Stalker on the Fens

By: Joy Ellis

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Detective Inspector Nikki Galena's close friend Helen Brook is involved in a serious accident where she is trapped in a collapsed cellar. After her hard-won recovery, Helen is still getting flashbacks to a man she says was down there with her and who confessed to a murder. But no trace of this man can be found.

Then Helen tells Nikki that someone is watching her. But is all this in her friend's imagination and part of her post-traumatic stress?

And why is Stephen Cox back in town? He's the villain who tore Nikki's life apart and he seems to have returned to wreak more chaos. Before long, the whole town is on the verge of hysteria and her friend's fear will lead Nikki and Joseph on a very dangerous trail.

Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you in suspense until its heart-stopping conclusion.

©2016 Joy Ellis (P)2017 Tantor

My favorite, so far, I think!

My favorite, so far, I think!
Twists and turns all the way.
I’ve grown to love Ms. Meier as well.

Surprises

Kept me guessing and I was usually wrong. Good story with lots of wrists and turns

Another 100-star listen

I’ve run out of superlatives for Joy Ellis’s books. I’m actually incapable of writing a decent review as I am so dedicated to her books and have not run across a single one I’d rate less than tops. Great story, marvelous narration…100% enjoyable! As always.

Gripping mystery with great characters

DI Nikki Galena's friend, Helen Brooks, thinks she's being followed.

Helen was badly hurt in a building collapse a year ago, including some brain damage, and she's got some odd memories that don't seem supported by evidence. For instance, she thinks there was a man also in that collapsed basement with her, on the other side of a wall, who talked to her for a while before Nikki and Sergeant Joseph Easter, by chance the two officers closest to the scene, arrived. Yet no one else was in the building, nor was any evidence found that there had been.

So is she really being followed? Or is she still feeling the effects of the trauma and brain damage?

Helen's boyfriend, Andrew Gregory, is certain it's the latter. Nikki isn't sure he's right--but she's definitely not sure he's wrong. And every piece of evidence that seems to support Helen's story is quickly exploded--for instance, a scruffy young man who is seen hanging out near her flat, when picked up, turns out to be the unapproved boyfriend of a young woman in a neighboring house. Dad doesn't approve, so they have to sneak around.

Meanwhile, Nikki and Joseph are sure their old nemesis Cox is back in the area, but he's as elusive as ever. And there's a tension in the rougher part of town, that might be related to the Leonard family, whose patriarch, and unlikely friend of Nikki's, is dying. As much as she wants to help Helen, she's both very busy, and not at all sure how to help, or what kind of help Helen really needs.

Of course, everything changes when Helen is found dead.

This is a gripping, absorbing story, and Nikki, Joseph, their colleagues and friends, are all interesting people worth getting to know better. This is a series where the characters keep growing, becoming richer and more interesting as their experiences change them.

Recommended.

I bought this audiobook.

Another hit!

Love this series! The writing, characters, twist and turns in the c plots!! All are amazing!

Overall another unrealistic murder mystery, but that’s why I like them.

I’ve gotten into Joy Ellis’s series by first discovering the Jackman/Evans series read by Richard Armitage, which are wonderfully done. They reference back to DI Nikki a few times so I came back to start this series.

I love the transformation Nikki goes through when a new partner comes to the scene in the first book. And their relationship has grown and is somewhat complicated and vague.

This book has an interesting story with a few subplots, keeps you hooked.

I have had trouble since the beginning with the narrator and her slight lisp. It works for Nikki but I feel it does Easter a disservice. And her Rory voice-no thanks. But the thing that really irks me in this book, is her mispronunciation of mandala. I CRINGED every time.

Great Series!

I’ve listened to 5 of the 14 book series. So far, they’ve all been page turners, very suspenseful with plenty of twists and turns making it hard to turn off. Joy Ellis is a great author. After this series, I’ll surely check out some more of her works.

I just love the story building with Nicki and Joseph!

The end of Archie, but I know Joy Ellis will develop Micky’s character into another powerful force, like his grandfather was.

Friends, Foes, Fanatics and Fear

A year following a terrible accident that left DI Nikki Galena's friend, Helen Brook near death, Helen is recovering well and about to launch her own business. Yet she is haunted by flashbacks from the night of the explosion and the words of a strange man who was seen leaving the rubble . . . and someone is watching her . . . stalking her . . . but is it real? Or is it PTSD? Her boyfriend doesn't take her seriously, even Nikki isn't sure . . . until she turns up dead . . . then, too late, Helen's sinister warnings come back to Nikki . . . Helen's followers, clients of her alternative healing business, treat her death like that of a rock star's passing . . . and a media frenzy follows, making the investigation a nightmare . . . and where or where is Helen's boyfriend off to? All the while, things are heating up with a very old and sinister enemy of Nikki's and Joseph's, and their hands are tied, as they are up to their eyeballs in a murder investigation . . . very satisfying tale of investigation, close relationships and the solving of a murder . . .the series just gets better and better, so I am hoping that they all come to Audible soon!

More Nikki Galena And Team

I had to downgrade the narration this time because some of the women's voices were uncomfortably screechy. I know its a struggle to come up with different tones, tenors and accents for such a wide variety of characters. But those voices, especially under stress were un-listenable.