Book Review: Marshlight by Joy Ellis

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A new psychological thriller from bestselling author and British Book Awards Crime & Thriller of the Year nominee Joy Ellis.

Synopsis:

MATT AND LIZ MAY HAVE RETIRED FROM THE POLICE, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN A QUIET LIFE.

An old friend’s sister disappears without a trace. There’s no sign of foul play, but she’d been acting very peculiarly . . .

Meanwhile, Liz’s cousin Christie comes to stay. She takes an immediate — and uncharacteristic — dislike to the local bookshop owner, Gina. Why does everyone put up with her awful behaviour?

HUNTING WILL-O'-THE-WISPS ON THE MARSHES CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS HOBBY.

Christie is convinced that Gina is manipulating everyone around her. Is she onto something dangerous or just pushing her new friends away?

No one believes her suspicions until another friend goes missing late at night on the misty Fen marshes.

Can Matt and Liz uncover the truth in time to save lives?

Review:

This is book 4 in the Det Matt Ballard series, and Matt and Liz are starting to find their grove with their retirement and private investigation service. Or are they? Both feel unsettled, for different reasons, to Christie's arrival offers them a chance to take a step back and reassess. When Matt decides to do a fav for his friends still on the force, he has no idea how a cold case will suddenly tie in with the new friends Christie has made in the Fens. It's a twisty tale, that offers some freshness into the series, by adding Christie, and her point of view. This book can be read alone, and then go back and read the previous books in the series.

About the Author:

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 our four Springer spaniels. 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 now lucky enough to have joined the amazing Joffe Books team of authors and am really enjoying being able to spend time doing what I love... writing!

My detective series so far: DI Nikki Galena, the Fen Series (12 books),  DI Jackman and DS Marie Evans series (7 books) , and the Matt Ballard series:

Beware the Past. -Book 1 -

A stand alone thriller still set in the Fens, but with new characters and very different feel
Five Bloody Hearts.-Book 2 

After overwhelming requests, this is a sequel to Beware the Past, with DCI Matt Ballard.
The Dying Light. - Book  3 

Matt Ballard is now retired, but he and Liz still take on difficult cases, but as private detectives.

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