Mark Bridgeman
Non-fiction
After many years buried in research, Scottish based writer Mark Bridgeman released his first book, The River Runs Red, in 2019. The book became an instant success and has been reprinted three times. Further best-selling titles, Blood Beneath Ben Nevis and The Dark Side of the Dales followed in 2020.
Mark's history of an abandoned Scottish community, The Lost Village of Lawers, achieved worldwide sales in 2021 when the village became a global news story, resulting in TV appearances on ITV and Channel 5.
In 2022 Mark was nominated for the John Bryne Writing Award as well as appearing on BBC Radio, Heartland FM, Vancouver Radio, BBC Alba, and The History Channel.
The Nearly Man, Mark's biography of a little known Scottish war hero turned villain, has been nominated for the prestigious James Tait Black Biography Award and resulted in Mark being asked to guest speak at the prestigious Aberdeen Grammar School,. 2022's Perthshire's Pound of Flesh became Perth Waterstones' Book of the Year, voted for by their staff and customers.
Mark has also seen his stories serialised in newspaper form and adapted for Canadian radio. A member of the Federation of Scottish Writers and The Thomas Hardy Society, Mark has written for the academic Thomas Hardy Journal and contributes a popular series of blog articles for the West Highland Museum. In addition, Mark regularly appears at UK book festivals, presenting his unique sell out event 'Trial By Jury' and hosts regular talks at bookshops and local historical societies.
2023 will see the release of two more titles and further additions to Erased, Mark's popular eBook series of missing persons mysteries.
For further details of how to purchase Mark’s other works, use the following link:
Amazon.co.uk: Mark Bridgeman: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle
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Books by Mark Bridgeman published by Brindle Books Ltd
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The 'Lost' Village of Lawers by Mark Bridgeman
The Grassington Murder - Fact or Fiction?
On the 1st April 1766, the quiet Yorkshire Dales market town of Grassington was rocked by the disappearance of its popular local doctor, Dr Richard Petty. When the doctor’s body was finally discovered, the fearsome Tom Lee, already a notorious highwayman, was arrested. The townsfolk of Grassington were convinced of Lee’s guilt, but could they prove their case in court before Lee could kill again?
Best selling writer, Mark Bridgeman, (author of The Dark Side of the Dales), presents his meticulously researched story of Tom Lee – the man who thought he could escape the gallows.
The Grassington Murder includes Joseph Robershaw’s original version of the story, ‘Tom Lee: A Wharfedale Tragedy’ (painstakingly transcribed from the original publication by Mark), and in print here for the first time in more than a century.
Thanks to some newly unearthed evidence, Mark also questions the truth of the accepted legend surrounding Tom Lee and asks: How many other murders did he commit?
eBook
Paperback (ISBN: 978-1-915631-12-1)
Every year, millions of people go missing around the world. Over 500,000 in the US and more than 170,000 in the UK alone. Roughly one a minute. Many cases are resolved, some over an agonising period of time. Others, never.
Erased deals with seven of the most mysterious, unfathomable, enigmatic, and little known cases in history. From the streets of London to the jungles of South America, journey with true crime writer Mark Bridgeman (author of the best selling ‘Perthshire’s Pound of Flesh’ and ‘The Nearly Man’) into a world of unanswered questions, unseen perils, and unspoken family secrets.
What really became of the missing millionaire, the Hollywood actress, the missing hiker, or the real Indiana Jones? Is the answer out there somewhere, or are they Erased forever?
Erased: A new series of intriguing missing person cases from around the world by Mark Bridgeman, author of The 'Lost' Village of Lawers. The first book in the series is 'The Missing Millionaire', in which the author investigates the mysterious disappearance of an American millionaire in London, England, in 1913.
eBook (ISBN: 978-1-915631-00-8)
The Empty House by Mark Bridgeman
The second entry in Mark Bridgeman’s ERASED series takes us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940’s, and a true-life mystery as intriguing as any film noir classic of the period.
eBook (ISBN: 978-1-915631-01-5)
The Dancer Who Disappeared by Mark Bridgeman
Los Angeles 1949. A series of brutal unsolved murders and unexplained disappearances has terrified the female population and confounded the authorities. But for one beautiful, budding dancer and actress the world seemed a very different place. Days after appearing alongside one of Hollywood's biggest stars in her first big movie break, she kissed her 5-year-old daughter goodbye and headed out for a mysterious night-time rendezvous - never to be seen again. A spine tingling and bewildering true story set in the golden era of Hollywood, when the silver screen reflected the City of Angel's menacing side. But what really happened to The Dancer Who Disappeared?
eBook (ISBN: 978-1-915631-06-0)
When The Trail Goes Cold by Mark Bridgeman
Five people go missing in five years, all within a few miles of each other. Always at the same time of day, and always at the same time of year. The police are baffled. Are the disappearances connected or is it purely a coincidence? Or is it something far more sinister . .
eBook (ISBN: 978-1-915631-07-7)
