Bøker av Joy Ellis

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF STUNNING TWISTSOrla Cracken, IT whizz has disappeared. Detectives Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans soon suspect foul play.

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.

A GRIPPING STANDALONE NOVELLA FROM MULTI-MILLION SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS. Detective Sam Helsdown waits anxiously at the airport. He's excited and more than a little nervous to be picking up his daughter. It's the first time he's seen ten-year-old Zoe in two years. Flight BA631 from Athens lands and soon people begin trickling through Arrivals. A blonde-haired girl races towards him and throws herself into his arms crying, 'Daddy!'. Sam hugs her tightly. But then he looks down at her properly - and an icy horror grips him.The next day, the phone rings. The voice is urgent. 'Help will come. Until then, guard her with your life.' It's Julia, his ex. Ruthless criminals are closing in and Sam will do whatever it takes to keep this girl safe. This utterly gripping crime thriller is perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, J.D. Kirk, Elly Griffiths, Rachel McLean or Ann Cleeves. Please note that this is a novella, not a full-length book.

A NEWLY-DISCOVERED NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS'S ARCHIVES. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED!THREE NICE PEOPLE. THREE TERRIBLE CRIMES. WHAT MADE THEM DO THESE AWFUL THINGS?It's the night shift worker who finds them. Huddled in a hospital store cupboard is elderly Edith Higgins. Knifed to death. Sitting behind her is Staff Nurse Lily Frampton, a scalpel clasped in her blood-soaked hand.No one can understand why this kind-hearted, dedicated nurse would brutally murder a frail patient she's spent months caring for.That same day, mild-mannered schoolteacher Rod Black is found surrounded by the battered bodies of his pupils. Why would a well-respected teacher beat five schoolboys to death?Then a third shocking - and equally inexplicable - incident takes place in a London homeless shelter.What could turn three honest, upright citizens into cold-blooded killers?Once again, DCI Bob Foreman calls on Ellie McEwan for help. Can Ellie use her extraordinary psychic gift to uncover the truth?But will that make Ellie the killer's next target?DISCOVER A TOTALLY ENTHRALLING CRIME THRILLER.This utterly gripping crime thriller is perfect for fans of L.J. Ross, J.D. Kirk, Elly Griffiths, Susan Hill, Kate Ellis or Ann Cleeves.

The newly-discovered novel from multi-million-selling author Joy Ellis. Never before published!Flower shop owner Ellie McEwan is driving home late one frosty November night when a shadowy figure leaps into the road out of nowhere. Ellie swerves to avoid him - and slams head-on into the crash barrier.Days later, Ellie wakes up in hospital - and notices there's something different. Everyone she looks at - the doctor, the nurse, her friend Carole - is surrounded by a coloured aura. Her near-death experience seems to have given her a new ability.And now Ellie must use her new-found gift to catch a killer.The battered body of a young woman is found in the grounds of a local hotel. She's the third woman to be murdered in this sleepy Surrey village, her hands crushed and mutilated. Just like the other two.Each of the women was a skilled professional - a musician, a doctor and an artist. Apart from that, they appear to have nothing in common.And now the police's one lead - a key witness - is missing.Although sceptical, a desperate DCI Bob Foreman calls on Ellie for help. But Ellie's involvement in the investigation will throw her into the path of a brutal killer . . .

Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn't guarantee a quiet life. An abandoned carpet bag full of mysterious handwritten notes. A body in a marshy lagoon. Matt is intrigued when his partner Liz brings home an old carpet bag she found dumped in the local library. It contains a pile of mysterious handwritten notes. Liz is convinced the bag belongs to Old Molly, a local woman who lives on the streets. The following day, a body is discovered in a marshy lagoon. It's Old Molly. Suffocated with an expensive men's handkerchief. Molly clearly knew something that got her killed. Liz believes she was trying to tell them something important. She calls on her nephew David to help decipher the carpet bag notes. Meanwhile Matt is hired to find teenage runaway Liam Cooper. Liam has been missing for ten days now, and Matt has a very bad feeling about him. A few days later, a second body is discovered in an old barn out on the fens. Matt and Liz must piece together the cryptic clues Molly has left for them before more people die. The answers lead to the remote fenland village of Marshdyke-St-Mary - and a series of shocking secrets stretching back many years.

DS Evans is looking forward to moving into her dream home. But the naked body of a young man is found at the river's edge and then another. An archenemy from the past emerges, his sights on Jackman and Evans with a devastating revenge plan.

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF SUSPENSEDetective 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 . . .

The sixth book in the best-selling Jackman & Evans series, The Patient Man follows DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans as they finally come face to face with Alistair Ashcroft, the elusive serial killer. Set in the atmospheric Lincolnshire Fens, it draws on local knowledge of the area and expert research into police procedure

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.

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.

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?

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.

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 . . .

FOUR LOST FRIENDS. FOUR TASKS TO COMPLETE. ONE BIG MYSTERY LEFT.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. So for each of his four friends he decides to complete something that they left unfinished.Eighteen months before the crash, Suzanne Holland disappeared, leaving a room with traces of blood, but no other leads. Suzanne was the wife of one of Carter¿s four best friends.Adding to the pressure, the boss¿s niece has a stalker. Due to the sensitivity of the Holland case, Carter is put on this investigation.DS Marie Evans is the only person Carter can confide in. But even she begins to doubt whether he can really cope and whether he is actually losing his mind.DI Jackman and DS Evans of the Fenland police face a battle to untangle three mysteries, and can they really believe their friend and colleague Carter?