DCI Frank Merlin Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Prince’s Gate / The Embassy Murders | 2011 | Buy |
| Princes Gate | 2011 | N/A |
| Stalin’s Gold | 2014 | N/A |
| Stalin’s Gold / In the Shadow of the Blitz | 2014 | Buy |
| Merlin at War / The French Spy | 2017 | Buy |
| A Death In Mayfair | 2019 | N/A |
| A Death in Mayfair / Merlin Noir | 2019 | Buy |
| Dead In The Water | 2022 | Buy |
| Death of an Officer | 2025 | Buy |
Mark Ellis is a Welsh author who spent a career in law before turning to writing crime fiction. His DCI Frank Merlin series, which began with Princes Gate in 2011, is set in London during World War II and follows a seasoned detective navigating both criminal cases and the chaos of the Blitz.
Ellis draws on his interest in twentieth-century history to bring wartime London to life in convincing detail. The series has grown to nine books, with cases that touch on embassy politics, wartime espionage, and the tensions of a city under bombardment.