Biography

Mark McShane was an Australian author of satire, suspense novels, and crime fiction. Born in Sydney to a family with Gypsy roots, he traveled the world for the first three decades of his life. In 1960, he settled on the island of Mallorca, in the Mediterranean, and decided to write fiction.

His most well known characters are the eccentric Norman Pink, and Appleton Porter, an unlikely spy whose often comic adventures McShane chronicled under the pseudonym Marc Lovell.

Books by Mark McShane

Agenten-Marathon
Agenten-Marathon
2016
Böse Spiele auf Ibiza
Böse Spiele auf Ibiza
2016
Neutral shores
Neutral shores
2012
The Man Who Made Love
The Man Who Made Love
2003
The Fourth Nail
The Fourth Nail
2002
And they say you can't buy happiness
And they say you can't buy happiness
2001
Mourning becomes the hangman
Mourning becomes the hangman
1991
Comfort me with spies
Comfort me with spies
1990
Ethel and the naked spy
Ethel and the naked spy
1989
That great big trenchcoat in the sky
That great big trenchcoat in the sky
1988
The spy who fell off the back of a bus
The spy who fell off the back of a bus
1988
Just a face in the dark
Just a face in the dark
1987
Good spies don't grow on trees
Good spies don't grow on trees
1986
Most Deadly Hate; Circus Day; The Spy Who Barked in The Night
Most Deadly Hate; Circus Day; The Spy Who Barked in The Night
1986
The spy who barked in the night
The spy who barked in the night
1986
The spy who got his feet wet
The spy who got his feet wet
1985
The Spy Who Got His Feet Wet;
The Spy Who Got His Feet Wet; Death in Blue Folders; Wedding Treasure
1985
The only good apple in a barrel of spies
The only good apple in a barrel of spies
1984
Apple spy in the sky
Apple spy in the sky
1983
Spy on the run
Spy on the run
1982
The halcyon way
The halcyon way
1982
The last seance
The last seance
1982
The spy with his head in the clouds
The spy with his head in the clouds
1982
Hand over mind
Hand over mind
1980
Memory of Megan
Memory of Megan
1980
Shadows and dark places
Shadows and dark places
1980
A voice from the living
A voice from the living
1978
Fog Sinister
Fog Sinister
1977
The guardian specter
The guardian specter
1977
The second Vanetti affair
The second Vanetti affair
1977
Vampire in the Shadows
Vampire in the Shadows
1977
Lashed but not leashed
Lashed but not leashed
1976
The blind hypnotist
The blind hypnotist
1976
Dreamers in a haunted house
Dreamers in a haunted house
1975
An enquiry into the existence of vampires
An enquiry into the existence of vampires
1974
Séance for two
Séance for two
1974
A presence in the house
A presence in the house
1972
The imitation thieves
The imitation thieves
1971
The man who left well enough
The man who left well enough
1971
A Quoi sert de courir?
A Quoi sert de courir?
1969
The singular case of the multiple dead
The singular case of the multiple dead
1969
Ill met by a fish shop on George Street
Ill met by a fish shop on George Street
1968
The ghost of Megan
The ghost of Megan
1968
The way to nowhere
The way to nowhere
1967
Night's evil
Night's evil
1966
The crimson madness of Little Doom
The crimson madness of Little Doom
1966
The passing of evil
The passing of evil
1961
The straight and crooked
The straight and crooked
1960