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 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 Watching the Ghosts has been selected for an Audible promotion throughout June . This will be available at the promotion price of £3.99 and is exclusively available to Audible UK members only.

Watching the Ghosts has also been selected for a US Kindle Monthly Deal in June, priced at 99¢

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.

Kate's Diary

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Updated March 2025

Forthcoming Events

ONLINE: Sat 31 May, 6pm (BST):  You are invited to mark 25 years of Murder Squad with writers Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Margaret Murphy, Chris Simms and Cath Staincliffe.  Book your free ticket here

 OnThursday  5 June at 2.00pm  Kate will be speaking with Martin Edwards and Margaret Murphy at Halifax Library.

On Saturday 14 June at 3.30pm,  Kate will be speaking at Slaughter in Southwold

On 23 June at 2.30pm, Kate will be speaking at Wallasey Library, Wirral. Ticket link here

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