Mark Dawson is a British author. He writes the John Milton and Atticus Priest series of thriller and mystery novels.

Personal life

Dawson was born and raised in

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, and studied

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. Before becoming an author, he was a lawyer. He lives in the

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area.

Works

John Milton Series

# ''The Cleaner'' (2013) # ''Saint Death'' (2014) # ''The Driver'' (2014) # ''Ghosts'' (2014) # ''The Sword of God'' (2014) # ''Salvation Row'' (2014) # ''Headhunters'' (2015) # ''The Ninth Step'' (2016) # ''The Jungle'' (2016) # ''The Blackout'' (2017) # ''The Alamo'' (2017) # ''Redeemer'' (2018) # ''Sleepers'' (2018) # ''Twelve Days'' (2018) # ''Bright Lights'' (2019) # ''The Man Who Never Was'' (2020) # ''Killa City'' (2020) # ''Ronin'' (2020) # ''Never Let Me Down Again'' (2021) # ''Bulletproof'' (2022) # ''Uppercut'' (2023) # ''The Second Sin'' (2024)

John Milton Novellas

:0.5 ''1000 Yards'' (2013) :0.6 ''Tarantula'' (2014)

Beatrix Rose Series

:1. ''In Cold Blood'' (2015) :2. ''Blood Moon Rising'' (2015) :3. ''Blood and Roses'' (2015) :3.5 ''Phoenix'' (2017) :4. ''Tempest'' (2019) :5. ''Pistolero'' (2023)

Beatrix Rose Novellas

:0.1 ''White Devil'' (2015) :0.2 ''Nine Dragons'' (2015) :0.3 ''Dragon Head'' (2015)

Isabella Rose Series

# ''The Angel'' (2015) # ''The Asset: Act II'' (2016) # ''The Agent'' (2017) # ''The Assassin'' (2018) # ''The Avenger (2022)''

Group 15 Series

# ''Scorpion'' (2017) # ''Witness X'' (2017) # ''Little Sister'' (2018) # ''The Vault'' (2020) # ''Wormwood'' (2022)

Soho Noir Thrillers

:1. ''The Black Mile'' (2013) :2. ''The Imposter'' (2013) :.05 ''Gaslight'' (2014)

Standalone Novels

* ''The Art of Falling Apart'' (2001) * ''Subpoena Colada'' (2001)

Atticus Priest Series

# ''The House in the Woods'' (2020) # ''A Place to Bury Strangers'' (2021) # ''The Red Room'' (2023) # ''All the Devils Are Here'' (due in 2024)

The After-School Detective Club

# ''The Case of the Smugglers Curse'' (2020) # ''The Secret of Ragnars Gold'' (2022) # ''The Mystery in the Marshes'' (2023) # ''The Case of the Dastardly Dognappers'' (2023) # ''The Legend of the Headless Horseman'' (2024)

Sales figures for ''The Cleaner''

In 2020, Dawson's book ''The Cleaner'' reached number 8 in the Hardback Fiction section of ''

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'' bestseller list after he purchased 400 copies of the book, seeing it to have previously been in position number 13. Nielsen BookScan initially approved the sales, believing them to have been part of a virtual book signing. The book was removed from the list and the list was recalculated after Dawson mentioned placing the order on his podcast ''The Self Publishing Show'', his stated intention being to find overseas readers to purchase the book copies from him.

References

External links

* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English male writers English thriller writers Writers from Wiltshire 21st-century English lawyers Alumni of the University of Manchester People from Lowestoft {{England-writer-stub