{"product_id":"five-bloody-hearts-an-absolutely-gripping-crime-thriller-with-a-massive-twist-detective-matt-ballard-mystery","title":"FIVE BLOODY HEARTS an absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist (Detective Matt Ballard Mystery)","description":"From multiple #1 best-selling author Joy Ellis, comes a mystery that will have you glued from first page to last, with a truly shocking conclusion.\n\nDETECTIVE MATT BALLARD’S LAST CASE MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT FINALLY BREAKS HIM.\n\nGrace Repton, a beautiful older woman, walks into the police station to tell Matt she has information that could stop a murder. Her fiancé, the infamous serial killer Jeremy Reader, has told her that he has a disciple who is going to kill using Reader’s horrific methods.\n\nReader murdered five women and was finally brought to justice by Detective Ballard. Reader is safely imprisoned in a high security prison, and claiming to be a reformed man who wants to help the police.\n\nBut can Matt believe the serial killer or his peculiar wife to be? Can the love of a good woman really change a serial killer?\n\nAnd the Fenland police also have another investigation on their hands. A Lithuanian migrant worker is found dead on the fens. There is no ID on him, but he has a Tree of Life tattoo. The third body to be found with this distinctive tattoo. Is this gang war or something even more sinister?\n\nCAN YOU TRUST A KILLER TO HELP STOP A KILLER?\n\nThe police are stretched to breaking point with multiple copycat murders. And Matt and his girlfriend Liz will fight for everything they care about in a heart-stopping conclusion that will have you on the edge of your seat.\n\nThis is the sequel to the #1 best-selling BEWARE THE PAST. Perfect for fans of Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza, Mel Sherratt, Angela Marsons, Colin Dexter, or Ruth Rendell.\n\nA MYSTERY TO MAKE YOUR HEART RACE\n\nWhat readers are saying about FIVE BLOODY HEARTS\n\n“This definitely is the best one yet, Joy’s books get better and better.” Carole\n\n“I absolutely loved it.” Viv\n\n“Will keep you guessing until the end of the book.” Barbara\n\n“What a book!!!” Sian\n\n“I was so engrossed I sat up way too late to finish it in one sitting.” Elaine\n\nThe Setting\nEngland's rural fenland is a strange place, with its never-ending fields, winding tracks, and long straight droves (the old livestock routes) that lead to nowhere. The lonely lanes are flanked either side by deep drainage ditches and are, for a good part of the year, filled with tall, whispering reeds. Closer to the Wash, high seabanks form a barrier between river and marsh, and the richly fertile soil of the drained land. But when the mists come down, as they so often do, perspective is destroyed and all sense of direction lost, and then the fens become a rather frightening place of mystery and danger. Somewhere that you do not want to be at night.\n\nALSO BY JOY ELLIS\nTHE BEST-SELLING NIKKI GALENA SERIES\nBook 1: CRIME ON THE FENS\nBook 2: SHADOW OVER THE FENS\nBook 3: HUNTED ON THE FENS\nBook 4: KILLER ON THE FENS\nBook 5: STALKER ON THE FENS\nBook 6: CAPTIVE ON THE FENS\nBook 7: BURIED ON THE FENS\nBook 8: THIEVES ON THE FENS\nBook 9: FIRE ON THE FENS\n\nJACKMAN \u0026amp; EVANS\nBook 1: THE MURDERER’S SON\nBook 2: THEIR LOST DAUGHTERS\nBook 3: THE FOURTH FRIEND\nBook 4: THE GUILTY ONES\nBook 5: THE STOLEN BOYS\n\nDETECTIVE MATT BALLARD\nBook 1: BEWARE THE PAST\nBook 2: FIVE BLOODY HEARTS\nSTANDALONESGUIDE STAR\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1789310776\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1789310776.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:ELLIS, JOY\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43719509999677,"sku":"BVV.1789310776.VG","price":8.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1789310776-0.jpg?v=1790372173","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/five-bloody-hearts-an-absolutely-gripping-crime-thriller-with-a-massive-twist-detective-matt-ballard-mystery","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}