Simon Clark Books

AS FEATURED IN BBC TWO'S BILLION DOLLAR DOWNFALL: THE DEALMAKER DOCUMENTARY Two Wall Street reporters investigate the man entrusted with millions to make profits and end poverty but now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen frauds in history. 'Gripping' Guardian *** Arif Naqvi was a man with an immeasurable dream: to end world suffering, poverty and disease. His vision? Capitalism used for good, progress and profit. He persuaded politicians he could help stabilize the Middle East after 9/11 by providing jobs. He got Bill Gates to help him start a billion-dollar fund to improve health care in poor countries. He won the support of Obama's administration and was even appointed to boards by the UN and Interpol. The only problem? In 2019 Arif Naqvi was arrested on charges of money laundering and misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars. He now faces up to 291 years in jail. This is the true, jaw-dropping investigation into the smoke and mirrors world of The Key Man. *** 'Impeccably researched and sumptuous in its detail . . . It's a page-turner' The Economist 'This book tells the story brilliantly. . . Well-paced and cleverly organised. It also draws some devastating conclusions' The Sunday Times 'A pacy and deeply-reported tale' Financial Times LONGLISTED FOR THE FT MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A unique guide to the science of the atmosphere, its history and the people who discovered it.

The last book about the Daleks came out in 1998. Simon Clark's tale is a genuinely frightening journey and a dark exploration of horrors that would disturb the Daleks themselves. The Daleks in this story are menacing and completely unlike any before them.

The haunted mansion serves as a conduit between past and future, revealing the fates of its inhabitants and spreading a wave of madness throughout the town. As the characters grapple with the chilling predictions, they confront their own fears and the dark history of the mansion, creating a gripping narrative that intertwines horror and psychological tension.

Teenage runaways, Robyn and Noel, are desperate for a place of safety. Fate takes them to an old dance hall that has been sealed from the outside world for decades. They discover that people are drawn here against their will and that individuals sense there is a pathway on the dance floor that leads to a world beyond this one.

An ocean of humanity runs from a devastating force that no one can ever see - they pour northwards over the Mexican border. A mighty nation falls.

His target was Holmes, and only Holmes—The monster craved to snuff out my friend’s life. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson embark on a voyage to an African island, to the city of New London—a meticulous copy of the British London they know so well. Instead of chilly fogs, oppressive tropical heat, and by night leopard and hyena prowl its elegant boulevards. New London, supposedly a shining jewel of metropolitan splendor, has an unofficial, but decidedly sinister Damnation. This is a voyage to hell. Holmes is to lecture the New London police on scientific methods of criminal detection. But the great detective’s priorities dramatically change when New London’s governor suddenly vanishes, threatening to plunge the city into violent anarchy. Worse is to a sinister figure from Holmes’ past conspires to wreak a terrible vengeance. Holmes and Watson are the best of friends, but their relationship will be tested to destruction by the horrific effects of the Lucifer Vine, a plant that inflicts madness, shatters once-unassailable alliances, and transmutes friendship into hatred. In this adventure, laced with violence,terror, and occult weaponry, Holmes and Watson fight for their sanity, their lives, and their golden bond of brotherhood.

Simon Clark's new chiller explores something nasty found in a village garden by an amateur archaeologist, something which has lain buried for centuries, and which has seen tribute paid to it by generations of local inhabitants. But what happens when the bones are removed and Humpty once more stalks the Earth ... With an evocative cover by multiple award winning artist Vincent Chong, HUMPTY'S BONES, this paperback edition contains HUMPTY'S BONES, a special introduction and author's notes by Simon Clark, and a new long short story called DANGER SIGNS, about a group of children who investigate an abandoned military bunker, and find that everything there is not quite as dead as they expected.

When a group of tourists visits a Roman amphitheatre ringed by prehistoric stones, they move back in time two hours - but it doesn't stop there. Every few hours or days, they are returned to the theatre. Each time one of their number is found butchered on the altar stone. Where will it all end?

Set against the backdrop of Van Gogh's artistic brilliance, the story intertwines the lives of Nidabi, a victim of violence, and Pastor Hux, a former friend of the artist. After a violent attack, Nidabi is saved by Hux, but their lives diverge for ten years. As a killer wreaks havoc in London, fate pulls the two men back together, leading them into a harrowing confrontation filled with madness and mortality. The narrative explores themes of friendship, trauma, and the haunting legacy of art.