Killing in the Shadows by Kate Ellis - ISBN: 9780349442990
Hardcover
Fame casts a shadow: a TV star murdered, secrets unearthed.

Killing in the Shadows

The brand new book in the DI Joe Plantagenet crime series

$46.54

  • Hardcover

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    3 February 2026

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Summary

Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the new book in Kate Ellis’s gripping crime series set in Yorkshire.

The quaint Yorkshire village of Eaglethorpe was a sanctuary for famous TV personality, Lexi Verity, away from prying eyes and camera flashes. But a life led in the spotlight can create envy in its shadows.

When Lexi is found dead in her swimming pool, DI Joe Plantagenet and DCI Emily Thwaite are called to investigate. The murder of the celebrity is front-page new…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349442990
ISBN-10:0349442991
Author:Kate Ellis
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:3 February 2026
Weight:471g
Dimensions:218mm x 140mm x 34mm
Series:DI Joe Plantagenet
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Critics Review

The plot is clever and chilling and will keep you wondering until the end. A great read in one sitting * Belfast Telegraph *The charms of North Yorkshire - whether that’s the historic city or the rolling countryside - provide a stunning backdrop to this complex, thrilling mystery which includes excellent police procedural, immaculate research, stand-out characters, and the sort of good old-fashioned investigative work that marks out Ellis’s crime novels * Lancashire Evening Post *Prasie for Kate Ellis:A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *I loved this novel … Clever plotting hides a powerful story of loss, malice and deception – Ann CleevesHaunting * Independent *The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end * Closer *

About The Author

Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the award-winning author of the DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries.

Kate has won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. She has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger and been longlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

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