A Death in Mayfair

Vividly atmospheric and brimming with suspense, Mark Ellis presents this insanely captivating wartime thriller of classic espionage.

The fourth instalment in the Frank Merlin series, following on from Merlin at War.

PRAISE FOR THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DCI FRANK MERLIN SERIES:
‘[A] stylish thriller’ – Sunday Mirror

‘This exciting, very well plotted and historically evocative story drives forward to its gripping conclusion’ – Euro Crime

‘A richly atmospheric, authentic, and suspenseful detective series’ – Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author

‘A rollercoaster ride’ – The Yorkshire Herald

‘So immaculately nuanced they genuinely feel like they belong in the cannon of mid-20th century thrillers . . . Another belter!’ – Fiona Phillips

‘A truly spellbinding page turner that keeps you hooked right to the end’ – Dorset Book Detective
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On a bright Sunday morning in Hawaii, Japanese planes swoop down and attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. America enters the war and Britain no longer stands alone against Hitler.

Despite this, conditions on the home front remain bleak. In the week Britain’s luck changes, the body of beautiful film star Laura Curzon is found on the pavement below her Mayfair apartment – an apparent suicide. A mile away, another seemingly unrelated body – that of a strangled young girl – is discovered in the rubble of a bombed-out building.

Merlin and his team set out in pursuit of the connection between these deaths: encountering fraudulent film moguls, philandering movie stars, depraved Satanists and brutal gangsters.