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David spent more than fifteen years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the Yorkshire Post - walking the Hull streets that would later become the setting for the Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy novels. He has written five novels in the McAvoy series: Dark Winter, Original Skin, Sorrow Bound, Taking Pity and Dead Pretty, as well as a McAvoy novella, A Bad Death, which is available as an ebook. Dark Winter was selected for the Harrogate New Blood panel and was a Richard & Judy pick and a Sunday Times bestseller. He lives in Lincolnshire with his partner, two children and an assortment of animals, and you can find him on Twitter @davidmarkwriter.
Highly entertaining The Sunday Times Effortlessly blends the brutal and the tender, the dark and the light. Aector McAvoy is a true original. So is David Mark. -- Mick Herron, author of Dead Lions McAvoy must be one of the most fascinating fictional detectives out there - a true original. This is an intoxicating brew - Catholicism, travellers, underground fight scenes, the mob - and rumbling through it all like a bear with a blush is DS Aector McAvoy. Superb writing. A truly fantastic read. -- Michael J Malone, author of A Suitable Lie More twists and turns than a corkscrew through the eyeball -- Val McDermid Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order -- Geoffrey Wansell Daily Mail Truly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer and an exciting young talent. -- Peter James David Mark takes McAvoy to the US on a rollercoaster ride into darkness. Brilliantly written and compelling. -- Steve Cavanagh Mark's rich, distinctive prose style and damaged characters compel you to keep reading... shaping up to be an essential crime series Crime Scene Magazine There is a good array of villains, and Mark is impressive in his sensitive portrayals of the relationships between the principal characters at work and home. The Times The McAvoy series pulls off the double whammy of cracking characters and cunning plots. The big detective Aector McAvoy is so real and so loveable you want to have a pint with him, and the legendary Trish Pharaoh proves that a man can create an utterly compelling female character -- Anya Lipska The exceptional McAvoy series just got better. DEAD PRETTY is a gripping thriller...proof that David Mark is up there with the best -- Mari Hannah, author of the Kate Daniels series Breathtaking. Mark writes bad beautifully -- Peter May
