We back to the Lincolnshire Fens and after the death of her daughter DI Nikki Galena first case back is to solve the death of a woman in a locked room, with her partner DS Joseph Easter and the rest of the group. But is there any connection to this, and the number of attacks perpetrated on her team and herself.
Enjoyed the twists and turns in the stories, and getting to re-acquaint myself with the characters in this series. Look forward to the next.
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DI Nikki Galena and Detective Sergeant Joseph Easter have been working together for several years now. They're comfortable working partners and comfortable neighbors.

Their latest case is anything but comfortable.

One of the outbuildings on Nikki's property is quite professionally torched, and it might have spread to her house if Joseph hadn't woken up to an unidentified sound and happened to see the smoke early on. Cat and a young officer newly assigned to the team are run down quite intentionally by a truck. The young officer is killed, and Cat is badly injured with a real risk of severe scarring on her face. Dave Harris discovers the carefully accumulated savings, which he relies on to pay for his wife's expensive care, has been drained by a hacker.

Each member of their team is being attacked in turn, in ways particularly painful to each of them.

Police can expect to be hated by those they've locked up, or by the families of thipose they've locked up, but who hates the entire team this much, and this personally?

And of the possible suspects, who has all the specialized skills necessary?

I haven't even mentioned the locked room murder that they initially think is their major case, with the arson on Nikki's property a distraction.

Ellis continues to develop the characters and their relationships. Greenborough has changed and developed, too.

If she's going anywhere with the relationship between Nikki and Joseph, though, something should happen soon.

It's a nicely intricate plot, and I just deleted what I was going to say there. It risked being a spoiler.

Recommended.

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Hunted on the Fens is the third in the DI Nikki Galena series from Joy Ellis. This is the first that I have read and it does well as a standalone though I think I would have appreciated the character's nuances sooner had I been familiar.

The action is compelling and kept my attention throughout. In addition to a wonderful plot the characters are well developed and easy to become invested in. There are definitely a number of twists and turns which propel both the plot and the reader. The atmosphere is also portrayed very well, almost like another character.

I would recommend this to any fan of mystery whether they prefer nice plots or engaging characters since this novel has both. I plan to read the first two volumes of the series and if you are inclined toward reading a series I might suggest starting with the first one even though it isn't necessary.

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