- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books (23 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749907835
- ISBN-13: 978-0749907839
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,161,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'a gripping read' BEST Magazine 'a beguiling author who interweaves past and present. Like its predecessor... The book works well on both levels' THE TIMES 'a well-written book which kept my on the edge of my seat... a real page-turner' YOURS 'detective fiction with a historical twist... Fans... Will love it.' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'moody mystery...a splendid piece of whodunnit, and when?' NEWCASTLE EVENING CHRONICLE 'a satisfying and enjoyable read' MARTIN EDWARDS"
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When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes some alarming discoveries. Kirsten was being pursued by an obsessed stalker and she had dark secrets her doting flance, Peter, knew nothing about. But Kirsten's wasn't the only wedding planned to take place that July day in South Devon. At Morbay register office a terrified young girl makes her wedding vows. And a few days later her bridegroom is found dead in a seedy seaside hotel. As Wesley investigates he suspects that his death and his bride's subsequent disappearance might be linked to Kirsten's murder. Meanwhile the skeleton of a young female is found buried in a farmer's field - a field that once belonged to the family of Ralph Strong, an Elizabethan playwright whose play, 'The Fair Wife of Padua' is to be performed for the first time in four hundred years. Is this bloodthirsty play a confession to a murder committed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1? Or does it tell another story, one that might cast light on recent mysteries?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another excellent read,
By Frances Howard "Fran" (Liverpool England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Marriage Hearse (The Wesley Peterson Series) (Paperback)
This is another highly enjoyable book featuring the detective Wesley Peterson. The characters are well developed and the plot cleverly constructed with a historical twist.I would recommend this to all lovers of good detective novels.
I am particularly looking forward to her new psychological thriller series set in York which will be on sale in 2008.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable!,
By Rachel Smith "Rachel" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Marriage Hearse (The Wesley Peterson Series) (Paperback)
I really enjoyed The Marriage Hearse, Wesley Peterson's a likeable detective and I do like the way the historical story provides a background to the modern day case.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Brides ancient and modern,
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This review is from: The Marriage Hearse: The Wesley Peterson Series: Book 10 (Kindle Edition)
A bride is murdered a few hours before her wedding. Naturally the bridegroom is the first person to be suspected but he has an alibi. It rapidly becomes clear to Wesley Peterson and Gerry Heffernan that the victim was not exactly popular and many people could have had means motive and opportunity for doing away with her. Neil Watson, Wesley's archaeologist friend, meanwhile, is investigating a skeleton buried on a local farm with two pieces of valuable jewellery which has been unearthed by a man with a metal detector.
The plot twists and turns and I had suspected several people before all the mysteries are finally unravelled. The mix of archaeology, history and modern day crime was as ever well done and the personal stories of the main characters continue to develop. Pam is getting sick if hardly seeing Wesley because of his job - is she about to succumb to temptation? Has Gerry finally found someone to replace his late wife? This series can be read in any order but if you read them in the order in which they were published it is easier to follow the personal lives of the series characters. If you like your crime novels with interesting plots which interweave history and modern events then this may be the book for you.
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