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"What if your mother was a serial killer?"

A BLOODY KILLER SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS.

A gripping crime thriller by the bestselling author of the Nikki Galena series.

Twenty years ago: a farmer and his wife are cut to pieces by a ruthless serial killer.

Now: a woman is viciously stabbed to death in the upmarket kitchen of her beautiful house on the edge of the marshes.

Then a man called Daniel Kinder walks into Saltern police station and confesses to the murder.

But DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans of the Fenland police soon discover that there is a lot more to Daniel than meets the eye. He has no memory of the first five years of his life and is obsessed with who his real mother is.

With no evidence to hold him, Jackman and Evans are forced to let him go, and in a matter of days the lonely Lincolnshire Fens become the stage for more killings and Daniel has disappeared.

In a breathtaking finale, the truth about Daniel’s mother comes to light and DI Jackman and DS Evans race against time to stop more lives being destroyed.

Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the shocking ending.

THE DETECTIVES:
DS Marie Evans lost her husband in a motorbike accident and has personal connections to the case.

DI Rowan Jackman leads the investigation. He is extremely smart and has a knack for bringing out the best in his diverse team, which includes the mysterious computer specialist Orac.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE MURDERER'S SON:

"This is one of the best books I've read in a very very long time." Cree

"Absolutely spellbinding." KC

"Kept me reading until the wee small hours." Blue and white

"Very hard to put down." Elaine

"Exceptionally well plotted." Handbaglover

DISCOVER JOY ELLIS, THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR.

ALSO BY JOY ELLIS
JACKMAN & EVANS
Book 1: THE MURDERER’S SON
Book 2: THEIR LOST DAUGHTERS
Book 3: THE FOURTH FRIEND
Book 4: THE GUILTY ONES
Book 5: THE STOLEN BOYS
Book 6: THE PATIENT MAN
Book 7: THEY DISAPPEARED
Book 8: THE NIGHT THIEF

THE BESTSELLING NIKKI GALENA SERIES
Book 1: CRIME ON THE FENS
Book 2: SHADOW OVER THE FENS
Book 3: HUNTED ON THE FENS
Book 4: KILLER ON THE FENS
Book 5: STALKER ON THE FENS
Book 6: CAPTIVE ON THE FENS
Book 7: BURIED ON THE FENS
Book 8: THIEVES ON THE FENS
Book 9: FIRE ON THE FENS
Book 10: DARKNESS ON THE FENS
Book 11: HIDDEN ON THE FENS
Book 12: SECRETS ON THE FENS
Book 13: FEAR ON THE FENS

DETECTIVE MATT BALLARD
Book 1: BEWARE THE PAST
Book 2: FIVE BLOODY HEARTS
Book 3: THE DYING LIGHT
Book 4: MARSHLIGHT

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Crimebusting duo DI Jackman and DS Evans are back, solving another crime that will make your skin crawl. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

About the Author

Joy Ellis is not your ordinary newcomer to crime fiction. She started work in the 1960s as an apprentice florist in Covent Garden before opening her own flower shop in Lincolnshire. Later in life, she began to consider a career change towards crime writing and attended a workshop in Greece led by Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole. Ellis has now left the flowers behind and dedicates her life to writing gritty crime thrillers set in the Fens, where she lives with her police officer partner.

Richard Armitage is a British film, television, theatre and voice actor. Richard is most recognised for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of The Hobbit. He also appeared in the hit BBC drama North & South, as well as a recurring role in Spooks and Robin Hood. Among Richard’s theatre credits are an 18-month tour with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Angus in Greg Doran's Macbeth and the lead role in Yaël Farber's production of The Crucible at The Old Vic Theatre in London. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LWY0PUJ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction (20 September 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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- 7 in Police Procedurals (Kindle Store)
- 13 in Mystery
- 30 in Women's Fiction (Kindle Store)

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I was born in Kent but spent most of my working life in London and Surrey. I was an apprentice florist to Constance Spry Ltd, a prestigious Mayfair shop that throughout the Sixties and Seventies teemed with both royalty and ‘real’ celebrities. What an eye-opener for a working-class kid from the Garden of England! I swore then, probably whilst I was scrubbing the floor or making the tea, that I would have a shop of my own one day. It took until the early Eighties, but I did it. Sadly the recession wiped us out, and I embarked on a series of weird and wonderful jobs; the last one being a bookshop manager. Surrounded by books all day, getting to order whatever you liked, and being paid for it! Oh bliss!

