Mark Pryor

Mark Pryor (born May 8, 1967) is a British-American mystery writer and criminal defense attorney for Cofer and Connelly. He is best known for his mystery novels featuring Hugo Marston, a former FBI agent from Texas, and now head of security at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Pryor is also the author of the nonfiction book, As She Lay Sleeping, based on the 1985 cold case murder of Natalie Antonetti (the mother of Johnny Goudie) that he successfully prosecuted in 2011. He has appeared on CBS News' "48 Hours" and Discovery Channel's "Discovery ID: Cold Blood" discussing the case. He is also the creator of the true-crime blog D.A. Confidential.

Biography Pryor grew up in Hertfordshire, England. He earned a journalism degree and became a police reporter for a paper in Colchester, Essex. In 1994, he moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where his mother is from and returned to school. ===Inspector Henri Lefort Series=== Die Around Sundown (2022) Minotaur Books The Dark Edge of Night (2023) Minotaur Books A Blood Red Morning (2024) Minotaur Books

Standalone Novels Hollow Man (2015) Seventh Street Books Dominic: A Hollow Man Novel (2018) Seventh Street Books

Nonfiction Faith, Grace and Heresy: The Biography of Rev. Charles M. Jones (2002) Writer's Showcase Press 978-0-59521-718-2 As She Lay Sleeping (2013) New Horizon Press