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Joy Ellis

    Joy Ellis is an author celebrated for her compelling crime novels. Her stories are often set against the stark and atmospheric backdrop of the Lincolnshire Fens, a landscape she knows intimately. Ellis excels at crafting intricate plots and complex characters that keep readers gripped from start to finish. Her writing is characterized by a sharp, realistic style that draws readers deeply into the worlds she creates.

    Joy Ellis
    La palude della morte
    The Murderer's Son
    The fourth friend
    Their Lost Daughters
    The Guilty Ones
    Crime on the Fens
    • Der Sohn der Mörderin

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Er hat das Morden im Blut. Eine Frau wird am Rande der Lincolnshire Fens brutal erstochen. Kurze Zeit später gesteht ein Mann namens Daniel Kinder den Mord. Ihm liege das Töten im Blut, genau wie seiner leiblichen Mutter, einer skrupellosen Serienmörderin. Doch die ermittelnden Detectives Rowan Jackman und Marie Evans plagen bald Zweifel an seiner Schuld, denn Daniel hat immer wieder Erinnerungslücken. Aus Mangel an Beweisen sind Jackman und Evans gezwungen, ihn gehen zu lassen. Innerhalb weniger Tage verschwindet Daniel – und das einsame Moor wird zum Schauplatz weiterer Morde … Der Auftakt einer starken neuen Crime-Reihe aus England rund um ein außergewöhnliches Ermittler-Team. Joy Ellis kam über ihre Arbeit als Buchhändlerin zum Schreiben. Bei den Ermittlungsdetails ihrer Fälle verlässt sie sich auf ihre Partnerin, eine pensionierte Polizeibeamtin. Sie lebt in den Lincolnshire Fens, wo auch ihre Kriminalromane spielen.

      Der Sohn der Mörderin2020
    • The Guilty Ones

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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?

      The Guilty Ones2020
      4.0
    • 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.

      Crime on the Fens2019
      4.3
    • Their Lost Daughters

      • 318 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      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 . . .

      Their Lost Daughters2019
      4.0
    • The Murderer's Son

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      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.

      The Murderer's Son2018
      3.8
    • "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' four best friends. Adding to the pressure, the boss's niece has a stalker. Due to the sensitivity of the Holland case, Cater 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."--

      The fourth friend2017
      3.9