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Mark Ellis
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Author of Frank Merlin WW2 detective series. Death Of An Officer voted Best Crime Fiction Novel 2025 Bloody Barnes Crime Festival. HWA Gold Crown Award Judge.
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    Mark Ellis
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    Mar 14
    Death Of An Officer. Frank Merlin 6. Best Crime Fiction Novel 2025, Bloody Barnes Crime Festival. ‘Must-read’ DailyMail⁩ ‘Immersive, authentic, evocative’ ⁦@FT ‘One of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction’ Andrew Roberts historian
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    Mark Ellis
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    Apr 30, 2021
    ‘Mark Ellis writes noir. Think men in shadow, think starlets and gangsters. Dark streets and running feet. Cocktails and satin pyjamas. Think drama, whiskey and cigarette smoke...think MURDER!!!!’ ⁦@GwylCrimeFest⁩ ⁦@CrimeCymru⁩ #FrankMerlin
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    A Death in Mayfair | Mark Ellis | Review | Swirl and Thread
    From swirlandthread.com
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    Mark Ellis
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    Oct 12, 2021
    ‘Superb, compelling, fast-paced, fascinating, smoking.’ Some Amazon/Goodreads reviews of #FrankMerlin from UK,US,India over the past month. Books 1-4 available now online, on audio and from all good bookstores. #Merlin5 coming soon! @Midaspr ⁦@AccentPress⁩ @CrimeCymru
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    Mark Ellis
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    Jul 11, 2021
    At a #PrincesGate (#FrankMerlin 1) book-signing in Connecticut 10 years ago today. Pictured with his copy, Jack Churchill, great-grandson of Winston. ‘An enthralling and vividly atmospheric wartime thriller’ #FrankMerlin5 coming soon! @Midaspr ⁦@AccentPress⁩ @CrimeCymru
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    Mark Ellis
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    Nov 10, 2024
    This is my wonderful grandfather Ivor Morgan. I grew up with him after my father died when I was 7. He spent 3 years in the French trenches but survived. Two of his other four brothers did not. Would never say a word to me about the war. Remembering him today.
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    Mark Ellis
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    Nov 16, 2020
    'You have to read the Frank Merlin series which reminds me of Alan Furst, Ken Follett and PD James.' Great FB shout out for #FrankMerlin from bestselling thriller writer ⁦@JoeFinder⁩ @Midaspr ⁦@AccentPress⁩ ⁦@CrimeCymru⁩ #WW2crime
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    Mark Ellis
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    Jun 4, 2024
    Replying to @RealEmirHan
    Grace Kelly by a mile
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    Mark Ellis
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    Dec 10, 2024
    The Frost Fair of the Winter of 1683-4 on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the Distance. c.1685. English School.
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    Mark Ellis
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    Jan 11, 2025
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    Elizabeth Montgomery Bewitched
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    Mark Ellis
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    Oct 30, 2021
    ‘Amazing’ Masterful’ Superb’. Latest #FrankMerlin reader reviews this month from US, India and the UK. ‘Captivating’ #WW2thrillers #PrincesGate #StalinsGold ##MerlinAtWar #ADeathInMayfair ‘If you like Foyle’s War, this series is for you.’ ⁦@AccentPress⁩ @midaspr @CrimeCymru
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    Mark Ellis
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    Oct 12, 2024
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    Always a toss up between Grace…
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    Mark Ellis
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    Jul 11, 2024
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    The Magnificent Seven
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    Mark Ellis
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    Nov 21, 2021
    #PrincesGate (#FrankMerlin 1) seems to be doing well in France at the moment. ‘An enthralling and vividly atmospheric wartime thriller.’ ⁦@CrimeCymru⁩ ⁦@AccentPress⁩ ⁦@midaspr⁩
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    Mark Ellis
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    Dec 23, 2021
    DEAD IN THE WATER, Book 5 in the ‘vividly atmospheric, and insanely captivating’ #FrankMerlin wartime detective series, will be published by @AccentPress 19/5/22 and is now available for pre-order. ⁦@midaspr⁩ ⁦⁦@CrimeCymru⁩
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    Dead in the Water
    From hachette.co.uk