Mark Edwards Books in Order

Mark Edwards is an English psychological thriller author best known for The Magpies, his debut solo novel, which became number one on Amazon UK and set the formula for the author’s next books involving ordinary people, a believable situation that soon becomes genuinely terrifying, and a memorable enemy. His books have sold over five million copies and have been translated into more than twelve languages. Mark Edwards writes mainly standalone thrillers, though he also has the ongoing Magpies series and two series co-authored with fellow thriller writer Louise Voss, the Kate Maddox books and the DI Patrick Lennon series.

This page lists all Mark Edwards books in order, including his solo books, his collaborations with Louise Voss, and his short stories.

Latest Mark Edwards Books

One of the Family
One of the Family, June 2026

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Kate Maddox Series (Books in Order)

The Kate Maddox series follows virologist Kate Maddox, who must race to stop a deadly virus outbreak which she helped create in a California lab. It’s faster-paced and more thriller-action-driven than Mark Edwards’s solo novels. Both books were originally self-published in 2011–2012, then picked up by HarperCollins after they both topped the UK bestseller charts.

Co-authored with Louise Voss

Reading Order

  1. Catch Your Death, 2011
  2. All Fall Down, 2012

The Magpies Series (Books in Order)

The Magpies series follows Jamie and Kirsty, a young couple who move into a new flat and quickly find themselves targeted by their neighbors in a campaign of psychological terror. The series takes place mostly in an apartment building, and it has a claustrophobic, domestic-horror feel, focusing on how far ordinary people can be pushed before they push back. The main villain, Lucy Newton, is one of the more memorable villains in recent British psychological fiction. The Christmas Magpie, is a novella; the first three are full-length novels.

  1. The Magpies, 2013
  2. A Murder of Magpies, 2018
  3. Last of the Magpies, 2019
  4. The Christmas Magpie, 2025

DI Patrick Lennon Series (Books in Order)

The DI Patrick Lennon series follows Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon of the Metropolitan Police, who investigates some of London’s darker crimes while dealing with his own complicated personal life. Set in London, the series has a harder procedural feel than Mark Edwards’s standalone novels or the Magpies series. One Shot is a prequel short story set before From the Cradle.

Co-authored with Louise Voss.

Reading Order

  1. One Shot, 2015
  2. From the Cradle, 2014
  3. The Blissfully Dead, 2015

Standalone Novels

Novellas and Short Stories

Short Story Collections and Anthologies

Mark Edwards Biography

Mark Edwards books in order

Mark Edwards is a British author whose psychological thrillers have sold over five million copies worldwide. He published his first novel with Louise Voss in 2011 and his first solo novel, The Magpies, in 2013.
Official website: markedwardsauthor.com

Born in Kent on 4 November 1970, Mark Edwards grew up in Hastings, East Sussex, on the South Coast of England. His parents divorced when he was nine, and he spent his teenage years watching horror films and reading Stephen King, influences that show clearly in his work. He studied sociology at Staffordshire University, and graduated in 1993. In the years that followed, he worked a series of jobs including civil service work, customer service for a rail franchise, for a London book publisher, and a year teaching English in Tokyo while trying to get a publishing deal. After returning to England, he began working in marketing in his 30s.

Initially, he began writing in his twenties while doing menial jobs, and was featured in a 1999 BBC documentary, Close Up: First Writes, which brought him into contact with Louise Voss. The two authors began collaborating but faced years of rejections from traditional publishers.

In 2011, Mark Edwards and Louise Voss self-published Catch Your Death and Killing Cupid on Amazon Kindle. Both became bestsellers, and HarperCollins signed them shortly after. He launched his solo career with The Magpies in 2013, which also reached number one on Amazon UK. He has published over fifteen solo novels since, with 2025 marking a new milestone, as The Wasp Trap was his debut hardcover, published by Penguin Michael Joseph in the UK and released in the US and Canada the same year. His books have been translated into several languages so far, including Hungarian, Turkish, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Estonian, Thai, Lithuanian, Czech, and Russian.

Mark Edwards lives in the West Midlands with his wife, three children, and several pets.

Mark Edwards Awards and Honors

Awards

  • Last of the Magpies – Dead Good Reader Award, Cat and Mouse Award for Most Elusive Villain (2019)

Nominations and Shortlists

  • Follow You Home – Goodreads Choice Award, Best Horror (2015)
  • The Lucky Ones – Dead Good Reader Award, Whodunnit Award for the Book That Keeps You Guessing (2018)
  • The Hollows – Goodreads Choice Award, Best Horror (2021)
  • The Hollows – Dead Good Reader Award, Cold as Ice Award for Most Chilling Read (2022)
  • No Place to Run – International Thriller Writers Award, Best Original Paperback Novel (2023)
  • The Wasp Trap – International Thriller Writers Award, Best Audiobook (2026)

Edited by

Marika

Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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3 Comments

  1. I have been reading thrillers and who-dun-its for years. I have read many best selling authors. Some I like very much, some are so-so. Very few are in the I LOVE IT category. Mark Edwards has immediately become my favorite author because his books are more than simple thrillers–they are WEIRD and spine-tingling and make your hair stand up on the back of your neck (at least my hair does that). There is one problem however–Mark’s books are not readily available in libraries in the US. I know, I know. Authors want readers to BUY their books and I get that … if I were an author I would prefer that also, but my bookshelves are full of books I’ve bought and been given over the years. I seldom read a book more than once and one a year I haul them to the local library’s used book sale. My plea to Mark is this: if you want more READERS, figure a way to make them available through libraires. If you want your books to accumulate on used book sale tables, then continue as currently doing. Either way I will read every book of Mark Edwards I can find.

  3. I just wanted to say how I enjoyed your latest novel Here to Stay. It was terrific. Kept me concentrating until the very end. Brilliant. Read it in a week on holiday because I could not put it down. Well done.

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