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Mark Ellis Books in Order

Mark Ellis has written 6 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Prince's Gate / The Embassy Murders (2011) and the newest is Death of an Officer (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2011–2025
Pages on record
1,259 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
21–31 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,259 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

See all 6 books in order Printable Mark Ellis checklist

DCI Frank Merlin works murder cases in wartime London, and the series Mark Ellis built around him accounts for the whole catalogue. Six books have appeared since Prince's Gate in 2011, also published as The Embassy Murders, and most carry a second title of their own: Stalin's Gold is also In the Shadow of the Blitz, and Merlin at War is also The French Spy. Death of an Officer arrived in 2025.

How many Mark Ellis books are there?

Mark Ellis has 6 books, released between 2011 and 2025.

Mark Ellis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Mark Ellis books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Prince's Gate / The Embassy Murders by Mark Ellis, book 1 of the DCI Frank Merlin series (2011)
  2. Cover of Merlin at War / The French Spy by Mark Ellis, book 3 of the DCI Frank Merlin series (2017)
  3. Cover of A Death in Mayfair / Merlin Noir by Mark Ellis, book 4 of the DCI Frank Merlin series (2019)
  4. Cover of Dead In The Water by Mark Ellis, book 5 of the DCI Frank Merlin series (2022)
  1. 1
    Prince's Gate / The Embassy MurdersDCI Frank Merlin #12011 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011368
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  2. 2
    Stalin's Gold / In the Shadow of the BlitzDCI Frank Merlin #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  3. 3
    Merlin at War / The French SpyDCI Frank Merlin #32017 · 491 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017491
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Death in Mayfair / Merlin NoirDCI Frank Merlin #42019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Dead In The WaterDCI Frank Merlin #52022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  6. 6
    Death of an OfficerDCI Frank Merlin #62025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Mark Ellis books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

DCI Frank Merlin in order

6 books
  1. 1. Prince's Gate / The Embassy Murders
  2. 2. Stalin's Gold / In the Shadow of the Blitz
  3. 3. Merlin at War / The French Spy
  4. 4. A Death in Mayfair / Merlin Noir
  5. 5. Dead In The Water
  6. 6. Death of an Officer

Do you have to read Mark Ellis books in order?

You only need to read Mark Ellis books in order within the DCI Frank Merlin series, which holds 6 of the 6 Mark Ellis books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mark Ellis

Start with Prince's Gate / The Embassy Murders (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mark Ellis book?

Death of an Officer (2025) is the newest Mark Ellis book released so far.

Is there a new Mark Ellis book coming?

No next Mark Ellis book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mark Ellis at a glance

Still publishing
Mark Ellis published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mark Ellis books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,259 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mark Ellis books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mark Ellis books are about

4 of the 6 Mark Ellis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: london (england) is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.