'This is to my shame the first Mark Ellis book I've read. If the others evoke a vanished London so impressively, are graced with such complex plots and deep characterisation, and, above all, are written so well I shall have to read them all.' THE TIMES'An atmospheric, compelling evocation of war-torn London in the wake of the Blitz, where DCI Frank Merlin fights against a tidal wave of crime' GEOFFREY WANSELL, Crime and Thriller Re...

'A must-read for murder mystery lovers' DAILY MAIL'Ellis conjures up an immersive, authentic world in this evocative series' FINANCIAL TIMES'Gripping...expertly combining a crime mystery with a wartime thriller**' ALEX GERLIS*********BEST CRIME FICTION NOVEL 2025 - BLOODY BARNES CRIME FESTIVAL******AN ASPECTS OF CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR***London. Spring 1943. While Europe continues to suf...

THE INSANELY GRIPPING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FOURTH INSTALMENT IN MARK ELLIS' DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES'[A] stylish thriller' - Sunday Mirror'This exciting, very well plotted and historically evocative story drives forward to its gripping conclusion' - Euro Crime'A richly...

'A real page-turner...juicy enough to devour in one sitting, you'll immediately want to order the next in the series.' DAILY MAILThe first instalment in the Frank Merlin series. Previously published as Prince's Gate.When a brilliant emigré scientist is killed by a hit-and-run driver and the body of an American embassy is washed up in the Thames, DCI Frank Merlin and his team are called to investigate.Merlin's investigations soon ruffle feat...

Vividly atmospheric and brimming with suspense, Mark Ellis presents this insanely captivating wartime thriller of classic espionage. The second instalment in the Frank Merlin Series, following on from Princes Gate. Previously published as Stalin's Gold. PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES:'A richly atmospheric, authenti...

Founded by white males, the interracial cooperation movement flourished in the American South in the years before the New Deal. The movement sought local dialogue between the races, improvement of education, and reduction of interracial violence, tending the flame of white liberalism until the emergence of white activists in the 1930s and after. Thomas Jackson (Jack) Woofter Jr., a Georgia sociologist and an authority on American race relations, migration, rural development, population cha...

For centuries, the augmented sixth sonority has fascinated composers and intrigued music analysts. Here, Dr Mark Ellis presents a series of musical examples illustrating the 'evolution' of the augmented sixth and the changing contexts in which it can be found. Surprisingly, the sonority emerged from one of the last remnants of modal counterpoint to survive into the tonal era: the Phrygian Cadence. In the Baroque period, the 'terrible dissonance' was nearly always associated with negative t...

The gears of justice roll on in a new graphic novel by best-selling author Mark (Doc Savage, Outlanders) Ellis, David (Batman/Superman, Infinity, Inc,) Enebral and Ivan (Legend of Isis) Barriga. The Justice Machine fought to destroy tyranny on two worlds--but nearly twenty years ago they vanished, never to be seen again. Until now! The Machine's explosive return plunges them into a nightmarish landscape of two realities warring for dominion! The team races to thwart a dark destiny awaiting...

No vampiric figure is more terrifyingly iconic than Baron Orlock, the Nosferatu...a cadaverous monster who sups on blood but feasts upon human souls. This classic of undead horror is reimagined by best-selling SF author Mark (James Axler) Ellis and the artistic talents of Rik Levins, Bill Marimon, Richard Pace and Melissa Martin Ellis.

The astonishing story behind one of the most shocking disasters of the century.In June 2023, OceanGate’s experimental Titan submersible went missing on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic. Millions of people around the world were transfixed, waiting in excruciating suspense for word of the sub’s five passengers: its charismatic pilot, a legendary explorer, a billionaire businessman, and a father with his teenage son. Days later the horrifying news ...

JUSTICE HAS AN OLD ADDRESS221B is more than an address on Baker Street...it is also the code-name for special agents of Her Majesty's Secret Service who are called upon to combat extreme threats to the Realm-Sherlock Holmes, Loveday Brooke and Dr. John Watson. Now they face their most deadly challenge-a shadowy futurist organization called the Hephaestus Ring conspires to subvert the Paris World's Fair and use the opening of the Eiffel Tower to unleash a new terror weapon. Headed by the by...

From the writer who’s been covering OceanGate from the beginning, the astonishing story behind one of the most shocking disasters of the century.In June 2023, OceanGate’s experimental Titan submersible went missing on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic. People around the world were transfixed, waiting for word of the sub’s passengers: its charismatic pilot, a legendary explorer, a billionaire businessman, and a father with his teenage son. Days later the horrifying news came: The s...