Listen free for 30 days

  • The Patient Man

  • Jackman & Evans, Book 6
  • Written by: Joy Ellis
  • Narrated by: Richard Armitage
  • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (610 ratings)

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
The Patient Man cover art

The Patient Man

Written by: Joy Ellis
Narrated by: Richard Armitage
Try for $0.00

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $20.48

Buy Now for $20.48

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

From number one best-selling author Joy Ellis, a totally absorbing mystery full of stunning twists and turns.

A mystery which will captivate you till the dramatic ending.

Jackman and Evans’ most dangerous enemy is back to finish things off.

The domestic bliss of Detective Inspector Rowan Jackman, of Fenland Constabulary, doesn’t last long. His old nemesis, serial killer Alistair Ashcroft, is back in town and ready to tidy up unfinished business.

Ashcroft sends a sinister text to DS Marie Evans. His opening move in what will prove to be a lethal game of cat-and-mouse. Yet for all his taunts, where is he? In a county crawling with police on the lookout for him, Ashcroft is nowhere to be found.

Everyone Jackman cares about is in danger. Alongside the hunt for Ashcroft, however, normal police work must continue. The separate thefts of six pigs, a thoroughbred stallion, guns and some oil lead Jackman’s crew to the notorious Lorimer family, ruled over on their farm by the fearsome matriarch Rachel.

Meanwhile, a seemingly routine break-in at the home of gun-club owner Kenneth Harcourt quickly becomes more complicated when the man long held responsible for having killed Harcourt’s young daughter in a hit-and-run is shot dead in a car park - by a sniper. A killer is on the loose in the quiet streets of Saltern-le-Fen, and he isn’t going to stop at claiming one life. But why is he focusing on young Kevin, so close to promotion to detective?

And the sniper, like Ashcroft, takes to taunting the police: they’ll never catch him, they need to respect him, they shouldn’t be sidetracked looking for their old adversary.

In a stunning conclusion, Jackman and Evans race against time to catch the sniper and track down their deadly adversary. A lethal game with a very patient man. Full of twists and turns, this is a crime thriller that will keep you listening until the shocking ending. Set in the atmospheric Lincolnshire Fens whose towns and isolated villages hide many dark secrets.

©2019 Joy Ellis (P)2020 Audible, Ltd

What listeners say about The Patient Man

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    468
  • 4 Stars
    116
  • 3 Stars
    22
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    483
  • 4 Stars
    71
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    408
  • 4 Stars
    115
  • 3 Stars
    30
  • 2 Stars
    7
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • PCR
  • 2020-03-10

Like each novel better!

So many red harrings and side plots, so satisfactorily dealt with. Keep them coming, Joy Ellis!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great second act!

This was the ending to a couple of books back. It was great to finally have an ending to a very sick and twisted character.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic 👏 Story

Great story with lots of twists and you will fall in love with Jackman And Evans and the Fens

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Joy Ellis has another excellent book, amazing how this person can spin a tale. Some characters are regular, but new ones added with
twists and turns. Richard Armitage narrating as always…perfect

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Continue to love this series

Contribute to love this series. The characters. The narration and the story. I will be sad when I’m all caught up

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Book 6 The Patient Man- loved it!

Great story, continued from a previous book. It’s great that I’ve been able to listen to them in order, following the actors in development. The side stories kept me guessing.
Mr Armitage does a great job, yet again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Full of Twists

I loved this story. Joy Ellis keeps you on the edge waiting for the next twist in the story. Richard Armitage does an amazing job of narrating the story. I enjoy the different voices he gives each individual.

I have listened to three of the books in this series now. I am a fan of Joy Ellis. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves thrillers.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

On the Edge of my Seat

Everyone is reeling right now in our world wide “New Normal” but to be carried away to a wonderful world of storytelling Thank God we have the pen of Joy Ellis. Her richness of characters matched the incredible performance of Mr. Armitage is making living in isolation as this pandemic overwhelms a journey to a world I can easily escape to and literally I have heard the gulls, smelled the marshlands I have longed to visit. Thank you for the journey and the good old fashion story telling that lifts us up and away as we listen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book and narrator!

Everything on this audio book was outstanding. I loved it and strongly recommended it. Great ending.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

excellent

The performer is excellent. I feel like,a,part of the team and that I know each character. When the character is,a woman, I really feel like I'm hearing a woman talk. The stories are excellent, so well written and really good story lines😍

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!