Mark Ellis
@markell1953.bsky.social
Welsh author of the popular #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective series. New book #DeathOfAnOfficer (Merlin 6) out from Headline 29/5/25.
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Mark Ellis
@markell1953.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Death Of An Officer, the latest in the Frank Merlin WW2 London detective series, is now available online and at all good book stores
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
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For lovers of folk horror and the British Gothic, a novel set in the midwinter of 1665, within a remote Scottish priory haunted by ancient sorcery and deadly secrets. Enter the Priory…if you dare.
amazon.com/Feast-Innocents-Novel-Astonishing-Terror-ebook/dp/B09SYG7XTD
#horror #gothic #thriller
amazon.com/Feast-Innocents-Novel-Astonishing-Terror-ebook/dp/B09SYG7XTD
#horror #gothic #thriller
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
For lovers of folk horror and the British Gothic, a novel set in the midwinter of 1665, within a remote Scottish priory haunted by ancient sorcery and deadly secrets. Enter the Priory…if you dare.
amazon.com/Feast-Innocents-Novel-Astonishing-Terror-ebook/dp/B09SYG7XTD
#horror #gothic #thriller
amazon.com/Feast-Innocents-Novel-Astonishing-Terror-ebook/dp/B09SYG7XTD
#horror #gothic #thriller
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Know there was a crime boom in #WW2 London? Gangsters, killers, black marketeers and other villains made hay in the bombed-out capital. For a fictional take on wartime criminality try #DeathOfAnOfficer, the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller. For facts try #BoomTime, my new WW2 true crime history.
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Know there was a crime boom in #WW2 London? Gangsters, killers, black marketeers and other villains made hay in the bombed-out capital. For a fictional take on wartime criminality try #DeathOfAnOfficer, the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller. For facts try #BoomTime, my new WW2 true crime history.
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Lovely Financial Times review of my new #FrankMerlin book #DeathOfAnOfficer in today’s edition. ‘Ellis conjures up an immersive, authentic world in this evocative series.’
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Lovely Financial Times review of my new #FrankMerlin book #DeathOfAnOfficer in today’s edition. ‘Ellis conjures up an immersive, authentic world in this evocative series.’
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Death Of An Officer, the latest in the Frank Merlin WW2 London detective series, is now available online and at all good book stores
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Death Of An Officer, the latest in the Frank Merlin WW2 London detective series, is now available online and at all good book stores
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
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My new piece in the great US mystery and crime fiction publication The Strand magazine. Subject: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London. See what you think of my list.
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
Strand Magazine Article: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London -
by Mark Ellis My name is Mark Ellis and I write a crime fiction series set in World War Two London. My protagonist is a Scotland Yard detective called Frank Merlin. The sixth in the series, Death Of [...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My new piece in the great US mystery and crime fiction publication The Strand magazine. Subject: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London. See what you think of my list.
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
The DCI Frank Merlin series features a Scotland Yard detective in WW2 London battling against a crime boom on the wartime Home Front. Here are the 6 books currently available.
“Immersive, authentic, evocative’ Financial Times
‘A must-read’ Daily Mail
‘A truly remarkable series’ Tom Mead author
“Immersive, authentic, evocative’ Financial Times
‘A must-read’ Daily Mail
‘A truly remarkable series’ Tom Mead author
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The DCI Frank Merlin series features a Scotland Yard detective in WW2 London battling against a crime boom on the wartime Home Front. Here are the 6 books currently available.
“Immersive, authentic, evocative’ Financial Times
‘A must-read’ Daily Mail
‘A truly remarkable series’ Tom Mead author
“Immersive, authentic, evocative’ Financial Times
‘A must-read’ Daily Mail
‘A truly remarkable series’ Tom Mead author
Off to New Orleans today to attend #Bouchercon, the world’s largest crime fiction event where I’m on some great panels. #DeathOfAnOfficer, my new #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective mystery is published in the US this week.
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Off to New Orleans today to attend #Bouchercon, the world’s largest crime fiction event where I’m on some great panels. #DeathOfAnOfficer, my new #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective mystery is published in the US this week.
My new piece in the great US mystery and crime fiction publication The Strand magazine. Subject: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London. See what you think of my list.
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
Strand Magazine Article: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London -
by Mark Ellis My name is Mark Ellis and I write a crime fiction series set in World War Two London. My protagonist is a Scotland Yard detective called Frank Merlin. The sixth in the series, Death Of [...
www.mysterycenter.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
My new piece in the great US mystery and crime fiction publication The Strand magazine. Subject: Ten Great Crime Novels Set In London. See what you think of my list.
