Out now:
Cut and Run
It’s 1916, and woman is found dead in a park in a British Army garrison town in northern France. Injured army veteran Frank Champion agrees to go back to where he fought, to solve the murder… Cut and Run is Alec Marsh’s first WW1 crime story featuring Frank Champion
'An absorbing and authentic historical mystery' – Vaseem Khan, bestselling author of the Malabar House series
'A brilliant new mystery thriller series' – Mark Ellis, author of the Frank Merlin WW2 series
‘A gripping thriller set in the backdrop of WW1… Well-researched and rewarding’ – Saul David, historian, author and presenter
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After the Flood
After the Flood, the new Drabble and Harris thriller, is available now, published in hardback, paperback and Kindle by Sharpe Books.
It’s 1938. Drabble and Harris are in Istanbul… embarking – unwittingly – on their biggest and most thrilling adventure yet. Click on the book image to find out more.
‘The best Drabble and Harris thriller yet’ –
Mark Ellis, author of the DCI Frank Merlin series
‘A stylishly-written and gripping thriller’ – bestselling spy writer Alex Gerlis
'A treat of a thriller – an erudite,
elegant page-turner' – historian and
author Roger Moorhouse
‘Gripping, funny and laced with some wonderful turns of phrase. An excellent read’ – James Wilson, author of The Pieces and Coyote Fork
‘A treasure hunt that combines Indiana
Jones with John Buchan’s Greenmantle’ – Alan Bardos author of Rising Tide
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Ghosts of the West
Ghosts of the West, the new Drabble and Harris adventure, is out, published in paperback and ebook by Headline Accent.
It’s 1937: a suspected grave-robbery in Kent and a break-in at the British Museum draw Drabble and Harris into a conspiracy that takes them across the Atlantic to the broad plains of the United States – and threatens to upend the world order.
Praise for Ghosts of the West
'Marsh's mixture of derring-do and scholarship makes for a fun read and a colourful supporting cast of rogues and spies keeps the narrative hurtling along'
THE OBSERVER
‘What larks! Favourite line: “I’ll have you know I've gargled in more U-bends than you’ve had hot dinners, you bison-strangling nitwit!”’
MARK SANDERSON, THE TIMES
‘Hugely readable. Alec Marsh innately understands how to tell a ripping yarn'
ALEXANDER LARMAN, THE CHAP
‘Deftly plotted and hugely entertaining'
JAMES WILSON, author of COYOTE FORK
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The Drabble & Harris thrillers
Rule Britannia, the first book in the series, is set in 1936 against the backdrop of the Abdication Crisis. Enemy of the Raj, set in 1937, sees Ernest Drabble and Percival Harris in India where they confront villainy as well as a regime
Praise for Alec Marsh’s Drabble & Harris books
‘A rollicking good read’
Ian Rankin
‘This is a wonderful period piece. Alec Marsh skilfully takes us back to the 1930s and the crisis of those times. The result is an immensely readable treat!’ – ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH
‘Told with humour and flair, Enemy of the Raj is a highly enjoyable, riveting read. I'm already looking forward to the next one!’
ABIR MUKHERJEE
‘Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto’
NEW STATESMAN
‘Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh’s first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave’
STANLEY JOHNSON
‘Wodehouse meets Buchan in this cracking thriller by Alec Marsh. Great fun!’
MARK ELLIS
‘A wonderful book… a corkingly good read’
PAUL BLEZZARD – CO-FOUNDER LOCKDOWN LITFEST
‘Flashman meets Bond, meets Indiana Jones, meets Jeeves and Wooster!’
AMAZON READER REVIEW