Synopses & Reviews
In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor's thoughts and speech. Effectively mute, there's no telling if her voice will ever come back. Trapped in silence, she is surrounded by ghostsof the past, of friendships and trusts lost...of a lost faith in herself and her motives that night.
When Memphis Highsmythe offers Taylor his home in the Scottish Highlands to recuperate, her fiancé can't refuse her excitement, no matter his distrust of the man. At first, Memphis's drafty and singularly romantic castle seems the perfect place for healing. But shortly the house itself surrounds her like a menacing presence. As Taylor's sense of isolation and vulnerability grows, so, too, does her grip on reality.
Someone or something is coming after Taylor. But is she being haunted by the dead
or hunted by the living?
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"Outstanding... The police procedural details never get in the way of the potent characterization and clever plotting, and Ellison systematically cranks up the intensity all the way to the riveting ending."
--Publishers Weekly on THE IMMORTALS, starred review
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"A tense thrill ride filled with secrets, raw emotion and death, newcomers will love it as much as her longtime fans. After completing this one, you will scream for the next book."
- RT Book Reveiws, Top Pick on So Close the Hand of Death
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"What J.T. Ellison has done with the city in her award-winning Taylor Jackson books is magnificent... Lovers of mystery and suspense fiction could not ask for more."
--Bookreporter
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"Fans of intelligently written, intricately crafted thrillers should definitely check out J.T. Ellison's latest Taylor Jackson novel, 14. Fusing gritty cop drama with dark psychological thriller, Ellison distinguishes herself with exceptional character development, consistently breakneck pacing and a sense of authenticity throughout."
--Chicago Tribune on 14
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"Mystery fiction has a new name to watch."
--John Connolly
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"Carefully orchestrated plot twists and engrossing characters... Flawed yet identifiable characters and genuinely terrifying villains populate this impressive and arresting thriller."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review on Judas Kiss
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"Darkly compelling and thoroughly chilling, with rich characterization and a well-layered plot, All the Pretty Girls is everything a great crime thriller should be."
--Allison Brennan on ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
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"The strength of the new novel is dual-edged, for Ellison not only nearly ties up and together the seemingly discordant threads the previous volumes have presented, but does so in a presentation that is palatable and understandable to readers who are encountering her work for the first time. Remarkably, she is able to do this without sacrificing the storyline and the pacing, both of which are ingenious and first-rate."
--Bookreporter on So Close the Hand of Death
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"All the Pretty Girls is a spellbinding suspense novel and Tennessee has a new dark poet. A turbo-charged thrill ride of a debut."
--Julia Spencer-Fleming
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"What Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter does for Miami, Ellison's Jackson novels do for Music City."
--Nashville Scene
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"JT Ellison gets her Hitchcock on, expertly ratcheting up the tension, twisting her finely honed plot, and just plain messing with her characters' heads until the superbly explosive end. Not to be missed!"
--#1 Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
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"Riveting! J.T. Ellison is in top form with this stunning novel of psychological suspense. WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE is atmospheric, emotional, eerie and impossible to put down."
--Carla Neggers on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
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"Ellison's seventh Taylor Jackson thriller (after So Close the Hand of Death) reduces the body count from previous installments but maintains the tension as the Nashville homicide officer, mute after being traumatized by a serial killer who nearly did her in, seeks shelter in a Scottish manor house. The Manderley-like estate is the home of Taylor's detective inspector colleague and would-be romantic interest, James Highsmythe, who was widowed when his pregnant wife, Evanelle, drove off a bridge. A family friend of James's tries to help Taylor regain her lost voice. Back in the States, Taylor's fiancé , Dr. John Baldwin, and her best friend, Dr. Samantha Loughley, work through their own recovery and cases while worrying about Taylor long distance. Are the phantoms haunting Taylor the result of her PTSD, her guilt, or something more menacing? The growing suspense will keep readers glued. The Cold in the Room, the fourth in the series, won the 2011 ITW Thriller Award for best paperback original."
--Publishers Weekly on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
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"[In the] Manderly-like estate [setting] the growing suspense will keep readers glued. The Cold in the Room, the fourth in the series, won the 2011 ITW Thriller Award for best paperback original."
--Publishers Weekly on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
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"This is one of those novels that grips you from the very first page. Excellent and intriguing with full blown characters that come alive. It's a novel not to be missed."
--Heather Graham on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
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"Ellison deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen. Her latest novel examines life after experiencing a traumatic event while also ripping raw the feelings of grief, fear and loneliness. Ellison is a genius and should be mandatory reading for any thriller aficionado."
--RT Book Reviews on WHERE ALL THE DEAD LIE
About the Author
J.T. Ellison is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Taylor Jackson se