Let's make this birthday one to remember.

56 years old (Born on February 03, 1969)

Happy Birthday, Simon! The plot thickens—another year older and surely wiser. From chasing clues across Devon's rugged coastlines with Dan Groves and Adam Breen to unraveling mysteries behind the scenes at BBC Southwest, you've always kept us on the edge of our seats.

Here's hoping your day is filled with twists as delightful as your recent literary successes. May each moment be a page-turner packed full of smiles, cake (without any suspicious crumbs), joyfully skimmed crime reports—and not forgetting humorous banter worthy of Groves and Breen!

Keep writing those gripping thrillers; just remember you're only aging in chapters!