Emmy Ellis Books in Order

An online acquaintance offers a profitable game requiring five murders in five days, with victims chosen for being irritating. On a friendly residential street, one neighbor studies the others' routines while secretly deciding who deserves to die.

DI Tracy Collier leads a serious crimes squad investigating a body found beside a stream. Friction with her demoted former lover Kane Barnett threatens the case, while a returning figure forces Tracy to confront secrets from her past.

A gutted body staged to look homeless draws DI Tracy Collier into a murder investigation with unsettling personal implications. While a therapist presses her to discuss her childhood, the killer appears determined to expose the secrets she has concealed.

DI Kane Barnett's effort to bring down drug dealer Jez Pickins becomes entangled with a bonfire death, murder, and kidnapping. Meanwhile, a controlled woman seeks escape and a teenager's romantic hopes lead her into a dangerous encounter.

DI Tracy Collier investigates the killing of an elderly care-home resident found in a farmer's field. Further violence complicates the inquiry, while signs that her troubled sister has returned bring an additional threat into her already strained life.

A severed arm leaves DI Tracy Collier unsure whether she is investigating murder or a captive woman's mutilation. More bodies and a disturbing garage discovery deepen the case, while someone from her past challenges her understanding of her childhood.

DI Tracy Collier's weekend plans vanish when a dismembered woman is discovered in a furniture shop's display bed. The body has been carefully reconstructed, and a fragment of crossword puzzle offers a disturbing clue to the killer's intentions.

A five-year-old girl disappears and her mother is found dead in woodland, drawing DI Tracy Collier into an abduction investigation. The child's stepfather becomes a suspect, but manipulation and further kidnappings complicate the race to find her.

DI Bethany Smith investigates a brutally mutilated man discovered by his wife at home. Threatening calls expose accusations against the victims, and another deadly telephone encounter suggests someone is turning private grievances into a campaign of murder.

Wayne Richards abducts a woman he loves, believing he can force her to return to him. Following a devastating setback and psychiatric treatment, his move to a new community presents an opportunity to act on another violent obsession.

Raised by a murderous father amid rigid rules, tragedy, and abuse, Sam grows into a solitary adult. His later violence against women raises questions about the influence of childhood experience and whether he has inherited or learned his father's brutality.

A woman who attended a neighborhood party is found murdered near Le Huray Close. When another guest is killed the following day, DI Bethany Smith investigates the gathering and the hostility surrounding its residents before another death occurs.

DI Bethany Smith investigates bodies left at the bottoms of their own gardens, grotesquely arranged with insects and other disturbing decorations. As similar murders multiply, she must uncover the pattern while struggling with her own recent grief.

DS Amanda Derby poses as a prostitute to infiltrate Jack Stretton's gang and identify its secret activities. Cryptic messages delivered through a priest complicate her investigation, while unexpected feelings for the crime boss threaten her loyalties and cover.

Psychic Oliver hears a dead woman's plea and finds her corpse in a remote field. Joining DI Langham's investigation, he discovers a disturbing question behind the mutilations: who is drugging people, including children, and forcing them to kill?

DI Bethany Smith discovers two burned bodies buried in shallow woodland graves and wrapped as macabre gifts. When Claire Ellis disappears, the investigation gains urgency as a neighbor's obsessive interest in her threatens to become something far worse.

Carmel grows up neglected and abused by her drug-dependent mother and the people around them. Hearing voices linked to a childhood doll and an early victim, she begins pursuing violent revenge against those she blames for destroying her life.

A woman hoping to improve her life becomes entangled in an underworld trial that has nothing to do with her. Forced to sign a contract under threat of death, she discovers that obeying its terms does not guarantee her safety.

Psychic Oliver and DI Langham investigate more than twenty men implicated in murder and a mysterious ritual preceding the killings. Meanwhile, Adam flees a frightening encounter only to discover that his supposed refuge presents another dangerous nightmare.

