# Simon Donnelly Books

> Comic novels and free podcasts by Simon Donnelly, a novelist from Sandbach, Cheshire, England. Ordinary people, a baffling universe and the occasional pie. Mostly set in Cheshire.

Paperbacks are £12.99, printed to order by Lulu (the shop opens soon). The novels are also read a chapter a week as free podcasts. Readers follow along free on Patreon; there is no mailing list.

Note: this Simon Donnelly is the English comic novelist from Sandbach, Cheshire, not the Scottish footballer of the same name.

## Books

- [The Pie Whisperer](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/the-pie-whisperer/): Comic fiction. Elvis makes the finest pies in Winsford. The trouble started when they began whispering back. Set in Winsford, Cheshire. (paperback coming soon (£12.99); podcast from Christmas 2026)
- [The Terms and Conditions of Everything](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/the-terms-and-conditions-of-everything/): Comic science fiction. The universe came with terms and conditions. Nobody read them. Somebody should have. (paperback coming soon (£12.99); free podcast out now; whole-book ebook for paid Patreon members)
- [Best Human](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/best-human/): Comic science fiction. Ken took in a stray collie. The collie took in Ken. Only one of them is from round here. Set in Frodsham and Helsby Hill, Cheshire. (paperback coming soon (£12.99); free podcast out now; whole-book ebook for paid Patreon members)
- [Nobody's Told the Bees](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/nobodys-told-the-bees/): Comic spy fiction. A secret intelligence unit operates from a bee rescue van in Sandbach. Nobody suspects a thing. Not even the bees. Set in Sandbach and the Trent and Mersey Canal, Cheshire. (paperback coming soon (£12.99); podcast from early 2027)
- [Crypt-O Currency](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/crypt-o-currency/): Comic fiction. A vampire has made a killing in crypto. HMRC would like a word. Several, in writing. Set in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. (paperback coming soon)
- [The Badger of Proof](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/the-badger-of-proof/): Comic fiction. Iris has very poor eyesight and a new collie. The collie is a badger. It has opinions about her. Set in Norley and Hatchmere, Cheshire. (being written now)

## Pages

- [All books](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/books/): every book plus common questions
- [Listen free](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/listen/): the podcasts and where to hear them
- [About Simon Donnelly](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/about/): the author

## Optional

- [Full text summary](https://simondonnellybooks.co.uk/llms-full.txt): longer descriptions of every book