NO EXIT
Inspector Jian Book 2
Exiled. Hunted.
No way out.
'Deserves purchase. My book of the Month'
The Critic Magazine
British thriller series praised by crime legend ELMORE LEONARD, who said: 'Following Chinese points of view in a thriller set in the UK is inspired. Bad Traffic is a honey: suspense that never loses its grip.'
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Read a new essay on the book at the CRIMETIME website.
FILMS
FOUR KIDS AND IT
(2020)
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Writer:
Simon Lewis
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Director: Andy De Emmony
Stars: Paula Patton, Matthew Goode,
Michael Caine,
Russell Brand
JET TRASH
(2016)
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Writers:
Simon Lewis with Dan M Brown,
based on the novel by Simon Lewis
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Director: Charlie Belleville
Stars: Robert Sheehan, Sofia Boutella,
Osy Ikhile and Craig Parkinson
TIGER HOUSE
(2015)
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Writer:
Simon Lewis
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Director: Tom Daley
Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Ed Skein,
Dougray Scott
THE ANOMALY
(2014)
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Writer:
Simon Lewis
Director: Noel Clarke
Stars: Noel Clarke, Ian Somerhalder,
Luke Hemsworth, Brian Cox
and Alexis Knapp
Channel Four Coming Up season 8, Episode 7: DIP
(2010)
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Writer: Simon Lewis
Director: Lisa Gornick
Stars: David Avery,
Theo Barklem-Biggs, Robert Sheehan
BIO
Simon studied art, but wound up working as a guidebook researcher in China and India, before becoming
a novelist and screenwriter.
His first novel GO, a travel thriller about runaways, was written in a village in the Himalayas.
His second novel, BAD TRAFFIC, is a crime thriller about people smugglers, featuring jaded Chinese cop, Inspector Jian. The book has been published in the UK and the US and translated into German, French, Swedish, Italian, Japanese and Turkish. In 2009 it was nominated for the LA Times Book of the Year Award and for the French SNCF prize for crime fiction.
​His third travel related thriller, BORDER RUN, was published in April 2012 in the US and the UK.
The sequel to BAD TRAFFIC, NO EXIT, was published in 2026
He has written many screenplays, and a few have been shot. THE ANOMALY is a science fiction action film; TIGER HOUSE is a home invasion thriller; JET TRASH is a travel noir based on my novel GO, and FOUR KIDS AND IT is a fun family film.
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He is also the writer of the GREEN HOLLOW horror graphic novel series.
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CONTACT
Film agent
Independent Talent | willpeterson@independenttalent.com
Literary inquiries
Sort of Books | nat@sortof.co.uk