A hand-drawn map guides DI Bethany Smith to the mutilated body of a minor royal on Shadwell Hill. Further maps and taunting letters promise more killings, forcing her team to decipher a murderer who deliberately directs them to victims.

DI Bethany Smith's Christmas plans are interrupted when Shamara reacts violently to an unwanted workplace Secret Santa gift. The new murder raises questions about Shamara's past, her sense of entitlement, and the earlier lives she has taken.

Cara takes a room in John's house while Ev seeks a man to bolster her confidence. Their hopes unravel as hidden secrets complicate the arrangement, and the two women begin making plans that place John in mortal danger.

DI Langham's stalled investigation into women found dead in a stream gains a lead when psychic Oliver hears a familiar voice. A female sergeant may act as bait, while the killer pursues answers shaped by his troubled childhood.

A homeless man accepts apparent kindness from a nun at Christmas, only to wake restrained with a bladed candy cane before him. His body is later found against a cemetery tombstone, bringing DI Bethany Smith into the investigation.

Former undercover officer Ross leaves London for a remote Scottish horse farm, hoping to recover from his past. Finding hostility, concealed deaths, and workers with secrets, he must choose between reporting their crimes, tolerating them, or abandoning his new refuge.

A woman discovers she is being stalked when the person who matters most to her is threatened. Torn between a ghost and a man, she goes on the run, relying on instinct to protect what she cannot bear to lose.

Kerry wants to escape her abusive husband Dan, who insists he will always find her. A friend's murder intensifies her fear, and repeated attempts to leave expose her to confinement, surveillance, and his determination to keep control of her.

After Vicky North is found murdered in her baby's bedroom, her four-month-old child is missing. DI Bethany Smith and DS Mike Wilkins pursue the abductor, with a seemingly ordinary insurance call preceding the attack on the young mother.

Oliver and DI Langham pursue a killer who befriends women and uses a roulette wheel to choose how they die. Messages from the dead warn Oliver another woman will be lured away soon, leaving little time to intervene.

DI Tracy Collier investigates a woman whose body has been drained of blood and marked with dots. As more killings produce increasingly puzzling clues, the murderer waits for police to understand the message he believes explains his crimes.

DI Bethany Smith examines a disturbed grave containing a man's dismembered remains, but the woman originally buried there is missing. The investigation draws her toward a killer whose fascination with corpses turns a cemetery into the scene of further crimes.

DI Langham goes undercover at a cemetery after new disappearances recall an old case in which men were buried in other people's graves. Suspicious workers and unexplained visitors complicate the inquiry before an unforeseen event puts him in immediate danger.

A missing thirteen-year-old girl is found murdered after contact with an online predator. When another similarly staged victim appears, DI Bethany Smith searches for a killer whose grooming of additional children makes the investigation increasingly urgent for her team.

DI Langham and psychic Oliver head away for a break, but a sighting of two known hitmen draws them into another case. Their remote pub accommodation and its owner add further uncertainty to a holiday already shadowed by murder.

Lavender's attempt to escape her past fails when London crime boss Kevin Robins tracks her to The Angel's parlour. Elsewhere, an abducted man receives unexpected help from the Brothers, while another violent development sends Teddy searching for retribution.

The Brothers control the Cardigan Estate, but rival boss Richie Lime threatens their territory. Sarah's former pimp pursues a shared secret, Debbie seeks answers about Cardigan's death, and captive Beth must protect her grandmother from Lime's threats.

Crime boss Ronald Cardigan settles grievances while arranging a marriage his daughter and Jonathan Pembrooke cannot easily escape. Jonathan's affair and trouble at Debbie's brothel draw more people into an estate ruled by intimidation, secrets, and retaliation.

Rosie is rebuilding her life at The Angel's parlour when killing a neighbor brings her past back into view. The Brothers intervene, an old acquaintance questions her identity, and a watcher across the street records her movements.

Oliver and Langham seek a peaceful Caribbean holiday but become caught between rival gangs. A spirit's request pushes Oliver to save a life, while kidnapping and continuing threats turn their attempt to escape crime into another dangerous ordeal.

