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Their Lost Daughters

Jackman & Evans, Book 2

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By: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
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Summary

Introducing Audible Exclusive Their Lost Daughters, the first in the Jackman and Evans crime series, written by Joy Ellis, Audible's breakthrough crime author of 2018.

Deep in the muddy fields of the Lincolnshire Fens, a teenage girl is found wandering, delirious, claiming to have been drugged at a party. Metres away, the drowned body of another girl is found on an isolated beach. And all this on a small stretch of land where, nearly 10 years ago, the shocking disappearance of a young girl remains an open case.

For DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans, the pressure is on to bring the perpetrators of these shocking crimes to justice. Are the crimes linked? Who are these young girls? And what on earth is going on under the green and pastured land of the Lincolnshire Fens?

An Amazon Kindle number one best seller, Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis is performed by the incredible Richard Armitage (The Hobbit) and available exclusively at Audible. Be prepared for your pulse to rise and your nights to be disturbed as our breakthrough crime author of 2018 weaves her dark web of mystery. Perfect for fans of Sarah A. Denzil, LJ Ross and Denzil Meyrick.

About the author

Joy Ellis is not your ordinary newcomer to crime fiction. She started work in the 1960s as an apprentice florist in Covent Garden before opening her own flower shop in Lincolnshire. Later in life, she began to consider a career change towards crime writing and attended a workshop in Greece led by Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole. Ellis has now left the flowers behind and dedicates her life to writing gritty crime thrillers set in the Fens, where she lives with her police officer partner.

About the narrator

Richard Armitage is a British actor known for his vast array of film, television and theatre work, including The Hobbit, Spooks and The Crucible. His trademark baritone voice has earned him recognition, too, through his performance on many notable audiobooks as well as in TV and radio show narration.

His audiobook credits include The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde featured in The Monster Collection, David Copperfield, and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, and this experience shines through in Armitage's gripping performance of Their Lost Daughters.

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Marie is haunted by an unsolved case
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The deadly history of the marsh, as told by Gary
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Jackman introduces the team’s newest recruit
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  • Jackman introduces the team’s newest recruit

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Their Lost Daughters has been hailed as “the next big thing in crime fiction” by Digital Spy. Step into this dark and menacing world with Richard Armitage.
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And Joy Ellis, the book's author

Joy Ellis started her career as a flower seller in Mayfair in the 1960s, before going on to open her own florist in Surrey. When the recession hit, Joy had a career change and became a bookseller, and attended a writing course in Greece where she was mentored by Sue Townsend. She now lives in the Fens with her partner Jacqueline, where the flatlands and marshes provide inspiration for her eerie plotlines.

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Introducing Richard Armitage, our star narrator


Richard is well-known for his array of film, television and theatre work, including The Hobbit, Spooks and The Crucible. His trademark baritone voice has earned him recognition, too, through his performance on many notable audiobooks as well as in TV and radio show narration. This experience shines through in Armitage's gripping performance of the Jackman and Evans series where he plays host to a plethora of characters.

Meet Joy Ellis

We travelled to the Lincolnshire Fens, the home of Joy Ellis and the setting of the Jackman and Evans series, to find out more.
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Critic reviews

"If you’re a crime fiction fanatic, Their Lost Daughters could well be your next obsession." (Digital Spy)

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This book had me gripped from start to finish. Love the relationship between the two main characters. Did not expect what was coming at all. Just wish the next one was available now!!

Can't wait for the next one!

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This is certainly a highly imaginative and macabre story. It's amazing how many books like this are created by women. It's a pacy story with well-developed main characters. The author doesn't avoid some of the cliches of the genre such as the chief superintendent being obsessed by budget constraints and bad tempered towards her underlings: and it now seems inevitable that the chief is a woman. The psychologist (not a profiler) who becomes involved at first rightly says that profiling is an inexact art and then goes on to make highly detailed predictions that no ordinary psychologist would contemplate making. Apart from these minor quibbles it's a pacy story that kept me listening and was satisfactorily concluded with all the threads brought together.
The narrator is excellent.

Kept me listening

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This book is brilliant

I would've appreciated a few more clues to the backstory but, even without that, I was still able to work out bits and pieces ahead of the detectives. However, unlike in some novels, the central duo would then work out the same thing within a few minutes, not multiple chapters later.

I look forward to the next instalment.

Fantastic detective duo

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Great narration and story, good thriller for the holidays, easy listening and intriguing. Will seek out more from Joy Ellis.

Great easy listen

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The scenario which this story leads us to is highly original and I was hooked from the start even though I found the narrator's over-use of regional accents rather unnecessary. I also thought his rendition of dialogue was generally unconvincing at times.

In some respects, I thought the story came over as a bit like a 21st century version of the cautionary tales of people like Aesop and the Brothers Grimm - it painted a simple picture of good versus evil and sometimes I thought the 'good guys' were a bit too good to ring true. There were certainly plenty of victims!

Compulsive listening!

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