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A Painted Doom (A Wesley Peterson murder mystery) [Hardcover]

Kate Ellis
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books; First Edition edition (27 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749905964
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749905965
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 362,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'The resourceful DS Wesley Peterson returns in this latest by Ellis, a beguiling author who interweaves past and present. Like its predecessor... the book works well on both levels' The Times 'detective fiction with a historical twist - fans...will love it' Scotland on Sunday 'Liverpool born Kate Ellis (no relation) has written a series of fascinating detective novels set in Devon...featuring a quietly intelligent black policeman... They are intriguing books with mysteries that mirror event s from previous centuries' Ron Ellis 'She writes well...recounted with pleasant wit and a genuine feeling' Birmingham Post 'Kate Ellis gets my personal vote as Most Promising New Crime Writer' Sherlock Holmes Magazine"

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The 6th book in Kate Ellis' exciting Wesley Peterson Series --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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up to standard 12 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
This book has kept well up to the standard of Kate Ellis's previous Wesley Petersen books which I have read; I really enjoy the style of investigating the modern murder whilst at the same time parallelling it with a long ago murder. Also it is interesting to see how the characters of Wesley, his wife, Neil and Gerry are devloping throughout the series; in this book we learn a little of Gerry's past which was unknown even to Wesley; the story was gripping and although I had begun to suspect the twist I picked the wrong culprit!
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A Medieval painting of the last judgement - commonly known as a `doom' - is found in a barn close to where Neil Watson is excavating the ruins of a manor house. The body of a dead former rock star is found on the same farmer's land which gives DI Wesley Peterson an excuse to visit his friend Neil and see how he is getting on with his excavations. A teenage boy - son of the farmer on whose land the rock star's body was discovered - disappears. Wesley is concerned he may have seen the murderer and so could be in danger.

This is a complicated plot with plenty of twists and turns to mislead both the police and the reader before all is resolved. I thought the intertwining of the distant past, the not so distant past and the present was well done and never laboured. I like the police characters and the way their characters are developing during this series. Wesley's long suffering wife, Pamela, is well done too. While there are some tensions between the police characters they mainly get on well and work together.

I would recommend this series to anyone who likes their crime novels to have an element of history in them and the series can be read out of order though it is interesting to see the relationships developing if you read the books in sequence.
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A painted Doom 15 Sep 2009
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I really love this series and this writer. It is my intention to get every book. Great!!
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