DI Morgan Yeoman investigates two women murdered in ways that recall unsolved killings from decades earlier in Pinstone. The resemblance suggests the old killer has remained hidden locally, forcing the detectives to connect present violence with a long-buried case.

DI Bethany Smith is worn down by a caller who claims to have bodies hidden beneath rubble. When he starts threatening her partner, Mike Wilkins, she must find the victims and identify the man tormenting her.

A well-known Pinstone resident is murdered, and the evidence points toward his wife despite her strong alibi. DI Morgan Yeoman investigates the death while old secrets and grudges threaten people who believed their past was safely buried.

An elderly woman is attacked in her home and left unable to speak or write about what happened. DI Morgan Yeoman must find another route to the truth while his own guilt undermines the investigation.

DI Morgan Yeoman returns home to find his wife intoxicated and a woman dead in their living room. Already investigating another young woman’s killing, he must navigate a case that now threatens his own household.

DI Bethany Smith pursues a killer whose mutilated victims appear to form part of a game of noughts and crosses. Carvings and other macabre clues suggest a planned sequence of deaths her team must stop.

DI Helena Stratton investigates killings in which victims’ hearts are removed. A group of outwardly pleasant suspects offers few obvious answers, while strange clues involving a window, a fox and a crow point toward the killer’s past.

Detective Burgess Varley examines a murdered woman whose mouth contains something linked to his deepest fear. As he pursues the killer, disturbing connections emerge between their lives and a shared past neither man fully understands.

Severed fingers appear around the city, but their owner is missing, leaving DI Blackstock with a troubling investigation. Gang member Robby Zeus receives an offer of escape from the police while dangerous leaders pursue their own grievances.

Carnation has built a new life on the Cardigan Estate after fleeing an organization that exploited children. When a man from her past appears, the Wilkes twins intervene while DI Carol Wren investigates the organization’s missing girls.

A letter from beyond the grave draws George and Greg Wilkes into their mother’s hidden history. Their search uncovers disturbing secrets and a further threat connected to someone the twins thought they had dealt with long ago.

Amaryllis hopes her work at The Angel will help her leave a troubled past behind. When Ollie Ford returns, bringing memories of a murder he forced her to witness, she seeks protection from the Wilkes twins.

Armed men enter The Angel, exposing Orchid’s hiding place to the gang she escaped. Her younger brother Will follows her to London, and the siblings face dangerous choices as they try to break free of their former lives.

Lily is offered fifty thousand pounds to kill people who have treated her well, money she needs to escape her ex. Meanwhile, childhood memories unsettle George Wilkes as buried family secrets threaten the Cardigan Estate.

Given two days to meet a threatening demand for money, Freesia seeks help from the Wilkes twins. The trouble draws them into her late husband’s deceptive past and a web of competing schemes among rival estate leaders.

Cassie Grafton hunts a masked killer who has struck at the Jade Garden on her estate. As rivals maneuver to take the Barrington from her, Jason conceals fresh schemes behind an appearance of loyalty.

A cartel arrives on the Barrington, and Cassie must uncover its plans before a looming deadline. A resident’s lion-head ring offers a clue while concealed criminal dealings threaten both her position and the lives of others.

After her father’s death, Cassie Grafton must establish control of the Barrington estate. Jason secretly wants the territory himself, forcing Cassie to confront betrayal, unfinished business and the brutal methods associated with her family’s meat factory.

Cassie searches for an armed killer operating on the Barrington, turning a breach of her rules into a personal mission. With Jimmy helping, she follows painful connections to the past and discovers unsettling information about her mother.

A psychic’s prediction unsettles Cassie before a stabbing on the Barrington brings it into focus. She races to identify the killer ahead of DI Branding while concealed links between residents and the past complicate her search.

