David Mark

DS Aector McAvoy''s brother-in-law Valentine is missing.In New York City, half the world away.And the two men he travelled with have just been found in an open grave upstate: one dead, one as good as.McAvoy doesn''t believe Valentine killed them. He does believe he''s in trouble. And so he follows him to New York, determined to find out what happened.But Valentine is in more danger than McAvoy could have imagined.And McAvoy''s walking into it right after him: into the darkness of murder, revenge, and a forty-year-old crime..

La Unidad de Delitos Graves y Crimen Organizado está muy ocupada investigando los crecientes y brutales ataques contra los productores de cannabis vietnamitas a manos de una nueva banda rival. Mientras tanto, el detective Aector McAvoy, un poco al margen, sigue su instinto y esta ocupado con el aparente suicidio de Simon Appleyard, un joven homosexual habitual de las fiestas sexuales con su mejor amiga, la extravagante Suzie Devlin. McAvoy cree que Suzie puede ser el proximo objetivo de un asesino, y que sus peculiares tatuajes son la pista. Sin embargo empiezan a aparecer mas cadaveres y todos estan conectados de una manera u otra con las webs de encuentros sexuales y los clubs nocturnos de la zona. El detective Aector McAvoy comienza a sospechar que el asesinato de Simon es solo la punta del iceberg.McAvoy pondra a prueba su temple y su honestidad cuando la investigacion lo lleve a acercarse peligrosamente a la elite politica local, gente poderosa que mataria por mantener ocultos sus secretos y con las conexiones suficientes como para arruinar su carrera.

«David Mark combina una prosa impecable, un argumento ágil y altas dosis de cinismo en la tercera entrega de la serie que protagoniza el sargento McAvoy». Big Issue in the NorthHay personas que haría

THE FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DS MCAVOY SERIES!Dark WinterDS Aector McAvoy is a man with a troubled past. His unwavering belief in justice has made him an outsider in the police force he serves, a good man among the lazy and corrupt.Then on a cold day in December he is the first cop on the scene when a young girl is killed in Hulls historic church - and the only one to see the murderer. A masked man, with tears in his eyes...When two more seemingly unconnected people die, the police must work quickly. Only McAvoy can see the connection between the victims. A killer is playing God - and McAvoy must find a way to stop the deadly game.Original SkinSuzie Devlin lived for pleasure - until her best friend Simon was murdered. Now Suzie seems to be in the killers sights...Who wants her dead? And why? Shes done nothing wrong... except, perhaps, get involved with the wrong person.DS Aector McAvoy has been a marked man all his life. He knows how one misstep can put you in harms way. Hes determined to protect Suzie, even if it means inviting danger to come to him...In a dark world of sin and retribution, he will stand against a killer to save a life.Sorrow BoundPhilippa Longman did what we all aim to do. She did the right thing.Shes about to pay for it with her life...DS McAvoy has spent his career playing by the rules. He has the scars to show for it.And his latest case will take him into a world in which good intentions make no difference to those with a thirst for revenge... Where ruthless killers go to any lengths to get their way... And where the most powerful thing anyone can do is stand firm against the darkness.

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A city united in grief. A journalist ready to kill to keep his secrets. A copper capable of darker deeds than murderers. An unworldly detective fighting to save an innocent man. Newly appointed DS McAvoy is an outsider to his new force and must confront his darkest fears, while hunting a killer that nobody else believes in. In a landscape at once tender and brutal, McAvoy must tread the path between the darkness and the light, before facing an enemy who will brand him for life.Reviewers on David Mark: Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order Daily MailBrilliantly written a cracking story Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book ClubTruly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer Peter JamesExceptional... Mark is writing at the top of his game Publishers WeeklyDavid Mark spent more than fifteen years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the "Yorkshire Post". His writing is heavily influenced by the court cases he covered: the defeatist and jaded police officers; the competent and incompetent investigators; the inertia of the justice system and the sheer raw grief of those touched by savagery and tragedy. He is the author of the "Sunday Times" bestselling "DS McAvoy" series, historical novels, and psychological suspense thrillers, also writing under the name D.M. Mark

How much would you pay to survive?Mum-of-three Ronni Ashcroft had just pieced her life back together after her husband left. On a remote spur of the Scottish Highlands, she kept her successful guest house going and even met a new man, Bishop.But it turned out that Bishop had secrets. He had shady connections and shadier plans to use the coastal town as a European gateway for drugs, guns and something far worse. Now hes disappeared, and Ronnie wants answers.Is he in trouble or simply ignoring her? Was she just his play-thing from the start? And, most importantly, is he dragging them both into something that neither of them will survive?The Guest House is perfect for fans of Alex Michaelides and Ruth Ware.Praise for David Mark:"Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order" - Daily Mail"Breathtaking" - Peter May"Truly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer" - Peter JamesDavid Mark spent more than fifteen years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the Yorkshire Post. His writing is heavily influenced by the court cases he covered: the defeatist and jaded police officers; the competent and incompetent investigators; the inertia of the justice system and the sheer raw grief of those touched by savagery and tragedy.He is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling DS McAvoy series, historical novels, and psychological suspense thrillers, also writing under the name D.M. Mark.

