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Joy Ellis grew up in Kent but moved to London when she won an apprenticeship with the prestigious Mayfair flower shop, Constance Spry Ltd.
Many years later, having run her own florist shop in Weybridge, Ellis took part in a writers workshop in Greece and was encouraged by her tutor, Sue Townsend to begin writing seriously. She now lives in the Lincolnshire Fens with her partner Jacqueline and their Springer spaniels, Woody and Alfie.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
September 2025

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Black Notice
(Jackman and Evans, book 11)
Series
DI Nikki Galena
   1. Crime on the Fens (2010)
     aka Mask Wars
   2. Shadow Over the Fens (2011)
     aka Shadowbreaker
   3. Hunted on the Fens (2016)
   4. Killer on the Fens (2016)
   5. Stalker on the Fens (2016)
   6. Captive on the Fens (2017)
   7. Buried on the Fens (2017)
   8. Thieves on the Fens (2017)
   9. Fire on the Fens (2018)
   10. Darkness on the Fens (2019)
   11. Hidden on the Fens (2020)
   12. Secrets on the Fens (2021)
   13. Fear on the Fens (2021)
   14. Graves on the Fens (2022)
   15. Echoes on the Fens (2024)
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Jackman and Evans
   1. The Murderer's Son (2016)
   2. Their Lost Daughters (2017)
   3. The Fourth Friend (2017)
   4. The Guilty Ones (2018)
   5. The Stolen Boys (2018)
   6. The Patient Man (2020)
   7. They Disappeared (2020)
   8. The Night Thief (2021)
   9. Solace House (2022)
   10. The River's Edge (2023)
   11. Black Notice (2025)
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Detective Matt Ballard
   1. Beware the Past (2017)
   2. Five Bloody Hearts (2019)
   3. The Dying Light (2020)
   4. Marshlight (2021)
   5. Trick of the Night (2022)
   6. The Bag of Secrets (2023)
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Novels
   Guide Star (2017)
   Guard Her with Your Life (2024)
   One More to Die (2025)
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Collections
   Joffe Books Murder Mystery & Suspense (2021) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Joy Ellis

Award nominations
2021 British Book Award Crime and Thriller Book of the Year (shortlist) : The Patient Man


Joy Ellis recommends
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The Body Collector (2025)
(Manna City, book 1)
T J Brearton
"Sci-fi at it's best! A real page-turner, with some excellent characters that you can care about, and a few you can hate, too! I loved it for the fact that the storyline is scarily believable, but is also a lesson in never giving up hope."

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