Cassie accepts a dangerous job involving the police after pressure from her mother and a family friend. Meanwhile, Jason’s ambitions remain trapped behind a show of loyalty as Cassie struggles to keep violence on the estate concealed.

Emily, Jean and Lucy are bound by unhappy lives and damaging relationships. As Emily tries to understand her childhood, Jean schemes for respect and Lucy directs her anger toward her child, setting their connected histories on dangerous paths.

Tommy Moore is close to consolidating control of London, but rival Spyder plans to destroy his family. As allies help expand the Moores’ reach, an unexpected death brings buried wrongdoing back into the struggle for power.

DI Carol Wren investigates a devoted mother’s vicious murder in her suburban garden. With no obvious enemy and an apparently happy marriage, the case becomes more urgent when another body is discovered at a local veterinary practice.

DI Carol Wren investigates blood dumped on the beach before anonymous calls direct her toward bodies on the moors. A killer has arrived in Scudderton, and her team must act quickly to protect the town’s women.

Tommy Moore appears to rule the East End, but his mother controls the family firm. A priest’s betrayal and schemes from south of the river force the Moores to confront informants, rival gangsters and treachery within their ranks.

A mutilated woman found behind a bakery is identified as someone who vanished three years earlier. DI Carol Wren links her disappearance to other women from the same pub, then learns another potential victim has gone missing.

A fisherman’s body is found tethered to a pier after a storm has erased crucial evidence. DI Carol Wren struggles with an uncooperative community until a stolen laptop suggests a connection between the killing and older crimes.

Magnolia runs a secret operation behind the Wilkes twins’ backs, without the police protection she once enjoyed. As Dahlia watches her, George and Greg seek proof of betrayal while further misconduct among their employees demands attention.

Magpie watches the Wilkes twins while pursuing a scheme to claim the Paignton Estate. Her accomplice Simon fears she has changed their plan, and the twins begin searching for the mysterious woman threatening their position.

Debbie has spent years concealing the identity and past she fled as a teenager. A threatening note signals that someone has found her, prompting her to seek protection from the Wilkes twins before her pursuer strikes.

Dahlia plans to kill the abusive husband who keeps her trapped through threats about an earlier murder. The Wilkes twins offer protection, but competing criminal business and further secrets make her attempt to escape increasingly complicated.

Tommy Moore pursues traitors while questioning his mother’s dealings with rival gangsters. When scrutiny falls on a death the family hoped to conceal, he must defend their position and confront the informant threatening his ambitions.

Four troubled people converge on Scudderton Pier, carrying plans for revenge, theft and murder. DI Carol Wren must investigate the resulting danger while struggling with personal grief, as another victim’s time begins to run out.

Four women attend a neighbor’s birthday party carrying secrets tied to violence, false identities, and controlling relationships. As threatening messages and disturbing gifts arrive, an unseen watcher pushes their carefully maintained lives toward exposure and possible murder.

After years hiding with her sons, Belladonna fears her abusive former partner will find them. His illegal dealings also anger the Cardigan Estate’s leaders, bringing several gangsters into a confrontation shaped by family secrets and revenge.

A struggling taxi driver accepts drug deliveries to repay a lender while a grieving gang leader sets a dangerous trap. The Wilkes twins investigate her schemes, and a violent confrontation threatens to change life on the Cardigan Estate.

An exploited refugee plans escape while a would-be gangster uses trafficking profits to pursue control of the Cardigan Estate. George and Greg Wilkes uncover his involvement, drawing their compromised police ally into a struggle against a wider criminal network.

DI Janine Sheldon suspects a criminal network is watching her and resolves to destroy it. A paid killer approaches, while a mother’s revelations draw the Wilkes twins into a campaign against a local gang and its hidden connections.

Janet’s concealed childhood threatens her alliance with George Wilkes when someone discovers her false identity. Furious at her deception, George sends a loyal associate to expose her past, while another child’s death intensifies his search for answers.

