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Death of an Officer

(2025)
(The sixth book in the DCI Frank Merlin series)
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The gripping new book in the acclaimed DCI Frank Merlin series:

Praise for the DCI Frank Merlin series:

'Masterly . . . compelling . . . one of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction'
ANDREW ROBERTS, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

'Against the backdrop of Blitz-hit London, this stylish thriller sees Scotland Yard's Frank Merlin investigate a tangled conspiracy'
SUNDAY MIRROR

'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 Reviewer, DAILY MAIL

'Unputdownable'
ROBERT LYMAN

'Mark Ellis delivers diamonds - an intriguing, masterly juggling of an intricate plot and an enviable command of detail
.' JOHN LAWTON

'Extraordinarily atmospheric and compelling, DEAD IN THE WATER is a wonderfully intelligent and complex story'
CHRIS LLOYD, HWA Gold Crown Award winner.

'...historical noir at its best. Mark Ellis's talents as a writer are many; finely embroidered plotting, a meticulously researched historical context and place, and rounded characters whose lives and capers become real for a reader'
GARY DONNELLY

'A very satisfying puzzle, expertly crafted'
HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

Genre: Historical Mystery

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