Mark grew up in the Far East - first in Hong Kong, and then in Singapore, where he rode and trained horses competitively. Since then, Mark has lived and worked in Scotland, England, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, where he is now a citizen. His first book, WAKING THE TIGER, will be published by Hobeck Books in June 2021. WAKING THE TIGER is the first instalment in the Inspector Betancourt series, in which Betancourt battles skulduggery and corruption and searches for justice in colonial Singapore. It won the Pitch Perfect competition at the Bloody Scotland Crime Festival in 2017.