To Ally With Madness

DI Ellis #2

by Oliver Davies

“All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.” -Virginia Woolf

DI Sean Ellis can’t be bothered with reality TV. So when a reality TV star claims she’s being stalked, it’s the last case Ellis wants on his desk. He’s much more interested in the missing girl case which seems more open and shut. It only makes sense that the boyfriend did it. It’s always the boyfriend.

However, it quickly becomes clear that the two cases are connected. Ellis has no choice but to interact with the starlet who seems more interested in flirting with the inspector than dealing with her stalker. It’s more than Ellis bargained for.

When the stalker escalates, Ellis has to step outside of his comfort zone and must try to get into the mind of this criminal, feel what he’s feeling, in order to stop a crime before it is committed.

405 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2021

About the author

Oliver Davies was born in Sussex and raised in London, but never felt at home until he settled in the soggy but beautiful Yorkshire dales. Brought up on crime novels borrowed second-hand from his dad, he's always wished his life involved less laundry and more car chases, though writing is probably safer. Between tussling with his several dogs and rambling the moors, Oliver finds time for writing moody police detectives, playing the guitar, and occasionally even communicates with the outside world.

Reviews

[Mrs Teresa Tucker · Rating 3 out of 5]

It most definitely needs a better proofreader, I struggled to finish it and nearly gave up more than once!!

I GAVE THIS 5 STARS ENTIRELY BY ACCIDENT INITIALLY AS I COULDN’T CHANGE IT I HAVE AMENDED IT HERE, SORRY

Words were missing like he/she, one etc small words that made the reading difficult I’m afraid

I enjoyed the story line and the characters but the lack of proofreading was quite shocking and sometimes made a nonsense of what I was reading.

I have to say that I have found this in more books that I have read or tried to read lately , giving up on some entirely and it is such a shame as I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Character name changes, pub names, sex changes and names of places to name a few and that can be in the same book!!!!

[Christina Gamble · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sadly, I can’t finish this book. It needs a proofreader! From the name of the pub changing from one page to the next, to grammatical errors - it’s distracting me from the story. Repetitive use of a character’s name rather than just using a pronoun is irritating too, but the line that prevented me from continuing is this one: As we busied ourselves, my mind continued to turn it all over in my mind.
Such a shame because the story was building nicely.

[Alistair Ramsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

This is number two of the DI Ellis tales. The characters are very believable and the story is well crafted. There is enough intrigue to keep the reader interested. Only downside are the annoying typos. Needs a sharper proofreader!

[Jennifer Ruth Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story.

I really enjoyed this book, and the previous one, well drawn characters and a great plot. I assume the point of the trips to the pub will become clear eventually.
Only down side is the missing and incorrectly used words, which a proof reader should have picked up.

[Syl · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

I loved this book. Well written, a few twists and it’s written, as the first book, with Sean Ellis looking back and recounting a case in the past. It’s so easy to forget that and I’m so curious about him and DC Stone. Excellent book, more please.

[Peter Curry · Rating 4 out of 5]

continuing well.

Another excellent story told well. I was a bit irritated by the decision to give a minor character in thus book the same very individual name as a main character from the first, and there’s still work to be done on grammar but overall, very good .

[JANE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

Good story. Dropped one star for the bad proof reading. There were lots of words missing in the sentences which was annoying. Had to read the sentences twice to work out which words were missing. Please please get a better proof reader.

[Susan Coleman · Rating 5 out of 5]

DI Ellis

I have just finished the second book. Really enjoyed these books. Kept me galloping along. I hadn't read his books before but I will certainly be seeking this author out for more

[Barbara Birchall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow start but good pace after

Almost gave up as the beginning was so slow but as soon as the real story started the pace picked up. A good solid police procedural with likeable characters.

[Prof C Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

New series to be and enjoying them very much.

[Penny O'Hara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Please use a proofreader. Yet another good book ruined by typos, lack of continuity and ghastly Americanisms. Other series by the author are not like this at all.

[Pedro Bedro]

DI Ellis getting to grips with a case of stalking but it goes deeper than they think. Good story and characters, if only he could talk to women without clamming up.