Ben Mears

Ben first began writing high fantasy as a hobbyist, later working on a series of early-medieval whodunits before self-publishing the YA Tyler May Series.

In addition to his role as an author, Ben is a published songwriter, a published illustrator and an award-winning graphic designer. He is married and has three inspiring daughters. As a visiting author, he runs Creative Writing Workshops in secondary schools and academies.

The Banyard & Mingle stories are his first novels to be traditionally published.

Books by Ben Mears

  • Seraph of the Sallow Grove

    Ben Mears

    When the fearsome Lord Draker approaches Banyard and Mingle for help, they are immediately on their guard. Two high-profile silkers have been murdered with chilling precision, their bodies unearthed in a snowbound, sallow grove – but why would the chief of police come to them?

  • The Shadow of Grayrton Mire

    Ben Mears

    Shadowy deaths have long made Grayrton Mire a place of gruesome legend. But when a vulnerable boy is charged with the latest killing, Banyard and Mingle brave the treacherous marshes to defend him...

  • The Green Ink Ghost

    Ben Mears

    Following their success recovering King Doon’s bones, Banyard and Mingle’s services are in high demand. But when a mysterious green-ink letter claims Michael’s dead father was murdered, he is compelled to reopen a long-forgotten case...

  • A Sock Full of Bones

    Ben Mears

    Young private detectives, Banyard and Mingle, are out of money and out of luck when a swindled widow presents a life-changing case. As clues reveal a treacherous shipwreck and a rotting corpse in a cage, they are confronted by brutal smugglers and ghoulish gawpers in a mystery that could cost them their lives!

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