Mark Dawson Books in Order

Rock band Dystopia heads to America after European success, but jealousy, affairs, and financial ambition undermine the tour. When a member dies in an apparent accident, the group's private conflicts begin revealing a more sinister story.

During London’s Blitz, a reporter and two detective brothers confront murders attributed to the Black-Out Ripper. Corruption, criminal rivalries and a missing daughter complicate their investigation as wartime chaos offers cover for conspirators settling old scores.

Celebrity lawyer Daniel Tate enjoys wealth, a glamorous girlfriend, and a high-profile career until his personal and professional worlds unravel. Betrayal, unwanted press attention, and a client's mounting legal troubles leave him struggling to regain control.

Government assassin John Milton wants to leave a decade of killing behind and disappears into London's East End. Helping a troubled family offers a chance at redemption, but his former employers will not simply let him go.

In postwar London, the Costello family exploits a thriving black market under ruthless matriarch Violet's leadership. War hero Edward Fabian enters their criminal world, concealing a dangerous identity that could overturn the family's carefully built power.

Blackmailed into tracking down his predecessor in Group Fifteen, John Milton confronts an operative as dangerous as himself. British and Russian interests converge on the hunt, forcing him to navigate betrayal while protecting an old friend.

Hiding in Ciudad Juárez, John Milton becomes involved with a journalist investigating cartels and a girl who knows too much. Their struggle pulls him into a violent border conflict and the sights of a feared cartel killer.

John Milton goes to Louisiana to repay a debt to a woman rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward. Protecting her charity from a ruthless property magnate draws him into a conflict complicated by a dangerous former intelligence operative.

Still serving Group Fifteen, John Milton travels to southern Italy to investigate a fellow operative's murder. The trail leads through the Camorra to an assassin known as Tarantula, forcing Milton to confront a deadly criminal network.

Working anonymously as a San Francisco taxi driver, John Milton hopes he can finally build a future. A passenger disappears after a party, and two bodies turn the police investigation toward him, threatening his fragile refuge.

A confrontation with a sheriff leaves John Milton injured and framed in a remote Michigan town. Fleeing into the Porcupine Mountains without weapons, he must evade a pursuing posse while uncovering the corruption behind his predicament.

With two names remaining on her revenge list, Beatrix Rose finds that her enemies are now hunting her. She and her daughter face a powerful private army as their pursuit crosses North Africa, New York, and North Carolina.

Beatrix Rose tracks her next revenge target, Bryan Duffy, to Iraq, where mercenaries surround him. Reaching the man she blames for her family's destruction means entering a dangerous operation with few clear routes to safety.

John Milton seeks peace in the Australian outback, but escaped former Mossad assassin Avi Bachman wants revenge for his wife's death. Their collision sends Milton across several countries as he tries to survive an old enemy's pursuit.

Betrayed by her covert unit, Beatrix Rose resurfaces years later with a list of those responsible for destroying her family. Her next target is a mercenary held by Somali terrorists, making revenge a dangerous infiltration mission.

After a suicide bombing destroys a London Underground carriage, Group Fifteen leader Michael Pope follows the attack's money trail. Stopping those responsible requires an unconventional operative, bringing the young and specially trained Isabella Rose into the investigation.

Former government assassin Beatrix Rose finds work in Hong Kong after her husband is murdered and her daughter abducted. A dispute with ruthless employer Mr. Ying draws her through shifting alliances in this collection of three connected novellas.

Abducted Isabella Rose ends up in Raqqa after ISIS seizes her captors, leaving her dependent on Michael Pope's help. Threats against Pope's own family complicate his dangerous journey toward the Turkish-Syrian border to find her.

A young refugee asks John Milton to find his sister after human traffickers take her. Following the route from Libya through Italy and France, Milton confronts smugglers and corrupt enforcers profiting from vulnerable people seeking safety.

Living quietly in London, John Milton promises to help Eddie Fabian seek justice for childhood abuse. When Eddie dies suspiciously, Milton investigates a network of cover-ups and powerful people determined to keep the past concealed.

