Joy Ellis

It’s the case Detective Alec Farnham can’t forget. He was the one who found his friend and mentor, DI Lou Catterick, collapsed in a deserted alleyway, her shirt drenched in blood. He was too late. With her dying breath, Lou utters a single word.

Deep in the muddy fields of the Lincolnshire Fens, a teenage girl is found wandering, delirious, claiming to have been drugged at a party....

Crimebusting duo DI Jackman and DS Evans are back, solving another crime that will make your skin crawl....

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....

A teenage boy's body is found on a lonely country road at dawn. By the time police arrive, it has vanished without trace. The blanket that covered him remains. The witness is adamant the boy was dead. But when Detective Bob reaches the scene, there is nothing. No body. No blood. No explanation.

Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans are the detectives who take on the toughest cases on the Lincolnshire fens. Then a homeowner clearing undergrowth in his back garden makes a horrifying discovery. Detective Jackman asks Interpol to issue a Black Notice.

Holly Stewart moved into Solace House thinking it would be a fresh start for her and her family. She knew a tragic murder had taken place there, but she didn’t know the full ghastly history of the house....

When everyone is sleeping, he comes into their houses. He takes one thing. A photo of their child. A sinister 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....

When DI Rowan Jackman and DS Evans are told that the IT boss has disappeared, they soon suspect foul play....

The domestic bliss of Detective Inspector Rowan Jackman, of Fenland Constabulary, doesn’t last long. His old nemesis, serial killer Alistair Ashcroft, is back in town and ready to tidy up unfinished business....

From number-one best-selling author Joy Ellis, a totally absorbing mystery full of stunning twists and turns. Discover the author everyone’s talking about....

From two-million-selling author Joy Ellis comes one of the most eagerly awaited mysteries this year. One moonlit night, the bodies of two young people are discovered lying entwined on a blanket in the woods. The young man is clutching a red rose. It appears to be a lovers' suicide pact.... Until...

Cuatro chicas desaparecidas. Cuatro hijas arrebatadas cruelmente a sus padres. Cuatro familias destrozadas, unidas por un mismo clamor: justicia y respuestas.

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.

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.

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...

The peaceful little village of Saltern-le-Fen is buzzing with excitement. A film crew are in town, shooting a new TV police drama, Fen Division Five. But Detective Jackman receives a disturbing tip-off that something is wrong....

From two-million-selling author Joy Ellis comes one of the most keenly anticipated mysteries this year. It arrives in the morning. An old-fashioned airmail envelope addressed to Detective Nikki Galena. Inside, on a single sheet of blue airmail paper, are three words: You failed me. The second...

Detective Sam Helsdown hasn’t seen his daughter Zoe in two years and he’s excited and more than a little nervous to be at the airport picking her up for a visit. She’s 10 years old and has flown on her own for the first time....

Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn't guarantee a quiet life. A deserted building. A face in the window. A face that shouldn't be there. Photography student Toby Unsworth has found the location for the perfect night-time shoot. A cobbled street in the old part of...