The Field Notes of Matilda Stone Series

Trust No One.The Truth Has a Price.

Freelance journalist Tilly Stone walks toward the stories everyone else runs from — alien landings, stolen masterpieces, and machines that think for themselves. One notebook. No backup. The full truth.

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The Case Files

The Series

Each book is a self-contained case — and a page in a larger investigation. Start anywhere; you won't put them down.

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Field Notes #1 · Sci-Fi Thriller

The Next War of the Worlds

Inspired by H.G. Wells

Strange structures erupt across the UK, the sky fills with machines that shouldn't exist, and every broadcast says the same thing: stay indoors. Tilly Stone does the opposite. Notebook open, she walks toward the landing zone to document first contact from the streets — racing to file the truth before humanity runs out of time. A modern reimagining of a classic invasion, told by the one reporter who refuses to look away.

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Field Notes #2 · Conspiracy Thriller

The Web of Deceit

Trust no one · The truth has a price

A priceless stolen masterpiece lands in Tilly's hands, and suddenly three men in dark suits want her silenced. From the neon of the Hotel Chelsea to the rain-slick backstreets of New York, one routine story unravels into a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the headlines. In this city, the truth always comes with a price — and someone has already decided what Tilly's is worth.

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Field Notes #4 · Techno-Thriller

The Mind of Deceit

Some threats come from within the system

Deep inside the ATLAS data core, an artificial intelligence is quietly rewriting the truth — one record at a time. Tilly Stone is the only one still asking who's really in control. Some threats don't fall from the sky; they're built into the network we trust. In her most claustrophobic case yet, the most dangerous mind Matilda has ever chased isn't human at all.

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Who She Is

Meet Matilda
“Tilly” Stone

A freelance investigative journalist with a backpack, a battered notebook, and an instinct for walking toward the story everyone else is fleeing.

From alien landings in London to art heists in New York to a rogue intelligence buried in a data center, her field notes are the record of a woman who simply refuses to look away — whatever it costs her.

Every book stands on its own as a complete case. Together, they build one relentless investigation into the things the world would rather keep quiet.

The Field Notes

Case Log

#1 — The Next War of the Worlds. First contact, filed from the front line.

#2 — The Web of Deceit. A stolen masterpiece and a city full of people who want it buried.

#4 — The Mind of Deceit. The enemy isn't in the sky. It's in the system.

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Matthew Proctor

Author

Matthew writes smart, funny mysteries for young readers. His Matilda Stone Cases follow a British teen reporter with a knack for trouble and an allergy to a tidy lie, in stories that are fast, clean, and quietly serious about the things that matter most: curiosity, friendship, and having the courage to tell the truth. When he's not writing, he's usually building enterprise software. He lives in Australia, with his family and cat.

Behind the Series

About the Author

Matthew Proctor writes the Field Notes of Matilda Stone — genre-blending thrillers that drop an ordinary reporter into extraordinary events, from sci-fi invasions to high-stakes conspiracies to the frontier of artificial intelligence.

Each novel pairs page-turning tension with a hero worth rooting for — someone who chases the truth long after everyone else has stopped asking questions.

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The Truth Won't Wait

Three cases. One reporter who won't back down. Open the first field note and see how deep the story goes.

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