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Simon Fairfax Books in Order

Find Simon Fairfax books in order, with short summaries, series background, and easy where-to-start guidance for his thrillers, medieval novels, and westerns.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

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A Deal Too Far

by Simon Fairfax

2017

With the property market in recession, Rupert is sent to Buenos Aires to open an office and quietly gather intelligence. The mission turns deadly when oil politics, Falklands tensions, and a traitor inside his own side leave him trapped and running for his life.

No Deals Done,'til it's done

by Simon Fairfax

2017

In 1980s London, young surveyor Rupert Brett enters the booming property world expecting money and momentum. Instead he finds corruption, blackmail, and murder, and when he is framed, a trail to Italy may be his only way to fight back.

A Deal With the Devil

by Simon Fairfax

2018

A drugs bust in the Irish Sea pulls Rupert into a wider web of smugglers, political violence, and missing shipments. From Deauville to Florida, he has to connect the players fast, before the next deal costs more lives.

A Deal On Ice

by Simon Fairfax

2019

Rupert heads to Moscow to open a new office just as Russia's power struggles turn vicious. Framed for murder and hunted across a frozen landscape, he has to uncover the corruption behind the markets before he disappears into it.

A Knight and a Spy 1410

by Simon Fairfax

2020

England is unstable, the king is ill, and France is ready to test every weakness. Young Jamie de Grispere is recruited to spy for Sir Richard Whittington, beginning a dangerous journey through treachery, war, and shifting loyalties.

A Knight and a Spy 1411

by Simon Fairfax

2021

Now a royal household knight, Jamie is sent into a kingdom rattled by revolt, piracy, and court rumor. As he tracks rebel plans, he uncovers a plot that could change the succession and cost him his life.

A Knight and a Spy 1412

by Simon Fairfax

2022

War with France looms as Sir James de Grispere is pushed from London to Paris and Florence. Spies, assassins, and church politics shadow every step of his mission, and one wrong move could ruin both the crown and the people he loves.

A Knight and a Spy 1413

by Simon Fairfax

2022

Henry IV is dead, Henry V is newly crowned, and enemies are closing in from every side. Sir James de Grispere faces rebels, heretics, and a charge of treason in a tense year of plots, fear, and political violence.

A Knight and a Spy 1414

by Simon Fairfax

2023

Warned to beware secrets and daggers, Sir James enters a year of broken treaties and quiet betrayals. From the Court of Aragon to the Council of Constance, he must protect king and country while war gathers strength.

Law of the Gun

by Simon Fairfax

2023

After the Civil War, Nate Carlton comes home to ruin, grief, and a future stripped bare. Saving a stranger pulls him west, where he must learn fast how to live, fight, and survive in a land with little law.

Making of a Lawman

by Simon Fairfax

2023

Trying to leave the war behind, Nate Carlton rides into a mining boom town split by greed and violence. Forced to take a side, he finds himself on the road from trail boss to lawman, with a price on his head.

A Knight and a Spy 1415

by Simon Fairfax

2024

Wounded but alive, Sir James returns to England carrying documents that could tear the kingdom apart. With war against France looming, he must outmaneuver old enemies and keep Henry V safe on the road to Agincourt.

Comanche Moon

by Simon Fairfax

2024

Nate hopes for a quiet winter on his ranch in South Texas, but peace shatters when Comanche attacks rip through the valley. As new guns appear in enemy hands, he has to fight for his home and discover who is fueling the war.

The Cardinal's Sword

by Simon Fairfax

2024

Flavio Sabatini returns to Corneto with a past full of violence and unfinished debts. In a divided Italy of war, greed, and church politics, the former pirate and condottiere must choose a side before his past chooses for him.

The Fight for Florence

by Simon Fairfax

2025

Florence stands on the brink as the Duke of Milan's armies close in and traitors work inside the walls. Flavio Sabatini is thrown into the struggle to save the city, but a deadlier threat may undo everyone first.

Troubled Border

by Simon Fairfax

2025

A bank robbery at a trailhead drags Nate into a deeper plot with echoes of the Civil War. To stop a new conflict and save his estranged brother, he must survive life inside a rebel camp.

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A Knight and a Spy 1403

by Simon Fairfax

2026

This prequel steps back to 1403, when England's struggles are already turning boys into soldiers and survivors. It sets Jamie de Grispere on the hard road toward knighthood, espionage, and the brutal politics of the realm.

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Railroad Raiders

by Simon Fairfax

2026

Nate goes undercover among rail crews to hunt a gang robbing trains, cattle, and silver across the early 1870s West. With insiders protecting the raiders, one mistake could leave him buried nameless on the frontier.

Where should I start?

If you want modern spy thrillers: No Deals Done,'til it's doneA Deal Too FarA Deal With the Devil
If you want medieval intrigue and a long story arc: A Knight and a Spy 1410A Knight and a Spy 1411A Knight and a Spy 1412
If you want classic Western action: Law of the GunMaking of a LawmanComanche Moon
If you want Renaissance Italy and mercenary politics: The Cardinal's SwordThe Fight for Florence

Author bio

Simon Fairfax is a British novelist from Worcester who has built his fiction around movement, danger, and the kind of practical detail that makes a made-up world feel lived in. He writes across three lanes, financial thrillers, medieval historical fiction, and classic Westerns, which sounds like a wide spread until you notice what links them. His books are full of men under pressure, power games behind the scenes, and places where one bad choice can change everything.

Before he was publishing novels, Fairfax worked as a chartered surveyor. That background turned out to be useful material rather than time lost. In the Deal books, especially A Deal Too Far and A Deal With the Devil, he takes the world of property, money, and professional rivalry and shows how quickly it can slide into espionage, corruption, and murder.

That idea seems to sit at the center of a lot of his work.

Fairfax has described Rupert Brett, the hero of the Deal series, as an ordinary man pushed into extraordinary situations. That same approach carries over when he changes genre. He is not drawn to distant, perfect heroes. He likes people who have jobs, loyalties, skills, blind spots, and just enough nerve to keep going when the ground shifts under them. It helps explain why his stories often feel brisk and physical even when they are dealing with politics, trade, or court intrigue.

Research is a big part of how he works. He has said that he likes to visit the places he writes about, handle weapons, speak to technical experts, and test the feel of a setting for himself. When he moved from the modern Deal books into the medieval world of A Knight and a Spy 1410, he spent about a year researching the period, traveling to sites in England and France, and building timelines so the real events and his fictional characters could move together cleanly. He has talked about being especially interested in the years leading up to Agincourt, a period he felt fiction had not explored deeply enough.

He also brings a lot of his own life to the page.

Horses have been a huge part of that life. Fairfax learned to ride decades ago, has trained horses, and played polo with his son. He has also edited an online polo magazine, and that mix of riding knowledge and field experience shows up naturally in the medieval books, where horses are not decoration but part of how people travel, fight, and survive. He has practiced martial arts, fencing, and shooting as well, which helps explain the clean, practical feel of many action scenes.

Readers who start with one series often end up trying another because the voice carries across them. A Knight and a Spy 1410 and its sequels follow Jamie, later Sir James de Grispere, through espionage and war in the years before Agincourt. Law of the Gun, Making of a Lawman, and Comanche Moon shift to the American West, where Nate Carlton has to rebuild a life after loss. The Cardinal's Sword opens a tougher early Renaissance Italy, with Flavio Sabatini caught between violence, politics, and old loyalties.

Away from the desk, Fairfax now restores old classic sports cars for fun. He has also said he can write almost anywhere, and that he often works scenes out in his head while walking, running, or swimming. That feels right for a writer whose books rarely stand still for long.

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