Mark Douglas-Home Books in Order

Mark Douglas-Home is a versatile author, transitioning seamlessly from his distinguished career as a newspaper editor. He has captivated readers with his Cal McGill oceanography mystery series, introducing a unique investigator who tracks floating objects and unravels crimes. The series includes The Sea Detective, a Sunday Times 'Crime Book of the Month', The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea, praised as 'simply intoxicating' by the Library Journal, and The Malice of Waves, hailed as 'really good stuff, full of atmosphere' by the Morning Star. His fourth novel, The Driftwood Girls, was published in January 2020. After editing The Herald in Glasgow, he honed his writing craft as a student journalist in South Africa, where he edited the University of the Witwatersrand's newspaper. His experiences there, marked by controversy and deportation, have undoubtedly shaped his writing.