Shadow over the Fens is a grasping mystery thriller, a police procedural. It is written by Joy Ellis. The book is part 2 of the DI Nikki Galena novel series. The narration of this chapter is effortlessly done by Henrietta Meire, which is a fantastic performance with her beautiful soulful tone.
Nikki Galena, the detective and her neighbor and friend comes to a tragic end, but there is a lot more to his death than what could be seen there. Someone extremely terrible from the past life of DS Joseph Easter is back.
A man is seen executed in Greenborough town right over a piece of a wasteland. The cold-blooded murder takes DS Joseph Easter down the memory lane and flashed some really terrible memories.
Just when the things were looking to go well for DS Joseph Easter, he soon realizes that the unwanted nightmare is coming back chasing him. That nightmare is threatening his sanity, his career and maybe his life as well.
In the breathtaking and thrilling conclusion of this epic story, even Nikki Galena starts to doubt the integrity of DS Easter about everything happening, just as he comes across a lethal race going against time in order to protect or save someone very dear to him.
The novel is fast paced and exciting, and you would hardly find time to catch your breath back.
The author Joy Ellis has been an author of many successful novels. Her prime genre of writing is mystery thrillers/ police procedurals. If you are thinking of more novels on this genre by the author Joy Ellis, then the recommended ones are The Murderer’s Son and Their Lost Daughters.