Sent to Venezuela to locate a missing geneticist, assassin Beatrix Rose teams up with special-forces soldier John Milton. Their mission uncovers a secret with personal consequences for Beatrix in this short story linking the two characters.

They call him Scorpion, a legendary contract killer hired to silence an investigative journalist in London. When John Milton moves to protect her, the assassin finds his perfect record threatened in a short, relentless clash between hunters.

Isabella Rose and Michael Pope hide in India while their former employers hunt them. An informer's clues about Pope's missing family lead them from Mumbai to Shanghai, offering a chance to strike back at their pursuers.

Seeking quiet in off-season Coney Island, John Milton intervenes when a local boy witnesses a murder. Protecting the witness leads him into a struggle with a drug kingpin and corrupt police from a precinct called the Alamo.

John Milton wakes in a Manila hotel with no memory of the previous night and a murdered woman nearby. Arrested and imprisoned, he must reconstruct events and expose the people behind his predicament before they silence him.

In Rio de Janeiro, John Milton fills in as a bodyguard for an old army friend. An ambush leaves a judge's daughter kidnapped, turning a routine favor into a search through organized crime and political corruption.

Before leaving Group Fifteen, John Milton joins Michael Pope in investigating a Russian defector's murder in England. Their search leads to Moscow's sleeper-agent directorate, where double-crosses and Milton's worsening alcoholism threaten a mission without backup.

A failed operation against a Mexican cartel leaves Isabella Rose imprisoned in Ciudad Juárez. British and American agents race to reach her, while the shadowy Prometheus organization threatens both Isabella and her mentor Michael Pope.

John Milton returns to London to watch promising boxer Elijah Warriner fight before Christmas. Elijah's rising profile attracts former associates with grudges, forcing Milton to protect the young man and his mother from renewed gang violence.

John Milton tries to help a woman escape a crime family's influence and becomes entangled in a feud with a Mexican cartel. Double-crossed and pursued, he must protect innocent people while navigating Las Vegas's shifting criminal loyalties.

Searching for her abducted daughter, Beatrix Rose meets Vietnam deserter Danny Nakamura in Hong Kong. Danny has discovered a daughter of his own, but CIA enemies obstruct his return to America, making mutual help essential.

In Kansas City seeking help with his own dangerous predicament, John Milton intervenes in a suspicious parking-lot confrontation. His decision draws the attention of money-laundering criminals, complicating an effort to escape enemies already pursuing him.

Seeking a new identity, John Milton travels to Bali to call in a friend's favor. Meeting Sakura Nishimoto brings police attention and Japanese yakuza threats, forcing him to choose how far he will go to protect her.

Four bodies at a remote farmhouse turn a Christmas Eve investigation into a disputed murder case. Private investigator Atticus Priest challenges DCI Mackenzie Jones's evidence while their shared history complicates efforts to uncover what happened.

A conspiracy within Group Fifteen threatens John Milton's remaining friends and pulls him back into British intelligence's shadows. Pursuing deception across Europe and South America, he confronts former colleagues and a mysterious figure at the plot's center.

After a Berlin extraction ends in a deadly Stasi ambush, intelligence officer Harry Mackintosh seeks revenge. Assigned bank robber Jimmy Walker as his only help, he plans a risky operation complicated by gold hidden in a secret vault.

A human bone on Salisbury Plain leads Mackenzie Jones and Atticus Priest to unexplained burials in an abandoned village. Meanwhile, a missing daughter's case draws Atticus toward drug gangs and witnesses hiding parts of the truth.

Captured by Group Fifteen, John Milton is offered freedom in exchange for protecting billionaire fixer Tristan Huxley during a weapons deal. The assignment raises doubts about his old friend's activities and whether the agency will honor its bargain.

An old friend's request to investigate a missing journalist takes John Milton to Scotland's remote Flannan Isles. Mercenaries and covert operatives complicate the search, forcing him to uncover a conspiracy while surviving violence in an isolated setting.