And now I live in a village in the Lincolnshire Fens with my partner, Jacqueline, and four Springer spaniels and one little rescue, Breton spaniel. I had been writing mysteries for years but never had the time to take it seriously. Now I write full-time, and as my partner is a highly decorated retired police officer; my choice of genre is a no-brainer! I have an on-tap police and judicial consultant, who makes exceedingly good tea!

I have set my crime thrillers here in the misty fens because I sincerely love the remoteness and airy beauty of the marshlands. This area is steeped in superstitions and lends itself so well to murder!

I am lucky enough to be one of the amazing Joffe Books team of authors and am really enjoying being able to spend time doing what I love... writing!

The series so far:-

DI Nikki Galena, the Fen Series

Book One: Crime on the Fens

Book Two: Shadow over the Fens

Book Three: Hunted on the Fens

Book Four: Killer on the Fens

Book Five: Stalker on the Fens

Book Six: Captive on the Fens

Book Seven: Buried on the Fens

Book Eight: Thieves on the Fens

Book Nine: Fire on the Fens

Book Ten: Darkness on the Fens

Book Eleven: Hidden on the Fens

Book Twelve: Secrets on the Fens

Book Thirteen: Fear on the Fens

Detective Nikki Galena Books 1-3 Boxset

Detective Nikki Galena Books 4-6 Boxset

Detective Nikki Galena Books 7-9 Boxset

Detective Nikki Galena Books 1-5 Boxset

DI Jackman and DS Marie Evans series so far:-

Book One: The Murderer's Son

Book Two: Their Lost Daughters

Book Three: The Fourth Friend

Book Four: The Guilty Ones

Book Five: The Stolen Boys

Book Six: The Patient Man

Book Seven: They Disappeared

Book Eight: The Night Thief

Guide Star. A stand alone novel about love, loss and overcoming adversity.

Beware the Past. Detective Matt Ballard Book 1 A stand alone thriller still set in the Fens, but with new characters and very different feel

Five Bloody Hearts. Detective Mat Ballard Book 2 After overwhelming requests, this is a sequel to Beware the Past, with DCI Matt Ballard.

The Dying Light. Detective Matt Ballard Book 3 Matt Ballard is now retired, but he and Liz still take on difficult cases, but as private detectives.

Marshlight. Matt Ballard Book 4. They might have retired, but things are far from quiet for Matt and Liz!

Trick of the Night. Matt Ballard Book 5.Matt and Liz find themselves needing to work with some of their old colleagues in the Force when they embark on a sinister case that is far more serious than first thought.

These are available in both Kindle and paperback and now practically all of my books are available as audio books.

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An easy bedtime read

Reviewed in Australia on 24 September 2020

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The story tumbled along at a good pace and it wasn't obvious from the start who done it, so a cut above many crime stories. However, the plot did depend on a pretty huge coincidence, which is disappointing. The worst thing for me, though, was the writing. Ellis writes in a style that I've come to associate with Mills and Boon romances -- a little clumsy, a little forced --- especially the dialogue -- and not well suited to writing action scenes. Perhaps worse still, she is very much better at writing the female characters than the male. The asymmetry kept taking me out of the flow of the story. So, not the worst crime story I've read but far from the best. If the writing style doesn't bother you, I'm sure you would enjoy it.

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A British Masterpiece

Reviewed in Australia on 30 September 2016

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An absolutely brilliant standalone police procedural. DI Jackson and his team are brilliant in this serial killer case, equally as good as DI Nicky Galeno,her other detective. Joy Ellis is an outstanding new author, and I hope she considers keeping DI Jackson going, along with her Galeno series. I hope like the great Anne Perry,she can keep the two characters going in separate series. A major new talent she definitely is. Keep it up Joy.

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Jacqui

A compelling read.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2017

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I have read all of the Nicki Galena series by Ellis, and now the first two books of the Jackman and Evan series. These are equally good.The writing of Ellis provides an effective balance between plot and characterisation. I liked having a female detective who is confident and rides a motorbike, even though she lost her own husband in a motorbike accident. DI Jackman with his calm demeanour is an attractive foil to the more headstrong character of DS Evans. The plot held my attention from start to finish, and the enigmatic past and mystery of the life of the main suspect, Daniel Kinder, added extra intensity to the plot. I also enjoy the Fen country setting, as it is not a part of England always praised, but has its own haunting beauty.

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Sasha

Fan-BLOODY-tastc!