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
www.mystery enter.com/2025/08/25/strand-magazine-article-ten-great-crime-novels-set-in-london/
Death Of An Officer, the latest in the Frank Merlin WW2 London detective series, is now available online and at all good book stores
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Death Of An Officer, the latest in the Frank Merlin WW2 London detective series, is now available online and at all good book stores
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
‘A must-read for murder mystery lovers’ @dailymail.co.uk
‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ @financialtimes.com
‘Remarkable’ @tommeadauthor.bsky.social
And there was I thinking I’d made Frank Merlin up!
August 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
And there was I thinking I’d made Frank Merlin up!
Lovely Financial Times review of my new #FrankMerlin book #DeathOfAnOfficer in today’s edition. ‘Ellis conjures up an immersive, authentic world in this evocative series.’
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Lovely Financial Times review of my new #FrankMerlin book #DeathOfAnOfficer in today’s edition. ‘Ellis conjures up an immersive, authentic world in this evocative series.’
Cheers Chris! We had fun👍😄
Very happy publication day to my friend @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social - The Magus of Sicily is out today. If you're in Swansea this evening, you're in for a treat with Phil and the equally brilliant @markell1953.bsky.social in conversation at @swanseastones.bsky.social
Philip Gwynne Jones, Welsh writer living in Venice. My ninth novel, the Euro-crime novel "The Magus of Sicily" comes out on July 3rd, and I'll be in conversation with @markell1953.bsky.social at @swanseastones.bsky.social that evening at 18.00 !
July 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Cheers Chris! We had fun👍😄
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July 3rd is Publication Date. So why not come and see the brilliant @markell1953.bsky.social and I in conversation at @swanseastones.bsky.social !
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June 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
July 3rd is Publication Date. So why not come and see the brilliant @markell1953.bsky.social and I in conversation at @swanseastones.bsky.social !
www.waterstones.com/events/mark-...
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Know there was a crime boom in #WW2 London? Gangsters, killers, black marketeers and other villains made hay in the bombed-out capital. For a fictional take on wartime criminality try #DeathOfAnOfficer, the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller. For facts try #BoomTime, my new WW2 true crime history.
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Know there was a crime boom in #WW2 London? Gangsters, killers, black marketeers and other villains made hay in the bombed-out capital. For a fictional take on wartime criminality try #DeathOfAnOfficer, the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller. For facts try #BoomTime, my new WW2 true crime history.
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#BookReview
#DeathOfAnOfficer by @markell1953.bsky.social
(feat. DCI Frank Merlin)
A series that plays out in monochrome in the mind of the reader
Atmospheric & suspenseful, these books are wonderfully plotted & delightfully entertaining
www.swirlandthread.com/death-of-an-...
#booksky 💙📚
#DeathOfAnOfficer by @markell1953.bsky.social
(feat. DCI Frank Merlin)
A series that plays out in monochrome in the mind of the reader
Atmospheric & suspenseful, these books are wonderfully plotted & delightfully entertaining
www.swirlandthread.com/death-of-an-...
#booksky 💙📚
June 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
#BookReview
#DeathOfAnOfficer by @markell1953.bsky.social
(feat. DCI Frank Merlin)
A series that plays out in monochrome in the mind of the reader
Atmospheric & suspenseful, these books are wonderfully plotted & delightfully entertaining
www.swirlandthread.com/death-of-an-...
#booksky 💙📚
#DeathOfAnOfficer by @markell1953.bsky.social
(feat. DCI Frank Merlin)
A series that plays out in monochrome in the mind of the reader
Atmospheric & suspenseful, these books are wonderfully plotted & delightfully entertaining
www.swirlandthread.com/death-of-an-...
#booksky 💙📚
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Wishing @markell1953.bsky.social a Very Happy Publication Day🎊
#deathofanofficer is OUT NOW with @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Another 👌 addition to this London-based wartime noir police procedural/crime fiction/detective series featuring the indefatigable DCI Frank Merlin 🕵️♂️
[ Review to follow ]
#deathofanofficer is OUT NOW with @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Another 👌 addition to this London-based wartime noir police procedural/crime fiction/detective series featuring the indefatigable DCI Frank Merlin 🕵️♂️
[ Review to follow ]
May 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Wishing @markell1953.bsky.social a Very Happy Publication Day🎊
#deathofanofficer is OUT NOW with @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Another 👌 addition to this London-based wartime noir police procedural/crime fiction/detective series featuring the indefatigable DCI Frank Merlin 🕵️♂️
[ Review to follow ]
#deathofanofficer is OUT NOW with @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Another 👌 addition to this London-based wartime noir police procedural/crime fiction/detective series featuring the indefatigable DCI Frank Merlin 🕵️♂️
[ Review to follow ]
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Now this is what I call book post...
My copy of Death of an Officer, the latest Frank Merlin book by @markell1953.bsky.social, arrived today.
Huge congratulations to Mark on publication day. It looks a belter!
