Five Bloody Hearts

Grace Repton, a beautiful older woman, walks into the police station to tell Detective Matt Ballard she has information that could stop a murder. Her fiance, the infamous serial killer Jeremy Reader, has told her that he has a disciple who is going to kill using Reader's horrific methods.  

Reader 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.   

But can Matt believe the serial killer or his peculiar wife to be? Can the love of a good woman really change a serial killer?  

And 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. This is the third body to be found with this distinctive tattoo. Is this gang war or something even more sinister?  

The police are stretched to the 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.

©2019 Joy Ellis (P)2019 Tantor

Decent story, wrong reader

If I continue with this series it will have to be on my Kindle. The intonation on almost every line here was off. It wasn’t the dodgy accents either that got me. Every now and then, I caught myself reciting a sentence out loud without dropping the ending just to hear it like it should have been read. Sorry to be so negative but a good narrator is crucial for me. I can’t hear any more with this reader.

Love Joy Ellis!

. They mostly center police station and work on multiple cases at same time. I have read over half of what this author has written and will be finishing the rest!

enjoyed, characters and narrator

Enjoyed this, Book 2, of the series to the first. The difference was the narration. I had hesitations about trying the second in the series because I found the 1st in the series to be a bit caustic in tone. Now that I have listened to Book 2, I realize that it was the narrator and not the book content that created that impression. I plan on listening to #3 and hope to enjoy it as much as the second.

So disappointed

I have loved the DI Galena and Jackman series. I am not enjoying Matt Ballard as much. The first book was ok, but this one is taking me a while to finish. It may be because the narrator is absolutely horrible. I will be sure to never get another book he narrates. The others have kept me on the edge of my seat. This one cannot keep my attention and I keep having to rewind to try to keep up with the plot.

Frustratingly Obvious

The narrator performance grew on me. But every character spoke at the same tempo. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Joy Ellis’ books. The outcome was obvious and the long character streams of thought painfully long and obtuse.