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2016

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It is not often that I have read a book full of such suspense. I had to stop myself from letting my eyes stray too forward to see what would happen... Such suspense. So may twits and turns. First time I have read this author .... Won't be my last! Lots of great characters and unbelievable story line. Kept thinking I had it worked out, and then something new would come onto the scene. Definitely a must read!

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sharyn

Not quite 5 star but still very enjoyable

Reviewed in Australia on 24 July 2021

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Well written, good believable characters and actions. Nicely twisty without being over the top. I’m off to buy the next book in the series, which speaks for itself.

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Paul

Well written

Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2020

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Ellis has once more produced a suspense filled crime cliff hanger with the mysterious "who done it" not being revealed until towards the end.
Enjoyed the character revelations as the story develops.

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Reginald Walker

Great story, full of twists difficult to put down.

Reviewed in Australia on 21 November 2016

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Great story, lived up to my expectations full of twists didn't pick the killer until later in story. I also enjoyed the characters which were created for the story. I have enjoyed quite a few books by Joy Ellis in particular the Fens series, I look forward to reading others. I enjoy my Kindle I find it much easier to read than a hard or soft cover book. Thanks to Amazon there is always a wide range of cheaper thrillers.

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The Fens are alive with dead people

Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2018

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An introduction to an unusual set of police in the Fens. The story is fine but the police stray into caricatures. Easy reading with not too much thinking. There is the usual interactions and romantic fission. Just read it but don't expect Ann Clever.

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Blue and white

Well that came as a surprise!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2017

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I've read several of the DI Nikki Galena books and they're excellent. This is just as good with the person 'whodunnit' a complete surprise. This one has a new partnership, Jackman and Evans. A new straight from Uni type male DI and an older female DS. She's a motor bike riding widow, and he's scared of their computer whizz woman who works in the basement.
A plot different to most I've read, but it kept me reading until the wee small hours. There were a few additional twists that although seemingly didn't really mean much, actually contributed to the plot more than realised.
Joy Ellis obviously knows police work inside out and the area in and around the Fens very well. This goes to make excellent stories and well worth reading.

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Elaine Fryatt

A gripping murder mystery.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2018

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The story starts in the Lincolnshire Fens with a double murder in 1993. In September 2015 at Fenland Constabulary Headquarters D.S. Marie Evans and her boss, D.I. Rowan Jackman investigate a vicious murder. I felt the plot line of this mystery was very well written, with lots of twists and turns and I found the book very hard to put down. I look forward to reading more books featuring Evans and Jackman.

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WorcesterBlue

Good start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2020

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This is the 1st book in the DI Jackman and DS Evans series by author Joy Ellis.
'The Murderer’s Son' is my first read of a Joy Ellis book and was a fairly decent read. Not a classic but enough promise to give her writing another read. A police procedural crime novel where a brutal serial killer is on the loose in Fensland, England. The book starts with a flashback when twenty years ago a local farmer and his wife were brutally stabbed to death. French woman Francois Thayer was convicted of the murders and subsequently died. Now in present day Allison Fleet is found murdered in her own kitchen, brutally stabbed. Following the death Daniel Kinder walks into police station and confesses to the murder.
I enjoyed the main two characters and expect them to get better in coming books when further information is shared. A decent start to the series and a fair read.

5 people found this helpful

Pishu

High school writing - appalling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2018

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If I could have given this no stars, I would. Probably the worst book I've ever read. I don't understand the rave reviews. The plot was dull (well, I only read about a quarter before deciding that life is too short), the characters two-dimensional and stilted, and the sentiments very suspect (the DI is apparently scared of anyone with mental health issues - so this is a quarter of the population, then - and why would an anorexic teenager terrify him so??).

The very worst kind of writing. To think that trees were wasted to make the paper to publish this tripe.

11 people found this helpful

Ekaterina Crawford

3.5/5

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2018

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3.5/5
I listened to an audio version of the book by the same author, from the same series, and although it's still a mystery, why Audible decided to do audiobook from book 2, not the book 1, I kind of liked it.
There were some issues with the plot and characters yes, but I love a classic police crime thrillers so I decided to try to read an actual book.
The idea behind the story was really good, however the execution was not as good as I expected. There were twists and the story ended not how I’d expected it to end, but the writing was not good. And I faced the same issues as with other book by the - redundant characters, unnecessary details and backstories which did not add anything to the story, except shifting attention from what was actually important.
So for me, it’s rather 3.5, but I’ve rounded it up. I will try the last book from the series and it that one does not stand up to my expectations, I will not read anymore books by the same author.

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