AN AURA OF MYSTERY

The newly-discovered first novel by multi-million-selling author Joy Ellis! This crime thriller has all the elements that make Joy's books a success, with an added paranormal aspect, and it is a great starting point for anyone that might be unfamiliar with her work.

Flower shop owner Ellie McEwan is driving home late one frosty November night when a shadowy figure leaps into the road out of nowhere. Ellie swerves to avoid him - and slams head-on into the crash barrier. Days later, Ellie wakes up in hospital - and notices there's something different. Everyone she looks at - the doctor, the nurse, her friend Carole - is surrounded by a coloured aura. Her near-death experience seems to have given her a new ability. And now Ellie must use her new-found gift to catch a killer. The battered body of a young woman is found in the grounds of a local hotel. She's the third woman to be murdered in this sleepy Surrey village, her hands crushed and mutilated. Just like the other two. Each of the women was a skilled professional - a musician, a doctor and an artist. Apart from that, they appear to have nothing in common. And now the police's one lead - a key witness - is missing. Although sceptical, a desperate DCI Bob Foreman calls on Ellie for help. But Ellie's involvement in the investigation will throw her into the path of a brutal killer... Joy Ellis lives in the Lincolnshire Fens with her partner and their two second generation Springer spaniels. Her partner is a highly decorated retired police officer and her harshest critic when it comes to police procedure. Ellis sets her crime thrillers there in the misty fens because she loves the remoteness and airy beauty of the marshlands. The area is steeped in superstitions and lends itself so well to murder! Joy was nominated for audiobook of the year at the British Book Awards 2019 and Crime and Thriller Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2021 for The Patient Man. Joy is also the author of the bestselling MATT BALLARD SERIES, JACKMAN & EVANS SERIES and NIKKI GALENA SERIES.