Joy Ellis

FROM TWO-MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS COMES ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MYSTERIES THIS YEAR. Now. In the beautiful gardens of Shelley House a shocking discovery is made. A blackened hand dangles over the side of a wheelbarrow. The horrific scent of burnt flesh lingers in the air. Detectives Nikki Galena and Joseph Easter are called in to investigate. Twenty years ago. A family destroyed by tragic secrets. The scientist father who killed their gardener, before being murdered himself. The brother who disappeared, never to be seen again. Until now? Nikki and Joseph must find a man who's been missing for two decades and unravel the painful past of a broken family before anyone else dies. GRIPPING FROM BEGINNING TO STUNNING CONCLUSION. Joy Ellis was nominated for audiobook of the year at the British Book Awards 2019 and Crime and Thriller Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2021 for The Patient Man. This totally gripping mystery is perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, Peter May, J. D. Kirk, Angela Marsons, J. M. Dalgliesh, Elly Griffiths or Ann Cleeves.

FROM #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS, A TOTALLY ABSORBING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS AND TURNS. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN. Discover the author who's sold over two million books globally. When everyone is sleeping, he comes into their houses. He takes one thing. A photo of their child. A thief on a power trip or something even darker and more sinister? Detectives Jackman and Evans find themselves on the hunt for a highly unusual burglar who seemingly only steals photographs. But then, late one night, an elderly woman falls to her death after seeing someone in her home. Did she really fall, or was she murdered? And just how many mysterious intruders are there on the Fens? With the body count rising, Jackman and Evans have their work cut out for them to track down the night thief - before it's too late. Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the shocking ending. Joy Ellis was nominated for audiobook of the year at the British Book Awards 2019 and Crime and Thriller Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2021 for The Patient Man. This totally gripping mystery is perfect for fans of J M Dalgliesh, Rachel McLean, J. D. Kirk, Rachel Abbott, Elly Griffiths, P. D. James, LJ Ross, Ann Cleeves, Angela Marsons or Richard Osman.

En kvinna blir brutalt knivhuggen till döds i sitt exklusiva men avlägset belägna hem i Lincolnshire Fens myrmarker. Kort efter upptäckten av den knivmördade kvinnan dyker en märklig man vid namn Daniel Kinder upp på den lokala polisstationen i Lincolnshire Fens och erkänner mordet. Men kriminalkommissarie Rowan Jackman och inspektör Marie Evans är skeptiska, de har svårt att tro att den lite udda unge mannen är skyldig. Daniel minns inget från de första fem åren av sitt liv, han är adopterad och besatt av att ta reda på vem hans biologiska mor egentligen var. Hans erkännande går inte att verifiera, och polisen blir tvungen att släppa honom. Inom loppet av några dagar följer flera mord i området - och Daniel Kinder är spårlöst försvunnen. Vem är han egentligen och finns det några kopplingar mellan mordet i den fina villan och det brutala mordet på ett landbrukarpar som skedde i trakten för mer än tjugo år sedan? JOY ELLIS är författare till tre populära deckarserier. Hon bor tillsammans med sin fru, som länge arbetade som högt uppsatt polis, och ett helt gäng springerspaniels i Lincolnshire i England, där alla hennes böcker också utspelar sig. Innan hon på uppmaning av Sue Townsend, som hon gick en skrivarkurs för, sadlade om till författaryrket jobbade Ellis i många år som florist. Mördarens son är den första boken i serien med kriminalarna Rowan Jackman och Marie Evans som huvudpersoner. Joy Ellis böcker har sålt i sammanlagt drygt två miljoner exemplar över hela världen. "Ellis har fått ihop ett bra persongalleri och det ärbara att vänta in nästa bok." Björn G Stenberg, UNT

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF SUSPENSE Detective Nikki Galena’s friend and neighbour meets a tragic end but there’s more to his death than meets the eye. And someone from DS Joseph Easter’s past is back . . . A man is found executed on a piece of wasteland in Greenborough town. The cold-blooded murder triggers terrible memories for DS Joseph Easter. Just when things seemed to be going well for DS Easter, he realises that the nightmare is coming back, threatening his career, his sanity, and maybe his life. Even Nikki begins to doubt DS Easter as he faces a race against time to save someone very close to him.

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS Orla Cracken, IT whizz has disappeared. Detectives Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans soon suspect foul play. Cracken, known as Orac, is no ordinary techie; she was once a field agent traveling abroad undercover, working for the government. Meanwhile two urban explorers have mysteriously disappeared while out exploring abandoned buildings. One went missing at a disused airfield, but was it a military base, or was it civilian? The gruesome discovery of their decaying bodies in ancient church ruins bursts the case wide open, and Jackman and Evans are under pressure to find the killer. It soon becomes clear that the murderer is targeting urban explorers, but why is he determined to track down and torture these people, and how is the case connected to Orac’s mysterious past?

