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“I haven’t anything to offer. There isn’t any help. We are all alone, all of us from the moment of birth until we die. Our past is our present and our future. We have to live with ourselves until there isn’t any more time left. If you want salvation look to yourself. There’s nowhere else to look.”
P D James, Shroud for a Nightingale
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- A Wake of Vultures by Mary Earnshaw
- The Rising Tide by Patrick Easter
- Darkness Beyond by Marjorie Eccles
- The Property Of Lies by Marjorie Eccles
- Against the Light by Marjorie Eccles
- Heirs and Assigns by Marjorie Eccles
- The Firebird’s Feather by Marjorie Eccles
- A Dangerous Deceit by Marjorie Eccles
- After Clare by Marjorie Eccles
- The Shape of Sand by Marjorie Eccles
- Black Blood by Jane Eddie
- No Place to Run by Mark Edwards
- All Fall Down by Mark Edwards & Louise Voss
- Catch Your Death by Mark Edwards and Louise Voss
- Killing Cupid by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards
- Music of the Night by Martin Edwards
- The Crooked Shore by Martin Edwards
- Mortmain Hall by Martin Edwards
- Gallows Court by Martin Edwards
- CWA Anthology of Short Stories Mystery Tour Edited by Martin Edwards
- Foreign Bodies Edited by Martin Edwards
- Crimson Snow. Edited by Martin Edwards
- The Dungeon House by Martin Edwards
- The Frozen Shroud by Martin Edwards
- The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards
- The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
- The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards
- Waterloo Sunset by Martin Edwards
- Killing the Emperors by Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Murdering Americans by Ruth Dudley Edwards
- The Anglo Irish Murders by Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Dead Souls by Elsebeth Egholm
- Blood on the Wall By Jim Eldridge
- Grace is Gone by Emiliy Elgar
- The Last Alibi by David Ellis
- The Wrong Man by David Ellis
- Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis
- The Night Thief by Joy Ellis
- Fear on the Fens by Joy Ellis
- Secrets on the Fens by Joy Ellis
- They Disappeared by Joy Ellis
- The Dying Light by Joy Ellis
- Hidden on the Fens by Joy Ellis
- Darkness on the Fens by Joy Ellis
- The Stolen Boys by Joy Ellis
- Five Bloody Heart by Joy Ellis
- Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis
- Shadowbreaker by Joy Ellis
- A Map of the Dark by Karen Ellis
- The House of the Hanged Woman
- The Burial Circle by Kate Ellis
- Dead Man’s Lane by Kate Ellis
- The Boy Who Lived With the Dead by Kate Ellis
- The Mechanical Devil by Kate Ellis
- The Mermaid’s Scream by Kate Ellis
- A High Mortality of Doves by Kate Ellis
- The House of Eyes by Kate Ellis
- The Death Season by Kate Ellis
- The Shroud Maker by Kate Ellis
- The Shadow Collector by Kate Ellis
- Watching the Ghosts by Kate Ellis
- The Jackal Man by Kate Ellis
- A Cursed Inheritance by Kate Ellis
- The Blood Pit by Kate Ellis
- A Knock at the Door By T W Ellis
- North of Boston by Elizabeth Elo
- Mockingbird Songs by R J Ellory
- A Dark and Broken Heart by R J Ellory
- My Sister’s Bones by Nuala Ellwood
- Blood on a Saint by Anne Emery
- A Hidden Life by Mia Emilie
- Killed by Thomas Enger
- Cursed by Thomas Enger
- The Sinner by Caroline England
- Truth Games by Caroline England
- My Husband’s Lies by Caroline England
- Beneath the Skin by Caroline England
- Black Lies Red Blood by Kjell Eriksson
- The Chemical Reaction by Fiona Erskine
- The Chemical Detective by Fiona Erskine
- Burning Down George Orwell’s House by Andrew Ervin
- Footprints of the Devil by Olive Etchells
- No Corners for the Devil by Olive Etchells
- Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
- The Fourteenth Letter by Claire Evans
- Game of Bones by Geraldine Evans
- Asking For it by Geraldine Evans
- All the Lonely People by Geraldine Evans
- Bad Blood my Geraldine Evans
- The Art of Breathing by Kate Evans
- The Art of Survival by Kate Evans
- The Art of the Imperfect by Kate Evans
- Long Time Lost by Chris Ewan
- Dark Tides by Chris Ewan
- Dead Line by Chris Ewan
- Fifth Column by David R Ewans
Recent Review
‘Trick of the Night’ by Joy Ellis
Published by Jaffe Books,
16 June 2022.
ISBN: 978-1-80405331-7 (PB)
Toby Unsworth is passionate about photography. In two weeks, he will be starting his final year of his photography course at university. Night photography is his speciality
and tonight, he has gone to the old part of Fenfleet, which with its cobble of narrow and disused buildings is like a scene out of a Dickins novel. Just perfect to complete his coursework assignment. Later when he uploads the images, he thinks that he can see a face in a window in one of the disused buildings. He asks his house mate Alex to have a look….
Retired detectives ex-Chief Inspector Matt Ballard and his partner ex-Ds Liz Haynes now Private Detectives, have just successfully completed a missing person case and Liz says she reckons they have earned some time off.
However, a call to Matt from Minty a former criminal who had proved a good snout for Matt, has him alarmed – Minty sounded frightened and in all the years they had done business Minty had never seemed afraid. He relates an episode in the market and hands Matt an envelope saying, ‘I have just passed you a hot potato’.
Returning to the office ruminating on the story Minty has just told him, Liz introduces Matt to Mrs Georgia Hammam, whose teenage son Alex died the previous week in his flat from carbon monoxide poisoning, along with his friend Toby. She does not believe her sons death was an accident and she want’s Matt to find out the truth.
Kellie Burton is worried about her brother Simon who has gone to stay with their Aunt Jessie. To ensure that he stays in touch Kellie had given Simon a stack of postcards to enable him to do so, but none have been received and Kellie is certain something is wrong.
And they are not the only ones, something is going on in Fenfleet and even those supposedly with their ears to the ground, don’t know. Even the big players like Eddie Ray are worried. Minty decides to lie low.
Joy Ellis knows how to set a scene. I could put this book down. Intricately plotted the strands are gathered together providing an on the edge of your seat mystery. Highly recommended.
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Reviewer: Lizzie Sirett
Signed first editions available from Goldboro Books