{"product_id":"9781786159885","title":"Dead in the Water","description":"Author: Mark Ellis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781786159885\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Oct 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003eGEOFFREY WANSELL, Crime and Thriller Reviewer, DAILY MAIL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummer, 1942.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Second World War rages on but Britain now faces the Nazi threat with America at its side.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a bombed-out London swarming with gangsters and spies, DCI Frank Merlin continues his battle against rampant wartime crime. A mangled body is found in the Thames just as some items of priceless art go mysteriously missing. What sinister connection links the two?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMerlin and his team follow a twisting trail of secrets and lies as they investigate a baffling and deadly puzzle .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Unputdownable' \u003cb\u003eROBERT LYMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Mark Ellis delivers diamonds - an intriguing, masterly juggling of an intricate plot and an enviable command of detail\u003cb\u003e.' JOHN LAWTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Extraordinarily atmospheric and compelling, DEAD IN THE WATER is a wonderfully intelligent and complex story' \u003cb\u003eCHRIS LLOYD, HWA Gold Crown Award winner.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'...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' \u003cb\u003eGARY DO\u003c\/b\u003eNNELLY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A very satisfying puzzle, expertly crafted' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for the DCI Frank Merlin series:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterly . . . compelling . . . one of the most attractive characters to emerge in recent detective-thriller fiction' \u003c\/b\u003eANDREW ROBERTS, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Against the backdrop of Blitz-hit London, this stylish thriller sees Scotland Yard's Frank Merlin investigate a tangled conspiracy'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY MIRROR\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924897710238,"sku":"ING-9781786159885","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781786159885.jpg?v=1782955216","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781786159885","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}