My copy of Death of an Officer, the latest Frank Merlin book by @markell1953.bsky.social, arrived today.
Huge congratulations to Mark on publication day. It looks a belter!
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Now this is what I call book post...
My copy of Death of an Officer, the latest Frank Merlin book by @markell1953.bsky.social, arrived today.
Huge congratulations to Mark on publication day. It looks a belter!
My copy of Death of an Officer, the latest Frank Merlin book by @markell1953.bsky.social, arrived today.
Huge congratulations to Mark on publication day. It looks a belter!
It’s publication day for #DeathOfAnOfficer, the latest in the ‘masterly..compelling..intriguing..unputdownable’ #FranKMerlin #WW2 London detective series. Available online and at all good bookshops.
#DeathOfAnOfficer the latest in the ‘masterly…compelling…unputdownable’ #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective series will be out from Headline on 29/5/25
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It’s publication day for #DeathOfAnOfficer, the latest in the ‘masterly..compelling..intriguing..unputdownable’ #FranKMerlin #WW2 London detective series. Available online and at all good bookshops.
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'Borrowing' his graphic to wish @markell1953.bsky.social a happy publication day for his fabulous new book in his excellent wartime crime series featuring DCI Frank Merlin and his team of detectives.
Highly recommended.
#histbookchat
Highly recommended.
#histbookchat
May 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
'Borrowing' his graphic to wish @markell1953.bsky.social a happy publication day for his fabulous new book in his excellent wartime crime series featuring DCI Frank Merlin and his team of detectives.
Highly recommended.
#histbookchat
Highly recommended.
#histbookchat
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Two murders, a mysterious men's club and a young villian with revenge on his mind.
DCI Merlin and his team return to solve more crimes in wartime London. Only this time danger lurks even closer to home!
@markell1953.bsky.social excellent new book is published next week on the 29th May.
DCI Merlin and his team return to solve more crimes in wartime London. Only this time danger lurks even closer to home!
@markell1953.bsky.social excellent new book is published next week on the 29th May.
May 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Two murders, a mysterious men's club and a young villian with revenge on his mind.
DCI Merlin and his team return to solve more crimes in wartime London. Only this time danger lurks even closer to home!
@markell1953.bsky.social excellent new book is published next week on the 29th May.
DCI Merlin and his team return to solve more crimes in wartime London. Only this time danger lurks even closer to home!
@markell1953.bsky.social excellent new book is published next week on the 29th May.
Happy days! Got my author copies of the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller #DeathOfAnOfficer. Out from Headline 29/5. Early #netgalley reviewers say: ‘I loved it… a great read…the first Merlin I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last…twisty, intriguing…superb entertainment…his best yet!’
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy days! Got my author copies of the new #FrankMerlin detective thriller #DeathOfAnOfficer. Out from Headline 29/5. Early #netgalley reviewers say: ‘I loved it… a great read…the first Merlin I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last…twisty, intriguing…superb entertainment…his best yet!’
In the Oxfordshire gloaming
May 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the Oxfordshire gloaming
#DeathOfAnOfficer, #6 in the #FrankMerlin #WW2 detective series, is out 29/5. All books are stand alone but if you want to start at the beginning, #TheEmbassyMurders kicks the series off. In a recent review the Daily Mail said of #1: ‘A real page-turner…juicy enough to devour in 1 sitting.’
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#DeathOfAnOfficer, #6 in the #FrankMerlin #WW2 detective series, is out 29/5. All books are stand alone but if you want to start at the beginning, #TheEmbassyMurders kicks the series off. In a recent review the Daily Mail said of #1: ‘A real page-turner…juicy enough to devour in 1 sitting.’
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Earlier shifts this week means less morning reading time. However I've managed to finish the 5th book in @markell1953.bsky.social enjoyable wartime detective series set in London.
Book VI will be published in May. #histbookchat
Book VI will be published in May. #histbookchat
#DeathOfAnOfficer the latest in the ‘masterly…compelling…unputdownable’ #FrankMerlin #WW2 London detective series will be out from Headline on 29/5/25
April 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Earlier shifts this week means less morning reading time. However I've managed to finish the 5th book in @markell1953.bsky.social enjoyable wartime detective series set in London.
Book VI will be published in May. #histbookchat
Book VI will be published in May. #histbookchat
On some good panels again at #CrimeFest in Bristol next month. Sadly this will be the last but a fittingly stellar list of authors attending. Advance copies of my new #FrankMerlin adventure, #DeathOfAnOfficer, will be on sale. Get your tickets now!
April 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
On some good panels again at #CrimeFest in Bristol next month. Sadly this will be the last but a fittingly stellar list of authors attending. Advance copies of my new #FrankMerlin adventure, #DeathOfAnOfficer, will be on sale. Get your tickets now!