Undercover in Cairo as a political negotiator, Group Fifteen operative Charlie Cooper becomes involved in protecting Saudi activist Aisha. Her campaign against human-rights abuses has made her a target, drawing him into a mission complicated by deception and conflicting loyalties.

Hiding in rural France, Isabella Rose longs for ordinary life while Michael Pope protects his family. Her unusual genetic abilities attract powerful pursuers, drawing them into another violent chase from Montpellier to Malta as their refuge collapses.

Lucy, Max, Joe, Charlie, and their dog Sherlock investigate a ghostly figure haunting the seaside. What begins as a supernatural mystery draws the children toward ruthless smugglers and an undercover police operation that puts their detective skills to the test.

Human trafficker Tristan Huxley disappears while being transported from prison to hospital, putting those who betrayed him at risk. John Milton must confront his former friend again before Huxley's plans for revenge reach the other people targeted.

A holiday near a ruined castle leads the young detectives to an ancient box, an old notebook, and a partial map. Searching for Ragnar's hidden treasure becomes more dangerous when the clues point toward a mysterious demonic hound.

In Ukraine in 1986, a scientist prepares to defect with evidence of corruption and negligence in the Soviet nuclear industry. Two British agents undertake his extraction, but an unexpected event transforms their mission into something far more dangerous.

Beatrix Rose accepts a Triad leader’s mission in Venezuela in exchange for help finding her daughter. Confronting a bandit near an illegal goldmine exposes a wider system of corruption, forcing her to choose between her bargain and the people endangered.

A series of stolen pets sends the detective club searching for dognappers in Southwold. School tensions and a difficult new classmate complicate their everyday lives as the friends follow clues to discover who is taking the town's dogs.

Charlie Cooper infiltrates a reputation management firm to reach a security-conscious Russian oligarch marked for elimination. Posing as an analyst leads him to Istanbul and a private island, where shifting loyalties threaten the mission and his survival.

An unwilling cycling-camp adventure becomes a mystery when a boy disappears, leaving his backpack behind. Strange lights and noises suggest an alien abduction, but the detective club must investigate the marshes and woods to uncover what really happened.

After a man falls from Salisbury Cathedral, private investigator Atticus Priest discovers a compromising video tied to the death. Further bodies and recordings force him and detective Mackenzie Jones to distinguish blackmail from murder before another victim is targeted.

John Milton witnesses a shooting at a Dublin fight weigh-in, then discovers a murdered crime boss's daughter has vanished. Rival gangs, corrupt police, and fight-night money complicate his effort to find the child before the violence escalates.

Hired to investigate a client’s estranged wife, Atticus Priest becomes concerned when she disappears after swimming in the River Avon. His search uncovers a secret shared by five longtime friends, who have powerful reasons to keep their past buried.

Defying Group Fifteen’s orders, Charlie Cooper travels to Israel after a desperate message from his estranged half-brother. Freddy’s disappearance points toward a cybersecurity company whose powerful backers will kill to hide its secrets, making the investigation dangerously personal.

A missing London whistleblower pulls John Milton into a conspiracy involving covert deals and powerful insiders. His search reaches Eastern Europe and Ukraine, while an assassin's divided loyalties place her and her daughter on a dangerous collision course with him.

Charlie Cooper follows a kidnapped operative’s trail from Macao to New York, where Russian mercenaries plan to expose Group Fifteen. Infiltrating their UN delegation brings him an uneasy ally and fresh doubts about the missing agent’s true loyalties.

On his final warning from Group Fifteen, Charlie Cooper is sent to Prague to eliminate a far-right leader linked to an Interpol agent’s murder. The assignment reveals a larger conspiracy involving criminals, extremists and competing intelligence services.

Charlie Cooper hunts a former operative who has become a Russian asset and threatens Group Fifteen. The pursuit leads to a fortified refuge in Cyprus, where Cooper and Control must overcome elaborate defenses without falling victim to further betrayal.

A woman is found dead behind a door locked from within, and suspicion falls on her estranged brother. Private investigator Atticus Priest explores family tensions and hidden secrets to determine what really happened inside her Winchester home.

