Kate Ellis Books in Order

Newly arrived in Tradmouth, DS Wesley Peterson investigates a disfigured murder victim and a missing child. Nearby, an archaeological dig at a merchant's house uncovers bones that may connect past violence with present danger.

A well-liked doctor's receptionist is found hanged from a churchyard yew, and Wesley suspects execution rather than simple murder. Neil's dig uncovers a medieval corpse tied to the same tree and a buried village legend.

When an American D-Day veteran is found dead in an old chantry chapel, Wesley Peterson faces resentments left over from wartime. Neil Watson's Armada-era dig suggests older acts of hatred may be echoing through the case.

A skeleton on a Devon smallholding may be a Viking burial or a missing local villain. As farm robberies and a Danish tourist's disappearance unsettle the area, Wesley has to separate ancient ritual from modern crime.

Two bodies are found in the ancient gardens of Earlsacre Hall, while Wesley investigates a recent stabbing linked to the same estate. The deeper he looks, the more Earlsacre's history seems to invite murder.

A missing teenager, a murdered rock star, and an unsettling old painting draw Wesley Peterson and Gerry Heffernan into a case with roots in ambition, art, and hidden guilt.

Builders at a former girls' school uncover a skeleton sealed in a hidden room. Then a woman's body is pulled from the sea, and Wesley must untangle murder, shipwreck lore, and secrets at Chadleigh Hall.

A letter claims a convicted vicar's killer was innocent, while threats target a local supermarket. When Neil uncovers a medieval plague pit with a more recent body inside, Wesley sees the cases starting to converge.

Twenty years after the Harford family massacre, a journalist researching the case is murdered. Wesley must decode a chilling dollhouse reconstruction and a curse tied to Potwoolstan Hall's violent past.

In Tudor Liverpool, former abbess Lady Katheryn Bulkeley helps a terrified novice who claims Satan attacked her. A murdered priest, mutilated corpses, and Agnes's own death lead Katheryn into the town's darkest corners.

A bride is found murdered on her wedding day, and another wedding ends with a dead groom and a vanished young wife. Wesley's case darkens when a skeleton and an Elizabethan play point to older betrayals.

A singer's disappearance recalls a child kidnapping from thirty years earlier, until the missing boy suddenly returns alive. Wesley also faces a bogus taxi attacker and Neil's discovery of an extra corpse in a coffin.

In Eborby, DI Joe Plantagenet hunts the Resurrection Man, a killer leaving bound bodies in churchyards. Carmel Hennessy's haunted flat and old links to Joe make the case both eerie and personal.

Two men are murdered and drained of blood, giving Wesley a case rich in suspects and dread. Neil receives disturbing letters about a medieval abbey, while an old skeleton adds another grim thread.

A woman burns to death in a Devon field linked to a medieval legend. Missing excavation records and the deaths of two archaeologists push Wesley toward a truth shaped by obsession and old tragedy.

When teenager Natalie Parkes is found dead beside a mutilated doll, Eborby remembers the unsolved Doll Strangler murders. Joe Plantagenet must decide whether he faces a copycat, a survivor, or something more twisted.

A country doctor is shot dead, and his family secrets soon look anything but harmless. Neil's discovery of dissected skeletons, plus a child's wartime burial, leads Wesley toward evacuees and long-hidden crimes.

A student is murdered at Thirteen Torland Place, a house with a grim reputation. Joe Plantagenet fears a serial killer is at work, with possible links to an executed murderer said to haunt the place.

A woman survives an attack by a man she says had a dog's head. As the Jackal Man stalks Tradmouth, Neil investigates Egyptian artefacts whose history may expose secrets someone will kill to protect.

This short story collection ranges from Tudor Liverpool to a Paris morgue and a possibly haunted castle. Kidnappings, reunions, secrets, and sudden violence show Ellis working in compact, twisty mystery form.

A decomposing woman's body and the shotgun deaths of two teenagers leave Wesley with two ugly cases. An online game called Blood Hunt and a Napoleonic-era manhunt pull the investigations into dangerous territory.

