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Colin Falconer

(Colin Bowles)

aka Mark D'Arbanville

Born in North London, Colin Falconer started his career in advertising, quickly progressing to journalism and script writing for radio and TV before becoming a full-time novelist.

He is best known for historical adventure fiction, his passion for history and travel taking him all over the world for research. His bestselling epic adventure series includes Silk Road, Harem and Aztec.

Colin has also written some medieval fiction novels, modern historicals, and recently wrote a crime series, featuring DI Charlie George, a detective in a North London murder squad.

His books have been translated into 24 languages.

Genres: Historical, Mystery, Historical Mystery, Thriller

Series

Epic Adventure
   1. Silk Road (2011)
   2. Stigmata (2012)
   3. Lord of the Atlas (2021)
   4. Harem (1992)
     aka The Sultan's Harem
   5. When We Were Gods (2000)
     aka Cleopatra: Daughter of the Nile
   6. Colossus (2015)
   7. Feathered Serpent (2002)
     aka Aztec
   8. Venom (1990)
   9. Fury: Book 1 - Live For Me (1993)
   10. Fury: Book 2 - Sleeping with the Enemy (2022)
   11. Fever Coast (2022)
   12. East India (2014)
   13. Ends of the Earth (2023)
   14. Converso (2024)

Opium
   1. Opium (1994)
   2. Air Opium (2013)
   3. Chasing the Dragon (2013)
   4. Eye of the Tiger (2013)
   5. Godless (2013)

Madeleine Fox
1. Rough Justice (1999)
2. The Certainty of Doing Evil (2000)

20th Century Stories
   Anastasia (2003)
   Isabella: Braveheart of France (2013)
   War Baby (2013)
   Sleeping With The Enemy (2017)
   Live For Me (2018)

Naked Husband (as by Mark D'Arbanville)
1. The Naked Husband (2004)
2. The Naked Heart (2005)

Jerusalem
   1. Jerusalem (2013)
   2. Freedom (2013)
   3. Zion (2013)
   4. Israel (2013)

Havana Girl
   1. Havana Girl (2013)
     aka Naked In Havana
   2. LA Woman (2013)
   3. Saigon Wife (2014)

William Shakespeare Detective Agency
1. The School of Night (2014)
2. The Dark Lady (2015)

DI Charlie George
   1. Lucifer Falls (2018)
   2. Innocence Dies (2019)
   3. Angels Weep (2020)
   4. Cry Justice (2021)

Novels

   Deathwatch (1991)
   Triad (1995)
   Dangerous (1996)
   Disappeared (1997)
   My Beautiful Spy (2005)
   Pearls (2006)
   Stairway to the Moon (2007)
   Seraglio (2013)
   Corrigan's Run (2013)
   Istanbul (2013)
   The Black Witch of Mexico (2014)
   Valhalla Atlantis (2016)
   A Great Love of Small Proportion (2016)
   Blood Moon Over Zanzibar (2016)
   The Good Daughter (2017)
   The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane (2017)
   A Vain and Indecent Woman (2018)
   Loving Liberty Levine (2019)

Award nominations

	2001 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : The Certainty of Doing Evil
	2000 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (nominee) : Rough Justice

Colin Falconer recommends

The Road Beyond Ruin (2019)
Gemma Liviero
"Tense, gripping, The Road Beyond Ruin is a haunting novel about war and secrets that will keep you reading long into the night."

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