A literary agent’s Christmas gathering turns sour when a long-awaited manuscript disappears from her study. Atticus Priest investigates the assembled authors and publishing figures, finding rivalries and ambitions that make the theft more damaging than it first appears.

An attack on technical specialist Nathan Wiley leads Charlie Cooper to a missing intelligence whistleblower. Undercover at a remote Greek wellness resort, he searches for stolen secrets while surveillance, dishonest staff and a lethal ambush threaten his investigation.

John Milton finds an old friend fighting a fracking company that has poisoned a small town. Protecting her becomes more dangerous as corporate intimidation intensifies and an enemy from the past arrives to finish what she once escaped.

Sent to Dubai to protect an Iranian diplomat secretly working for the CIA, Charlie Cooper poses as his son’s tutor. Discovering a frightened family forces him to weigh his orders against the innocent lives endangered by his volatile target.

Ordered to eliminate a Chinese scientist with dangerous genetic research, Charlie Cooper encounters a former lover pursuing the same target for a biotech company. Their fragile alliance faces rival agencies and mercenaries as the research threatens to become a bioweapon.

Charlie Cooper investigates an arms dealer suspected of working for Russia, only to be framed when the man is murdered. Cut off from Group Fifteen and hunted by police, he must identify the killer before he becomes the next victim.

Living quietly in Marrakech, contract killer Isabella Rose helps an orphanage threatened by a corrupt general who wants its land. After violence destroys its security, she must choose between escaping danger and fighting for the children’s future.

A criminal family's ambush leaves John Milton facing a noose in Kentucky's hills. Fighting to survive, he uncovers financial scams and a concealed drug operation, then sets out to dismantle the conspiracy before it claims more lives.

Strange disturbances convince a couple that their new country house is haunted by a vengeful spirit. Atticus Priest and his partner investigate, discovering village enemies who may be exploiting the legend while the house continues to conceal its secrets.

A missing landowner draws Atticus Priest into the troubled affairs of the Ainsley family’s declining estate. Inheritance disputes, concealed debts and old betrayals suggest that someone is prepared to kill to preserve a legacy and its secrets.

John Milton pursues the men behind a global cryptocurrency fraud after witnessing the damage to their victims. Following them through Venice and Belgrade, he confronts a kingpin silencing witnesses while other desperate pursuers close in on the stolen fortune.

A failed mission in Salzburg leaves an innocent person dead and threatens Julie’s future with Group Fifteen. Refusing to accept the official account, she investigates for herself and draws Charlie Cooper into a conspiracy larger than either anticipated.

A desperate father asks John Milton for help after a crime draws him into the business of addiction. When the man's daughter is taken, Milton must confront powerful figures who profit from vulnerable people and bargain with human lives.

Charlie Cooper poses as a luxury concierge in Paris to protect a Taiwanese businessman from an elusive American assassin. With the target’s family celebration approaching, he must prevent another killing without provoking a diplomatic crisis between Britain and its ally.

Charlie Cooper’s attempt to settle a personal betrayal is interrupted by orders to hunt a bombmaker hiding near Petra. Undercover on an archaeological excavation, he waits for an opportunity while enemies in the desert threaten to expose his mission.

The killing of an operator connected to Charlie Cooper points toward Hemlock, an elusive organization controlling events through corruption and murder. As evidence and witnesses disappear, Cooper must survive an enemy whose power depends on erasing every trace of itself.

Charlie Cooper enters a rehabilitation center for damaged spies and soldiers after a former MI5 officer dies beneath its cliffs. A second death raises doubts about the refuge’s safety, forcing him to investigate people trained to recognize deception.

Charlie Cooper secretly protects an elderly former CIA officer returning to Scotland after a terminal diagnosis. The man hopes to reconcile with people he abandoned decades ago, but an assassin hired by an old enemy threatens his final journey.

A body in the New Forest resembles murders solved twenty years earlier. Convicted killer Ezra Crowley insists on speaking to private investigator Atticus Priest, pulling him into an investigation that may expose what was missed in the original case.