PLEASE SEE "QUICK NEWS" BELOW, FOR KATE'S LATEST KINDLE MONTHLY DEALS

Kate Ellis is an award winning author of two thrilling crime series and has sold over a million books worldwide. She has also written three historical crime novels and many short stories.

Kate has a story in this great anthology - Happiness is a Warm Gun inspired by her experiences growing up in Liverpool in the Beatles era :-)

Her books in the Wesley Peterson series, containing an intriguing blend of mystery and history, include:

The Merchant's HouseThe Armada BoyAn Unhallowed GraveThe Funeral BoatThe Bone Garden, A Painted DoomThe Skeleton Room, The Plague Maiden, A Cursed Inheritance, The Marriage Hearse, The Shining Skull, The Blood PitA Perfect Death, The Flesh Tailor, The Jackal Man, The Cadaver GameThe Shadow CollectorThe Shroud MakerThe Death SeasonThe House of Eyes , The Mermaid's ScreamThe Mechanical Devil , Dead Man's LaneThe Burial CircleThe Stone Chamber, Serpent's Point, The Killing Place & Coffin Island

Also available are five books in her spooky and mysterious series set in the ancient city of Eborby in North Yorshire and featuring DI Joe Plantagenet: SEEKING THE DEAD, PLAYING WITH BONESKISSING THE DEMONSWATCHING THE GHOSTS & WALKING BY NIGHT

Kate has also completed a powerful and stunning historical trilogy set in the aftermath of the First World War. A HIGH MORTALITY OF DOVESTHE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE DEAD & THE HOUSE OF THE HANGED WOMAN are available in paperback and ebook

Quick News

Kate is pleased to announce that The Armada Boy has been selected for a Kindle Monthly Deal in February and will be priced at 99p in the UK

The Shining Skull  has been selected for a Kindle Monthly Deal in the US, priced at 99¢ throughout January

Fans of Kate's Joe Plantagenet series will be pleased to hear that the third, fourth and fifth books in the series have been reissued and are now available. A sxith adventure for Joe is planned - date to be announced

Kate's short story, 'Not a Note' is in the latest CWA Anthology 'Music of the Night'

Kate's historical crime novel The Devil's Priest is available to download from the Amazon Kindle Store for £1.77p ($2.99 US)

Kate has written about the art of plotting in the new Detection Club publication HOWDUNIT - a masterclass in crime writing from the UK's leading crime authors.

Forthcoming Events

On Saturday 29 March  2025, 1.00 - 2.30pm,  Kate will be taking part in a Murdersquad panel at Wigan Library

15 - 18 May, Kate will be attending and taking part in panels at Crimefest, Bristol

On Wednesday 21 May, Kate will be taking part in Murdersquad's 25th Aniversary celebrations at Stockport Guildhall. In association wirh Serenity Books. Tickets available here (includes two glasses of bubbly!)

 OnThursday  5 June pm, Kate will be speaking with Martin Edwards and Margaret Murphy at Halifax Library.

During the weekend of 14/15 June, Kate will be speaking at Slaughter in Southwold.  Times to be advised

On 23 June at 2.30pm, Kate will be speaking at Wallasey Library, Wirral 

September 19 -21, Kate will be taking part in Dartmouth Book  Festival. Details to be confirmed

October 17 - 19, Kate will be taking part in Death in the Dales, Sedburgh