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 an historical trilogy 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 PlaceCoffin Island & Deadly Remains

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. The sixth book in the series KILLING IN THE SHADOWS is to be published on 29 January 2026

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 Killing in the Shadows has been selected for a UK Kindle Monthly deal in May. This will be priced at 99p for the month. 

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

20 August 2026 at 2.30pm, Kate will be speaking at Nantwich Library, Beam Street, Nantwich CW5 5LY

16 September 2026, Kate will be speaking at Dronfield Library, Manor House, High Street,  Dronfield, Derbyshire S18 1PY

26 September 2026  at 5pm, Kate will present her Murder Mystery A Fatal Fete at Dartmouth Library or The Flavel Church, Dartmouth, Devon (venue to be confirmed)

Kate will attend Death in the Dales, Sedburgh, 16 to 18 October 2026