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Isabella Rose
The Isabella Rose series by Mark Dawson has 6 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Angel (2015).
- Books
- 6 books
- First published
- 2015
- Status
- ongoing
- Last checked
Start here: The Angel (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Angel
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Angel - Book 2:
The Asset
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Asset - Book 3:
The Agent
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Agent - Book 4:
The Assassin
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Assassin - Book 5:
The Avenger
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Avenger - Book 6:
Pretty Face
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Pretty Face
About the Isabella Rose series
Isabella Rose is the daughter of Beatrix Rose, once Group Fifteen's deadliest operative, and grew up believing her mother was dead. Mark Dawson's series, launched in 2015 with The Angel, finds Isabella training as an opera singer in Manhattan when the British intelligence officer Michael Pope -- who once ran her mother -- recruits the teenager into the same secretive world, spotting in her the same lethal instincts. The books follow Isabella's development from a talented but untested asset into a genuine field operative, shadowed throughout by the question of whether she's repeating her mother's path by choice or by inheritance.
The series sits alongside Dawson's John Milton and Beatrix Rose books in the same Group Fifteen universe, giving Isabella occasional crossover contact with Milton and other established characters, while keeping its own younger, coming-of-age-adjacent focus distinct from the other series' harder-edged tone.
Frequently asked questions
How many Isabella Rose books are there?
Six: The Angel, The Asset, The Agent, The Assassin, The Avenger, and Pretty Face.
Is Isabella Rose related to Beatrix Rose?
Yes -- Isabella is Beatrix Rose's daughter, and the series follows her being recruited into the same clandestine world her mother once worked in.
Does this series connect to John Milton?
Yes, loosely -- all three of Dawson's Rose/Milton series share the same Group Fifteen fictional universe and occasionally cross paths, though each is tracked separately in this catalogue.
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