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Kate Ellis is a British author of crime fiction,[1] best known for a series of detective novels, which blend history with mystery, featuring policeman Wesley Peterson.

Ellis' first novel, The Merchant's House, published in 1998,[2] received positive reviews and was chosen as one of the ten best summer reads by Woman's Weekly. She has since written 21 more novels in this series, many to critical acclaim.[3][4]

Ellis has also written five novels set in Yorkshire as part of the Joe Plantagenet series[5] and an historical crime novel, The Devil's Priest, which is set in 16th century Liverpool.[6] More recently, A High Mortality of Doves commenced a trilogy set in the aftermath of the First World War, featuring DI Albert Lincoln.

She was elected a member of The Detection Club in 2014 and is a member of the Crime Writers Association.[7]

In 2017, Ellis was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.[8]

Novels

Featuring Wesley Peterson
  • The Merchant's House, 1998[9]
  • The Armada Boy, 1999
  • An Unhallowed Grave, 1999
  • The Funeral Boat, 2000
  • The Bone Garden, 2001[10]
  • A Painted Doom, 2002
  • The Skeleton Room, 2003
  • The Plague Maiden, 2004
  • A Cursed Inheritance, 2005
  • The Marriage Hearse, 2006
  • The Shining Skull, 2007
  • The Blood Pit, 2008[11]
  • A Perfect Death, 2009[12]
  • The Flesh Tailor, 2010
  • The Jackal Man, 2011[13]
  • The Cadaver Game, 2012[14]
  • The Shadow Collector, 2013
  • The Shroud Maker, 2014
  • The Death Season, 2015
  • The House of Eyes, 2016
  • The Mermaid's Scream, 2017
  • The Mechanical Devil, 2018
Featuring Joe Plantagenet
  • Seeking the Dead, 2008[5]
  • Playing with Bones, 2009
  • Kissing the Demons, 2011
  • Watching the Ghosts, 2012
  • Walking by the Night, 2015[15]
Others
  • The Devil's Priest, 2006 (historical novel)[6]
  • A High Mortality of Doves (the first of the Albert Lincoln trilogy), 2016

References

  1. ^ "The Shroud Maker by Kate Ellis". The Book Bag.
  2. ^ "Fanstastic Fiction - Kate Ellis". Fantastic Fiction - Kate Ellis.
  3. ^ "THE BONE GARDEN". RT Reviews.
  4. ^ "The Shadow Collector by Kate Ellis". Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, October 1, 2013
  5. ^ a b SEEKING THE DEAD, by Kate Ellis. Reviewing the Evidence.
  6. ^ a b "The Devil's Priest". The Devil's Priest on Kindle.
  7. ^ "CWA - shortlisted authors". Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Dagger in the Library 2017 shortlist announced". Crime Writers' Association. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. ^ Fiction Book Review: The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis, Author Thomas Dunne Books $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-20562-1. Publisher's Weekly
  10. ^ " Reviews: Ellis, Kate - 'The Bone Garden'" Eurocrime
  11. ^ "The Blood Pit by Kate Ellis". Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center. January 2009
  12. ^ Review: A Perfect Death by Kate Ellis | Reactions to Reading
  13. ^ "The Jackal Man by Kate Ellis – review" by Joanna Hines The Guardian, 12 August 2011
  14. ^ "Book review: The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis" Wigan Today by Pam Norfolk
  15. ^ "Kate Ellis books in order". Book Series in Order. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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