Joy Ellisová je autorka, ktorá sa preslávila svojimi detektívnymi románmi. Jej diela sa často odohrávajú v drsnom a atmosférickom prostredí Lincolnshire Fens, kde autorka žije. Ellisová vyniká vo vytváraní napínavých zápletiek a komplexných postáv, ktoré čitateľov udržia v napätí až do samého konca. Jej štýl je opisovaný ako prenikavý a realistický, čo čitateľom umožňuje plne sa ponoriť do sveta jej príbehov.
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?
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' 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."--
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.
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.
Belvedere in Chianti, piccolo borgo sulle colline toscane, dove abbondano ulivi e vigne ma di scapoli nemmeno l’ombra, è in Charles Bingley, nipote del defunto conte Ricasoli, che sta arrivando dall’Inghilterra per prendere possesso dell’eredità, la tenuta Le Giuggiole. La notizia ha scatenato le potenziali suocere, disposte a tutto pur di sistemare le figlie con Charles o con il suo altrettanto affascinante, ricco e single amico Michael D’Arcy. A chi, invece, questa caccia al marito non interessa, è Elisa, amica d’infanzia di entrambi i giovani, con i quali passava tutte le estati alla tenuta, dove ora vive e si occupa con passione della vigna e della produzione del vino. Mentre tutte le ragazze di Belvedere si contendono i due appetitosi single, Elisa cerca di capire cosa ne sarà della tenuta, dato che Charles e Michael sembrano arrivati in Toscana con intenzioni poco chiare. Sono passati molti anni da quando lei e Michael erano compagni di giochi, la vita li ha cambiati e molti segreti si sono annidati tra le pieghe del tempo, che però sono sempre più difficili da nascondere. Possibile che due amici affiatati come loro possano ritrovarsi nemici? E se tra bicchieri di Chianti, scorpacciate di pappardelle e molti malintesi Elisa e Michael finissero a fare i conti con sentimenti tanto forti quanto imprevisti e forse impossibili da reprimere? A Belvedere, terra di pettegolezzi, tutti vogliono sapere…
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.
