Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and she studied drama in Manchester. She worked in teaching, marketing and accountancy before first enjoying writing success as a winner of the North West Playwrights competition. Crime and mystery stories have always fascinated her, as have medieval history and archaeology which she likes to incorporate in her books. She lives in North Cheshire, England, with her husband, two sons and an overweight cat called Vivaldi!
Awards: CWA (2019) see all
Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery
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Series
DI Wesley Peterson
1. The Merchant's House (1998)
2. The Armada Boy (1999)
3. An Unhallowed Grave (1999)
4. The Funeral Boat (2000)
5. The Bone Garden (2001)
6. A Painted Doom (2002)
7. The Skeleton Room (2003)
8. The Plague Maiden (2004)
9. A Cursed Inheritance (2005)
10. The Marriage Hearse (2006)
11. The Shining Skull (2007)
12. The Blood Pit (2008)
13. A Perfect Death (2009)
14. The Flesh Tailor (2010)
15. The Jackal Man (2011)
16. The Cadaver Game (2012)
17. The Shadow Collector (2013)
18. The Shroud Maker (2014)
19. The Death Season (2015)
20. The House of Eyes (2016)
21. The Mermaid's Scream (2017)
22. The Mechanical Devil (2018)
23. Dead Man's Lane (2019)
24. The Burial Circle (2020)
25. The Stone Chamber (2021)
26. Serpent's Point (2022)
27. The Killing Place (2023)
28. Coffin Island (2024)
29. Deadly Remains (2025)
1. The Merchant's House (1998)
2. The Armada Boy (1999)
3. An Unhallowed Grave (1999)
4. The Funeral Boat (2000)
5. The Bone Garden (2001)
6. A Painted Doom (2002)
7. The Skeleton Room (2003)
8. The Plague Maiden (2004)
9. A Cursed Inheritance (2005)
10. The Marriage Hearse (2006)
11. The Shining Skull (2007)
12. The Blood Pit (2008)
13. A Perfect Death (2009)
14. The Flesh Tailor (2010)
15. The Jackal Man (2011)
16. The Cadaver Game (2012)
17. The Shadow Collector (2013)
18. The Shroud Maker (2014)
19. The Death Season (2015)
20. The House of Eyes (2016)
21. The Mermaid's Scream (2017)
22. The Mechanical Devil (2018)
23. Dead Man's Lane (2019)
24. The Burial Circle (2020)
25. The Stone Chamber (2021)
26. Serpent's Point (2022)
27. The Killing Place (2023)
28. Coffin Island (2024)
29. Deadly Remains (2025)
Joe Plantagenet
1. Seeking the Dead (2008)
2. Playing with Bones (2009)
3. Kissing the Demons (2011)
4. Watching the Ghosts (2012)
5. Walking by Night (2015)
1. Seeking the Dead (2008)
2. Playing with Bones (2009)
3. Kissing the Demons (2011)
4. Watching the Ghosts (2012)
5. Walking by Night (2015)
Albert Lincoln
1. A High Mortality of Doves (2016)
2. The Boy Who Lived with the Dead (2018)
3. The House of the Hanged Woman (2020)
1. A High Mortality of Doves (2016)
2. The Boy Who Lived with the Dead (2018)
3. The House of the Hanged Woman (2020)
Books containing stories by Kate Ellis
Happiness is a Warm Gun (2023)
Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles
(Inspired by anthologies)
edited by
Josh Pachter
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Kate Ellis recommends
Until Proven Innocent (2023)
(Lee Mitchell, book 2)
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