Boothgate House was once an asylum, later home to a notorious killer. When a solicitor's child is kidnapped and strange events focus on the building, Joe Plantagenet uncovers a past still threatening the living.

After convicted killer Lilith Benley returns home, a young woman dies near a reality TV shoot. Witchcraft rumours, a wax doll, and Neil's accident force Wesley to confront vengeance rooted in the past.

A year after Jenny Bercival vanishes, a strangled woman is found floating off South Devon. During the Palkin Festival, Wesley follows a trail from modern death to medieval trade, piracy, and old warehouses.

A seemingly routine murder exposes dark secrets from the victim's past. Neil studies Sandrock, a ruined First World War village lost to the sea, while Wesley fears the killer may be circling his family.

A drunk teenager reports finding a body beneath Eborby's ruined abbey, but the corpse disappears. Joe Plantagenet also investigates a missing girl linked to a controversial local production of The Devils.

In 1919 Derbyshire, Myrtle Bligh is found murdered with a dead dove placed in her mouth. Inspector Albert Lincoln arrives from London as more women die and rumours spread of a ghostly soldier.

When aspiring model Leanne Hatman disappears, Wesley is drawn in after her father is murdered at Eyecliffe Castle. The case points back to two girls who vanished in the 1950s near the House of Eyes.

Biographer Zac Wilkinson is murdered while probing the life of reclusive writer Wynn Staniland. Wesley connects the killing to a caravan-park poisoning and a decades-old murder that inspired a famous novel.

In this nineteenth-century short mystery, Constable Thackery and his bright nephew Jeremiah investigate the killing of a parlour maid at a country house. Their solution may impress Sergeant Cribb himself.

In November 1965, Keith is riding home on the top deck of a bus when he sees a crime in a block of flats. The next day, office gossip makes what he saw impossible to ignore.

In 1920, Albert Lincoln returns to a Cheshire village where he once failed to solve a child's murder. A new killing, a missing child, and a frightened cemetery-lodge boy bring that failure back.

Neil unearths a strange mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, just as two people are shot nearby. Wesley's case widens when an MP's daughter disappears and an old student death resurfaces.

Strangefields Farm is being redeveloped when a skull is found on the site. Soon a florist is murdered in a way that echoes the crimes of a dead artist, and Wesley fears a copycat.

This modern-spelling edition presents Thomas Heywood's play about England's 1625 Cadiz expedition and a foot-soldier turned hero. Kate Ellis provides the critical introduction, source material, notes, and historical context.

A storm-felled tree reveals a skeleton beside an old rucksack, reopening the case of a missing hitchhiker. In nearby Petherham, a suspicious death and Neil's mill research suggest older village horrors.

In 1921, Albert Lincoln returns to Wenfield after an MP disappears and a mutilated body is found near an ancient stone circle. The village's old ghosts are not finished with him yet.

Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead in the Devon countryside, and a list of anonymous asylum-tour tickets points to more danger. Neil's sealed medieval chamber may hold a clue Wesley needs.

A woman house-sitting at legendary Serpent's Point is found strangled after probing old missing-person cases. Neil's discovery of a skeleton near the house raises the stakes around a place full of secrets.

A Bonfire Night shooting at the Nesbaraton estate may be tied to a kidnap threat against the owner's son. Neil's hidden grotto and a second murder push Wesley into a race against time.

Storm erosion on St Rumon's reveals three bodies, two ancient and one recent. Wesley's island inquiry meets Neil's priory research, a sixteenth-century journal, and a killer as dangerous as the tide.

Celebrity ghostwriter Barry Brown is murdered and his laptop stolen, sending Wesley through the secrets of famous clients. On Dartmoor, Neil and Wesley's son Michael uncover wartime wreckage and nearby skeletons.

TV personality Lexi Verity is found dead in her swimming pool, putting Joe Plantagenet and Emily Thwaite under fierce pressure. Her polished public life hides old secrets, jealousies, and several motives for murder.