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David Mark


(David J Mark)
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aka D M Mark, D L Mark

David spent more than 15 years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with The Yorkshire Post - walking the Hull streets that would later become the setting for the Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy novels.

His writing is heavily influenced by the court cases he covered: the defeatist and jaded police officers; the incompetent investigators; the inertia of the justice system and the sheer raw grief of those touched by savagery and tragedy.

He lives in Lincolnshire and is now a full-time novelist.
 

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
December 2023

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The Burning Time
(DS Aector McAvoy, book 12)
Series
DS Aector McAvoy
   0.5. Darkness Falls (2020)
   1. Dark Winter (2012)
   2. Original Skin (2013)
   3. Sorrow Bound (2014)
   4. Taking Pity (2015)
   4.5. A Bad Death (2015)
   5. Dead Pretty (2016)
   5.5. Fire of Lies (2016)
   6. Cruel Mercy (2017)
   7. Scorched Earth (2018)
   8. Cold Bones (2019)
   9. Past Life (2021)
   10. Blind Justice (2022)
   11. Flesh and Blood (2023)
   12. The Burning Time (2023)
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Cordelia Hemlock
   1. The Burying Ground (2019)
     aka The Mausoleum
   2. The Whispering Dead (2022)
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Nicholas Roe
   1. The Guest House (2020)
     aka Blood Money
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Lakeland Trilogy
   1. Into the Woods (2020)
     aka Still Waters
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Novels
   A Rush of Blood (2019)
   Borrowed Time (2020)
   Suspicious Minds (2020)
   Cages (2021)
   Grave of the Goblins (2021)
   Anatomy of a Heretic (2022)
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Non fiction show
 
David Mark recommends
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The Puppet Show (2018)
(Washington Poe, book 1)
M W Craven
"A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint hearted!"
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Play Dead for Me (2018)
Too Close to Breathe

(Frankie Sheehan, book 1)
Olivia Kiernan
"Gritty, cynical and haunting, this is crime writing of the highest order and the product of a darkly fascinating mind. First class."
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A Tapping at My Door (2016)
(DS Nathan Cody, book 1)
David Jackson
"A harrowing page-turner from a writer who seems to know your darkest fears. Terrific!"

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Awards
Dagger Awards Best Book nominee (2016) : Dead Pretty
Barry Awards Best Paperback original nominee (2019) : Dead Pretty


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