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Yorkshire secrets and a celebrity’s shocking death.
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Killing in the Shadows

The brand new book in the DI Joe Plantagenet crime series

$24.60

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    23 February 2027

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Summary

‘A beautifully plotted spooky mystery, packed with surprises’ Reader review *****

‘An author who never disappoints’ Reader review *****

Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the gripping crime series set in Yorkshire, from million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis.

The quaint Yorkshire village of Eaglethorpe was a sanctuary for famous TV personality, Lexi Verity, away from prying eyes and camera flashes. But a life led in the spotl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349443010
ISBN-10:0349443017
Author:Kate Ellis
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:23 February 2027
Weight:260g
Dimensions:32mm x 128mm x 198mm
Series:DI Joe Plantagenet
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Killing in the Shadows by Kate Ellis - ISBN: 9780349443010
128 × 198 mm
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A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

The plot is clever and chilling and will keep you wondering until the end. A great read in one sitting * Belfast Telegraph *
The charms of North Yorkshire - whether that’s the historic city or the rolling countryside - provide a stunning backdrop to this complex, thrilling mystery which includes excellent police procedural, immaculate research, stand-out characters, and the sort of good old-fashioned investigative work that marks out Ellis’s crime novels * Lancashire Evening Post *
Prasie for Kate Ellis:
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
I loved this novel … Clever plotting hides a powerful story of loss, malice and deception – Ann Cleeves
Haunting * Independent *
The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end * Closer *

About The Author

Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the award-winning author of the DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries.

Kate has won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. She has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger and been longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

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