Serial killer Alistair Ashcroft is back and more terrifying than ever. He sends a sinister warning to DS Marie Evans and breaks into DI Rowan Jackman’s uneasy domestic bliss. Now everyone Jackman cares about is in danger. Yet for all Ashcroft’s taunts, he is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, a seemingly routine break-in at the home of gun-club owner Kenneth Harcourt becomes complicated when the man long held responsible for killing Harcourt’s young daughter is shot dead in a car park — by a sniper. A killer is on the loose in the quiet streets of Saltern-le-Fen, and he isn’t going to stop. And the sniper, like Ashcroft, takes to taunting the police: they’ll never catch him, they need to respect him, they shouldn’t be sidetracked looking for their old adversary. Jackman and Evans find themselves in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse, but are they the cats or the mice?

Detective Inspector Nikki Galena has nothing left to lose. She’s seen a girl die in her arms and her daughter will never leave the hospital again – she will stop at nothing to avenge her daughter. Through her pain she’s toughened up, particularly on criminals, and now she’s been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she’s out. While DI Nikki Galena battles her own demons, the town is being terrorised by gangs of violent thugs, all wearing identical hideous masks. When a talented young female student goes missing on the marsh, Nikki and Joseph find themselves joining forces with a master criminal in their efforts to save her. They need to look behind the masks, but when they do, they find something more sinister and deadly than they ever expected . . .

Detective Inspector Rowan Jackman faces the most difficult case of his life. His sister-in-law, Sarah, disappears to London and throws herself into the river. As a woman with a seemingly happy home life and two beloved sons, what drove her to this? As DI Jackman and DI Evans dig into to Sarah’s life, Jackman realises he knew almost nothing about his sister-in-law’s past. Then, they discover a woman in a neighbouring village died in similar circumstances. What is the connection to a convicted murderer whose family are convinced he’s innocent? Who is really pulling the strings? And in a case so close to home can Jackman keep his feelings under control?

When a crime wave hits town, Detectives Jackman and Evans must take on a fiendish criminal, while still haunted by Alistair Ashcroft, the serial killer they never caught. The target is a highly sought-after brand of streetwear called Hybrid X, clothing that costs a fortune and resells for unbelievable prices. Houses are burgled, kids mugged on the streets, a young man dies – all for the sake of his shoes – and another boy’s body is found in a pile of rubbish. Meanwhile illegal steroids are flooding the streets and there are dark movements on the marshes. A shadowy figure called Drake and his team of young criminals seem to be behind it all, but can DI Jackman and Marie prove this before another innocent person dies for clothes that people will kill to own?

Two girls go to a party, only one returns. Toni, the surviving teenager, is found deliriously wandering the muddy fields of the fens. She has been drugged and it’s uncertain whether she’ll survive. She says she saw her friend Emily being dragged away from the party. But no one knows who Emily is or even if she’s still alive . . .

Police detective Carter McLean is the only survivor of a plane crash that kills his four best friends. He returns to work but he is left full of guilt and terrible flashbacks.

Introducing DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans, the Fenland’s finest detectives, in a race against time to stop a serial killer who has returned to the Fens after 20 years. Twenty years ago a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer.

"What if your mother was a serial killer?" A BLOODY KILLER SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS A gripping standalone crime thriller by the best-selling author of the Nikki Galena series. Twenty years ago: a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer. Now: a woman is viciously stabbed to death in the upmarket kitchen of her beautiful house on the edge of the marshes. Then a man called Daniel Kinder walks into Saltern police station and confesses to the murder. But DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans of the Fenland Constabulary soon discover that there is a lot more to Daniel than meets the eye. He has no memory of the first five years of his life and is obsessed with who his real mother is. With no evidence to hold him, Jackman and Evans are forced to let him go, and in a matter of days the lonely Lincolnshire Fens become the stage for more killings and Daniel has disappeared. In a breathtaking finale, the truth about Daniel's mother comes to light and DI Jackman and DS Evans race against time to stop more lives being destroyed. THE DETECTIVES DS Marie Evans lost her husband in a motorbike accident and has personal connections to the case. DI Jackman leads the team. He is extremely smart and has a knack for bringing out the best in his diverse team, which includes the mysterious computer specialist Orac. Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the shocking ending. THIS BOOK IS NOT PART OF THE NIKKI GALENA SERIES BUT TAKES PLACE IN THE SAME STUNNING AREA Perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell. ALSO BY JOY ELLIS THE NIKKI GALENA SERIESBook 1: CRIME ON THE FENSBook 2: SHADOW OVER THE FENSBook 3: HUNTED ON THE FENSBook 4: KILLER ON THE FENS