‘Secret On The Fens’ by Joy Ellis is instalment number twelve for DI Nikki Galena and DS Joseph Easter which is set in a fictional town called Greenborough. Joy Ellis has managed to create a series that even after 12 books it is a series everyone still wants to read. She has the skill to keep her stories fresh, intriguing and interesting for us readers.
This time Nikki and the team are called out due to the discovery of intertwined bodies of a young couple found in a way that gives the impression they were lovers who committed suicide, which earns them the name ‘Romeo and Juliet’.They can’t identify them and they haven’t been reported missing. The couple that look like they could have been Goths but without evidence, it isn’t going far although It doesn’t take too long for the team to find evidence that points to murder. This investigation has the power to cause Nikki to lose her usual cool as it drags sad memories up for her personally.
Another girl is missing, who is connected to a criminal family with dealings on the Carborough Estate where it is beginning to look like a turf war is about to break out. On top of this, they find another couple dead. Missing people, turf wars and murders will Nikki and the team manage to catch a killer, find the missing and control the violence as well?
Joy creates characters that are well rounded and wonderful that have grown in popularity as the series has gone on. Joy has created a team with such team spirit and warmth you can do nothing but enjoy them. As always her plot is brilliantly written and worked out and the descriptions of the settings make me feel like I am with them, it is so good.
A series that gets better every book I read, very highly recommended from me! Start from book one though!!
Thanks to Joffe Books and Joy Ellis for my copy of the book for my review today.
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