As Sienna tries to escape her dangerous sister, the Wilkes twins investigate a child’s shooting and pressure their police contact to redirect the case. Their enforcer’s separate kidnapping and buried family evidence further complicate the estate’s violent disputes.

A rival gangster plans to rob the Wilkes twins’ casino using employees planted inside. One accomplice’s doubts threaten the scheme, while George prepares a violent response and struggles with painful memories stirred by recent therapy.

Aster’s abusive father discovers where she has built a new life and plans to abduct her. The Wilkes twins intervene to protect her, while their enforcer’s secret identity and George’s concealed wrongdoing create further risks.

A figure from Anna Barker’s childhood threatens the stability she has found working for the Wilkes twins. As old abuse resurfaces, a family robbery scheme and a returning gang draw George into another violent reckoning.

Four regular bus passengers hide disturbing secrets, until one dies in their seat. A missing woman, a sinister artist, buried bodies, and a compromised detective converge in a mystery where the search for truth threatens carefully protected lives.

Marleigh asks the Cardigan leaders to kill her drug-dealing husband, raising doubts about her motives. Their associate Ichabod investigates while confronting his own troubled history, discovering links between the couple’s scheme and criminal dealings across Ireland and London.

A serial killer targeting women working the streets sends Lillibet a threatening note. The Cardigan leaders devise a plan using bait to catch him, while compromised detective Janine Sheldon faces a discovery that forces a dangerous choice.

An old enemy returns to laundrette owner Lil’s life, reviving secrets she hoped were buried. The Wilkes twins move to confront him while their corrupt police contact faces exposure and another body draws attention to the estate.

Police officer Anaisha seeks revenge beyond the prison sentence imposed on her brother’s killer. A corrupt colleague tries to frame another man, while the Wilkes twins’ new refuge draws them into confronting domestic abusers and an online predator.

A desperate addict agrees to steal church goods belonging to the Wilkes twins, jeopardizing a Christmas fundraiser. A woman prepares to expose a longstanding secret, while murder, threats, and a possible serial killer darken the estate’s festivities.

Precious pursues new murders despite her boyfriend’s warnings, while he considers betraying her to protect himself. A brothel worker asks the Wilkes twins for help, concealing further secrets that could make their intervention more dangerous than expected.

After the Wilkes twins resolve one of her problems, Goddess hesitates to reveal secrets that could endanger a child. An organizer’s hidden instructions entangle the brothers in another violent dispute, forcing George to judge a resident’s wrongdoing.

Nessa is ordered to kill a hostage whose son has already been murdered. As detective Janine Sheldon searches for the missing mother, the Cardigan leaders hunt those responsible, threatening to bring another violent reckoning to their estate.

Two women plan to kill an abusive man while his mother plots against her own violent husband. The Wilkes twins investigate the proposed hit, unaware that their new police ally is hiding misconduct that could cost him his life.

The Wilkes twins travel to Amsterdam to rescue Moon from a criminal demanding his help with trafficking. A woman seeking escape becomes another target, forcing the brothers to operate away from their familiar territory as hidden atrocities surface.

Roach uses others to carry out murders tied to a disturbing childhood experience. His accomplices pursue money and revenge, while the Wilkes twins follow a trail of stolen identities and deceptive evidence that undermines their first suspect.

An elderly woman receives a threatening postcard from someone she once intended to kill. While the Wilkes twins plot against men linked to their refuge, a shooting spree and missing figures plunge the Cardigan Estate into confusion.

When a mutilated financial adviser is found in an abandoned warehouse, Anna James uncovers a cryptic message sent to his wife. Its unusual clue recalls unsolved disappearances from her childhood and suggests a copycat may be continuing the killings.

Anna James investigates an elderly villager’s brutal murder and a decades-old romantic feud. At the same time, an undercover operation against police corruption draws her closer to a gang member whose attraction threatens her judgment and safety.

A severed head found outside Carys Brignell’s home begins a series of attacks on her male associates. Detective Anna James follows the murders toward a farm while her attraction to a possible target complicates the investigation.