If you go into the woods, youre in for a dark surprise. Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic rituals, but no one has learned the truth.This story is just what Rowan Blake needs. Hes in debt, his journalistic career is in tatters as well as his damaged body and hes retreated to the Lake District to write. Yet even Rowan isnt prepared for the evil he is about to unearth, for the secrets that have been buried in that wood for far too long...Praise for David Mark: Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order DAILY MAILTruly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer PETER JAMESTo call Marks novels police procedurals is like calling the Mona Lisa a pretty painting. Beautifully crafted, filled with flashbacks, horror, angst, and chilling detail KIRKUS REVIEWSDavid Mark spent more than fifteen years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the "Yorkshire Post". His writing is heavily influenced by the court cases he covered: the defeatist and jaded police officers; the competent and incompetent investigators; the inertia of the justice system and the sheer raw grief of those touched by savagery and tragedy. He is the author of the "Sunday Times" bestselling "DS McAvoy" series, historical novels, and psychological suspense thrillers, also writing under the name D.M. Mark.

The New York Times hails David Marks work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain." SORROW BOUND is the third installment of the internationally acclaimed Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy series.The sweltering summer heat is pushing Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy and the Serious and Organized Crime Unit to the brink as a sadistic new boss takes over the local drug trade and violent crime escalates. Then, McAvoy and DS Trish Pharaoh are distracted by something deadlier: a serial murderer with a taste for the macabre. McAvoy comes to suspect these are actually copycat murders, committed as revenge for mishandled police investigations conducted years ago. But when one of McAvoys fellow police officers is blackmailed, McAvoys lifeand that of his wife, Roisin, and the couples two young childrenis suddenly in jeopardy. As the vicious monsters lurking in the shadows creep closer and closer to home, McAvoy must figure out a way to protect his family at all costs.David Marks latest Detective Sergeant McAvoy novel, CRUEL MERCY, is on-sale February 2017.

The New York Times hails David Marks work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain"; in Taking Pity, Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returns for another darkly enthralling installment of this internationally acclaimed series.Its been three months since Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returned home, or what was left of it after a horrific tragedy. All that remained was charred masonry, broken timbers, and dried blooda crude reminder of the home invasion and explosion that tore his house and family apart. McAvoys wife and daughter are safe, hes been assured; he just wishes he knew where they were. As McAvoy wrestles with his guilt, self-hatred, and helplessness, trouble persists in stormy Hull. Organized crime emerges as the citys latest threat, with two warring factions leaving plenty of bodies for Detective Superintendent Trish Pharaoh and her unit to clean up. Now more than ever, Pharaoh needs her sergeant to return to work and be a policeman again. She gives McAvoy a case thats supposed to ease him back into the game: a re-investigation of a rural quadruple murder that was put to bed fifty years ago. But what was supposed to be a cut-and-dry job quickly unravels as McAvoy digs up new evidence and witness testimonies, steering him closer to some of the most notorious criminals in northern England. Fast-paced, noir-ish and fresh off the heels of Sorrow Bounds violent finale, Taking Pity is the latest page-turning installment in the gripping Detective McAvoy series. Hailed by The New York Times as being in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain, David Marks police procedurals are smart, dark, and above all, wholly captivating.

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 LionsDS Aector McAvoys brother-in-law Valentine is missing. In New York City, half the world away.And the two men he travelled with have just been found in an open grave upstate: one dead, one as good as. McAvoy doesnt believe Valentine killed them. He does believe hes in trouble. And so he follows him to New York, determined to find out what happened. But Valentine is in more danger than McAvoy could have imagined. And McAvoys walking into it right after him: into the darkness of murder, revenge, and a forty-year-old crime...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK AND KINDLE CHART-TOPPING SENSATION. MEET DS AECTOR MCAVOY, AND BEGIN DAVID MARKS ADDICTIVE CRIME SERIES.DS Aector McAvoy is a man with a troubled past. His unwavering belief in justice has made him an outsider in the police force he serves, a good man among the lazy and corrupt. Then on a cold day in December he is the first cop on the scene when a young girl is killed in Hulls historic church - and the only one to see the murderer. A masked man, with tears in his eyes...When two more seemingly unconnected people die, the police must work quickly. Only McAvoy can see the connection between the victims. A killer is playing God - and McAvoy must find a way to stop the deadly game.Hooked on Hull? Then check out the second instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Original Skin...

The fifth novel in the DS McAvoy series by bestselling author David Mark, perfect for fans of Val McDermid and Peter Robinson.Hannah Kelly has been missing for nine months. Ava Delaney has been dead for five days. One girl to find. One girl to avenge. And DS Aector McAvoy wont let either of them go until justice can be done. But some people have their own ideas of what justice means...DEAD PRETTY is the stunning new novel from one of Britains most original crime writers.

