{"product_id":"death-of-an-officer","title":"Death Of An Officer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon. Spring 1943. \u003c\/b\u003eWhile Europe continues to suffer under the iron fist of Nazi occupation, Britain remains battered but unbowed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e DCI Frank Merlin, already contending with a booming wartime crime wave in the capital, is confronted with a baffling case: the brutal murder of a respected doctor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Following a puzzling trail that leads him into the hidden corners of clubland - and which appears to be linked to the disappearance of both British and American officers - Merlin must untangle a dark web of shocking secrets.\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''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Unputdownable'' \u003cb\u003eROBERT LYMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 DONNELLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A very satisfying puzzle, expertly crafted'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the DCI Frank Merlin series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57583253487998,"sku":"NW9781035427024","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781035427024.jpg?v=1781895484","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/death-of-an-officer","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}