“Ever since the passing of Princess Di, this kind of thing had become almost de rigueur.” — Joy Ellis Princess Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, he thought, you had to do things you detested, in order to have the things that you truly wanted.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“For the first time in a very long while, DI Nikki Galena actually trusted someone.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Young rookie coppers no longer knew how to communicate with people. They were taught aggression, not law, and that was wrong.” — Joy Ellis Youth Copy Share Image
“Let nature take its course, let the healing begin, and who knows what the future may bring.” — Joy Ellis Healing Copy Share Image
“She’d read somewhere that suicide was a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” — Joy Ellis Suicide Copy Share Image
“Death is not the extinguishing of the light, but the blowing out of the candle, because dawn has come.” — Joy Ellis Candle Copy Share Image
“This might be a beautiful world, but there were some evil souls residing in it. * * *” — Joy Ellis Beautiful world Copy Share Image
“While Gary half listened to Jackman, something still niggled away in the back of his mind. It had almost come to him,… — Joy Ellis Mind Copy Share Image
“You can! Concentrate on me! Now, in, and out. Slowly, calmly, you can do it. In, and out.’ After a while, her… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Sergeant Evans, when a person lacks empathy, and sees others as objects rather than human beings, they are capable of anything and… — Joy Ellis Empathy Copy Share Image
“And then other days, well, you realise that life throws some pretty grim stuff at everyone at one time or another. You… — Joy Ellis Comedy Copy Share Image
“If you were sad, the remoteness echoed your misery, but if you were happy, the sheer magnitude of the sky above, the… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Ben realised that shock was setting in. He smiled reassuringly and said that he would leave her with the WPC for a… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Consider it done.’ He looked at her earnestly. ‘Look, I know all this is important, but don’t forget your call to Beech… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Your whole life had broken down, Carter. It was chaos. It’s quite natural that you now choose to live in a carefully… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“swift glance to his watch, then sat down carefully on a low wall that edged a reed-choked dyke, and removed one of… — Joy Ellis Perfect timing Copy Share Image
“I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars did wander darkling in… — Joy Ellis Dream Copy Share Image
“to make deep indentations. ‘He said I broke his Power Ranger, but he did it himself. He hit me first. It was… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“shoulders shook slightly. She supposed that he was finding his last words to his dead brother very difficult indeed. She began to… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Do you wish they’d leave Your bedroom door ajar So you’d see a golden crack Shine from afar? Do you wish a… — Joy Ellis True god Copy Share Image
“Very nice!’ said Nikki. ‘That really enabled you to indulge in your pastime on a grand scale, didn’t it?’ When Kris spoke,… — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“Those lightning fast moves were not right. And those later comments about being a squaddie? No squaddie she’d ever met had that… — Joy Ellis Police force Copy Share Image
“When she’d had attacks in the past, and there had been quite a few just after Emily’s death, they had always been… — Joy Ellis Depression Copy Share Image
“Ever heard about the swan? All serene on the surface, and paddling like hell under the water.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image
“They are by Rabindranath Tagore.’ Joseph’s voice was soft. ‘And you are right, Constable, they are very beautiful.” — Joy Ellis Beautiful Copy Share Image
“His life was not ruined, you know, just terribly altered. He will get through this, I’m certain of it.” — Joy Ellis Copy Share Image