Hay personas que harían cualquier cosa por los demás. Como Philippa Longman, una abuela de 53 años con una familia que la adora, marido, tres hijos, nietos pequeños, que solo desea llegar a casa despues de su trabajo en la tienda en una noche calurosa y asfixiante. Como Roisin McAvoy, una jovencisima madre de corazon de oro, una mujer leal a su marido que protege a sus amigos con uñas y dientes. Como el sargento Aector McAvoy, un hombre obsesionado con proteger a los demas, ya sea a su familia del resto del mundo o a los habitantes de Hull, Inglaterra, de una epidemia de crimenes violentos. Hay personas que harian cualquier cosa para vengarse. Pero hay rencores que nunca mueren que son mas fuertes que la bondad, y pronto estos tres espiritus afables aprenderan la misma leccion: a las buenas personas tambien les suceden cosas malas. El dolor que nos une es un thriller policiaco, el tercero de la serie del sargento McAvoy escrita por David Mark, que nos demuestra que la gente de buen corazon es casi siempre presa facil y que el mal es un veneno que disuelve los lazos entre las buenas personas, hasta dejarlos unicamente unidos por el dolor.

«Una primera novela extremadamente prometedora.» The GuardianHull, East Yorkshire. Poco antes de Navidad, un anciano (único superviviente del naufragio de un barco de arrastre ocurrido hace cuarenta

DS AECTOR MCAVOY BOOK FOUR: TAKING PITY TAKES READERS FURTHER ONTO THE RICHARD & JUDY FEATURING, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND KINDLE CHART-TOPPING STREETS OF HULL.DS Aector McAvoys family is in hiding. He has lost his way. His boss Trish Pharaoh gives him a distraction in the form of an old case. The Winn family was killed forty years ago: were the police right about who pulled the trigger? But McAvoys enemies - the ruthless criminal organisation known as the Headhunters - are pitiless. They plan to take everything from those that stand in their way. And his cold case is strangely linked with the fire thats about to rain down on Hull...When McAvoy confronts the worst of killers and sinners, not everyone will escape unscathed. Hooked on Hull? Then check out the fifth instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Dead Pretty...

THEIR SINS WILL SEAL THEIR FATE - THE FOLLOW UP TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DARK WINTER, AND BOOK TWO IN THE DS AECTOR MCAVOY SERIES.Suzie Devlin lived for pleasure - until her best friend Simon was murdered. Now Suzie seems to be in the killers sights... Who wants her dead? And why? Shes done nothing wrong... except, perhaps, get involved with the wrong person.DS Aector McAvoy has been a marked man all his life. He knows how one misstep can put you in harms way. Hes determined to protect Suzie, even if it means inviting danger to come to him... In a dark world of sin and retribution, he will stand against a killer to save a life. Hooked on Hull? Then check out the third instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Sorrow Bound...

Its the coldest winter in Hull for years.When McAvoy is told by a concerned stranger that an elderly woman hasnt been seen for a few days, he goes to check on her - only to find her in the bath, encased in ice: the heating off; the windows open; the whole house frozen over. It could be a macabre accident, but McAvoy senses murder. Someone watched her die. As he starts to uncover the victims story and her connections to a lost fishing trawler, his boss Trish is half a world away, investigating a mysterious death in Iceland. Hull and Iceland have traditionally been united by fishing - in this case, they are linked by a secret concealed for half a century, and a series of brutal killings that have never been connected. Until now - when the secrets of the dead have returned to prey on the living.PRAISE FOR DAVID MARKDark, compelling crime writing of the highest orderDaily MailTruly exhilarating and inventive. Mark is a wonderfully descriptive writer and an exciting young talent. Peter JamesAficionados of the grittiest, most trenchant fare love Marks copper Aector McAvoy, who customarily moves in a darkly realised Hull.Financial Times

Poco antes de Navidad, un anciano (único superviviente del naufragio de un barco de arrastre ocurrido hace cuarenta años) es hallado muerto en el mar. EN una iglesia, una muchacha (único miembro de una familia que sobrevivió a una matanza durante el conflicto de Sierra Leona) es acuchillada con un machete. Un drogadicto (que logró huir de la casa en llamas donde murió su familia) es abrasado en un incendio en un barrio de viviendas de protección oficial. El sargento McAvoy, un fornido policía de problemático pasado, y que es mirado con recelo por el resto de sus compañeros debido a su inquebrantable sentido del deber, será el único capaz de encontrar la conexión entre estos tres crímenes y el asesino de aterradores ojos azules que oculta su rostro tras un pasamontañas negro…

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED - THE THIRD DS AECTOR MCAVOY THRILLER FROM THE RICHARD & JUDY FEATURING, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND KINDLE CHART-TOPPING AUTHOR OF DARK WINTER.Philippa Longman did what we all aim to do. She did the right thing. Shes about to pay for it with her life... DS McAvoy has spent his career playing by the rules. He has the scars to show for it. And his latest case will take him into a world in which good intentions make no difference to those with a thirst for revenge... Where ruthless killers go to any lengths to get their way... And where the most powerful thing anyone can do is stand firm against the darkness.Hooked on Hull? Then check out the fourth instalment in the DS McAvoy series, Taking Pity...