The Garden Grave

The Garden Grave by Joy Ellis is out now since August 27, 2026.

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The Garden Grave

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The Garden Grave Release Date: August 27, 2026

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It’s the case Detective Alec Farnham can’t forget. He was the one who found his friend and mentor, DI Lou Catterick, collapsed in a deserted alleyway, her shirt drenched in blood. He was too late. With her dying breath, Lou utters a single word. Ghost. A year on, the investigation has stalled. The trail is cold. The killer still walks free. But Alec refuses to let go. He knows one thing for certain: Lou would never have given up on him.

If he can only work out what she was trying to tell him, he knows he’d have the key to cracking the case.

Then DC Kit Reardon arrives for her first day at Holton Hurn CID – and is immediately thrown into a baffling murder investigation. A body, buried beneath a statue in the garden of a remote fenland cottage. No name. No explanation.

As Alec, Kit and the team dig deeper, a chilling connection emerges – one that ties the unidentified dead man directly to Lou’s murder.

Alec is forced to confront the unthinkable: the killer has been hiding in plain sight all along. And Lou’s final word, Ghost, wasn’t a dying hallucination. It was a warning.

This dark and twisty British crime thriller is perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths, L J Ross, and Rachel McLean.

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