasn't too difficult to fit in. 100 words can literally be done in a couple of minutes. You can do it while wai Read more of this blog post »

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Carter Blake (5 books)
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“«um pessimista é um otimista bem informado» p51”
― Mason Cross

tags: life-lessons, vida

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“have his”
― Mason Cross, The Killing Season

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“I've heard people say that hte Chinese have one word that means both 'crisis' and 'opportunity'. I have no idea if that's true, but it sounds good enough to have gained currency.”
― Mason Cross, The Samaritan

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