Mark Pettinger is a crime fiction writer of the DCI Priest novels
His debut The Decalogue entered the Amazon Bestseller Top 100 list in December 2015, and the Top 10 on the sub-genre of ‘police procedurals’.
THE DCI PRIEST SERIES
THE DECALOGUE (DCI Priest Series - Book 1)
DCI Jonny Priest, fresh from his recent promotion bids a fond farewell to The Metropolitan Police and heads north west for a new challenge with the Greater Manchester Police Force.
TICK TOCK TIME'S UP (DCI Priest Series - Book 2)
The Hardwicks are a relatively normal suburban family. Even after their young son, Joshua, recovered from a serious illness, Steven and Joanna Hardwick tried their best to ensure normality returned to their lives once more. Then Joshua was abducted.
PAPER SOLDIERS (DCI Priest Series - Book 3)
The streets of Greater Manchester are awash with drugs and weapons, and the gangs that control this multi-million pound business will stop at nothing to protect and grow their business.
WHERE DARKNESS LIES (DCI Priest Series - Book 4)
Three young girls go missing in 2012 in separate and unconnected circumstances. Their disappearances are investigated, but the girls are never found.
ABOUT MARK
Mark's interest in the murky world of crime started a number of years ago when he was attracted to reading true crime. He became fascinated with the exploits of the Yorkshire Ripper, Dennis Nilsen, John Wayne Gacy, Andrei Chikatilo etc. An avid reader of many genre's, but his attention turned to favouring crime fiction; and his reading list includes Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Lynda La Plante, Jo Nesbo, and latterly CJ Tudor (for something just that little bit special). Mark has openly credited Ian Rankin as the primary inspiration for not only stirring his interest in reading crime fiction, but also 'picking up the pen'.
Current projects include the first book in a new series, due for publication in summer 2021, and book four in the DCI Priest series, which is scheduled for summer 2022