avg_rating: 3.94
name: Mark   Ellis
about: Former barrister and businessman from Swansea. His first crime thriller, Princes Gate, set in WW2 London and featuring charismatic Scotland Yard detective Frank Merlin, was published in Summer 2011. Frank Merlin 2, Stalin's Gold, published March 1 2014. Merlin 3 Merlin At War published in July 2017. Merlin At War has been longlisted for the 2018 CWA Historical Dagger."Masterful" Bestselling historian Andrew Roberts' review of Stalin's Gold"Ellis does a wonderful job of creating an atmosphere as thick as any 1940's London pea souper you may find and I have to admit once I'd read the opening chapters, I was well and truly hooked." Talk Books, review of Princes Gate by Milo's Rambles. "Nostalgia, sex and intrigue all rolled into one-great!" To Former barrister and businessman from Swansea. His first crime thriller, Princes Gate, set in WW2 London and featuring charismatic Scotland Yard detective Frank Merlin, was published in Summer 2011. Frank Merlin 2, Stalin's Gold, published March 1 2014. Merlin 3 Merlin At War published in July 2017. Merlin At War has been longlisted for the 2018 CWA Historical Dagger."Masterful" Bestselling historian Andrew Roberts' review of Stalin's Gold"Ellis does a wonderful job of creating an atmosphere as thick as any 1940's London pea souper you may find and I have to admit once I'd read the opening chapters, I was well and truly hooked." Talk Books, review of Princes Gate by Milo's Rambles. "Nostalgia, sex and intrigue all rolled into one-great!" Tony Page in 50Connect. "Set in London, in January 1940, we are quickly propelled into the atmosphere and feel of desperation...we can smell the sweat under the arms of the men, and the stale perfume of naive girls in the nightclubs; we can see the unshaven chins and the venal eyes of the club owner...we can even share the fear as a plane passes high over the darkened streets and the instinct is to duck into an air-raid shelter...an interesting character and era, and I'd like to read more." Adrian Magson, best-selling author, in Shots Magazine. "A real treat" Hereford Times can even share the fear as a plane passes high over the darkened streets and the instinct is to duck into an ai-raid shelter. An interesting character and era, and I'd like to read more." Adrian Magson best -selling author in Shots Magazine. "Nostalgia, sex and intrigue all rolled into one-great!" Tony Page in 50Connect. ...more