Kate Ellis

The Doll Strangler is back. Teenager Natalie Parkes harboured some dark and disturbing secrets. Early one Saturday morning her body is found in Singmass Close near the centre of the historic city of Eborby, a mutilated doll lying by her side. Singmass Close has a sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of children, in the fifties it was the scene of four murders committed by a killer known as the 'Doll Strangler', who was never caught. DI Joe Plantagenet wonders whether a copy cat killer is at work …or whether the Doll Strangler himself has returned. When the killer strikes again, Joe has to act swiftly to prevent more murders from happening. And as he closes in on another investigation involving a kidnapped model and an old lady called Alice, he comes to suspect a shockingly creepy connection between the two.

When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon, it seems like a case of mistaken identity. Until DI Wesley Peterson learns of a legend involving a French woman who burned to death there in the thirteenth century. And when he discovers that records of a previous excavation on the site have vanished, and that two archaeologists involved in that dig died in tragic circumstances, Wesley starts to investigate the possibility of a link between the legend and recent events. But edging closer to the truth brings unexpected danger to Wesley. For the truth echoes a story of twisted love and obsession from many centuries ago - a truth that almost costs Wesley his life.

The Doll Strangler is back. Teenager Natalie Parkes harboured some dark and disturbing secrets. Early one Saturday morning her body is found in Singmass Close near the centre of the historic city of Eborby, a mutilated doll lying by her side. Singmass Close has a sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of children, in the fifties it was the scene of four murders committed by a killer known as the 'Doll Strangler', who was never caught. DI Joe Plantagenet wonders whether a copy cat killer is at work …or whether the Doll Strangler himself has returned. When the killer strikes again, Joe has to act swiftly to prevent more murders from happening. And as he closes in on another investigation involving a kidnapped model and an old lady called Alice, he comes to suspect a shockingly creepy connection between the two.

When Carmel Hennessy begins a new job in North Yorkshire, she finds the historic city of Eborby gripped by fear. A killer is on the prowl, a killer who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their naked bodies in isolated country churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man. Tragic events from the past link Carmel with new-kid-on-the-block DI Joe Plantagenet, who, with his new boss, DCI Emily Thwaite, faces the unenviable task of identifying the killer before he claims another victim. The victims appear to have nothing in common but the manner of their deaths, but as Joe's investigations lead him to a pub with a sinister history, he is forced to consider that the case may have occult connections. Then Carmel becomes aware of a malevolent presence in her new flat and, when she starts to receive mysterious threats, it is Joe she turns to first. And that is when Joe is forced to get into the mind of a cunning and ruthless killer.

When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon, it seems like a case of mistaken identity. Until DI Wesley Peterson learns of a legend involving a French woman who burned to death there in the thirteenth century. And when he discovers that records of a previous excavation on the site have vanished, and that two archaeologists involved in that dig died in tragic circumstances, Wesley starts to investigate the possibility of a link between the legend and recent events. But edging closer to the truth brings unexpected danger to Wesley. For the truth echoes a story of twisted love and obsession from many centuries ago - a truth that almost costs Wesley his life.