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- Publisher: Soundings Audio Books (1 Feb 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1407908669
- ISBN-13: 978-1407908663
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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'Ellis unfolds an intricate yarn...with all the assurance of a seasoned veteran of the genre' --Publishers Weekly
'Star author. Unputdownable' --The Bookseller --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'Star author. Unputdownable' --The Bookseller --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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First in a brand new police procedural crime series from popular author Kate Ellis
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I'm in the minority here I know, but I can't understand the rapturous applause that other reviewers have given this novel. I found it to be lacking in depth, characterisation and any form of suspense. We have the interchangeable "DI Joe Plantagenet" standing in for the interchangable "DI Wesley Peterson" as our hero in this series, another poorly fleshed out character that I just cannot relate to.
In an attempt to be constructive here, Kate Ellis desperately needs to find a decent editor to shape and polish her work. The amount of repetitive phrases and redundant characters stack up and are really annoying.
Perhaps if she could focus on developing her characters and abandoning this constant need to have a story from the past as a sub plot device, she might turn out something interesting.
In an attempt to be constructive here, Kate Ellis desperately needs to find a decent editor to shape and polish her work. The amount of repetitive phrases and redundant characters stack up and are really annoying.
Perhaps if she could focus on developing her characters and abandoning this constant need to have a story from the past as a sub plot device, she might turn out something interesting.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an excellent start to a new series featuring DI Joe Plantagenet and the northern city of Eborby - based on York. A serial killer - dubbed the Resurrection Man for his habit of leaving the naked bodies of his victims in churchyards - is on the loose. Carmel has just started a new job in the Archaeology Centre and is living in a rented flat with an uneasy atmosphere. The previous tenant has disappeared leaving unpaid rent but threatening messages are still being left on the answering machine. Carmel reluctantly contacts Joe - who was a family friend when they lived in Liverpool. Could there be a link with the Resurrection Man? There are supernatural and black magic elements to this story which keep you reading and the climax is hair raising. The writing is economical and to the point and the plot is fast paced. There is enough personal information about the detectives involved to make you want to read the next in the series - due out in 2009 - and I for one am looking forward to it.
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book as I like murder mysteries and I live near York where this book is obviously set. I was a bit disappointed mainly becasue the subject of the book is not of much interest to me. I also thought the renaming of York and the streets a bit pointless, although Kate Ellis obviously knows York really well. I followed her footsteps and those of the characters and knew exactly where in York the action was taking place. I would read another of Kate Ellis's books.
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Very disappointing
This is the first book I've read by Kate Ellis and, given the good reviews she's received for earlier novels, this was a considerable disappointment. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Thomas Downs
Well that`s half an hour of my life that I`ll never get back :(
Having read just 7% of this book I can go no further. I can honestly say that I have never read anything so badly written and am so disappointed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by C. Bublik
A great page turner
The Joe Plantagenet stories are off to a great start. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, read every word didn't get tired. Read more
Published on 27 May 2010 by E. Smalley
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from...
There would always be wrongs and rights, thieves and murderers to apprehend it's the way of the world ever since Cain first lost his temper with his brother Abel. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by Andrea Bowhill
good,clever mystery
I love the wesley peterson books from kate ellis so i thought i would give this one a try. I liked the new character and the idea of the supernatural being a factor in this... Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by Amanda C. Bryceland
Someone take her pen away please
I will never get back the time I spent reading this book. Seeking the Dead was my first Kate Ellis experience, selected by my Reading Group, and was a stressful experience. Read more
Published on 19 May 2009 by A. Hall
A touch of black magic
An amazing start to a new Kate Ellis series. The second is published in July. Kate Ellis's signature of melding history with the present day works equally well in this as it does... Read more
Published on 3 May 2009 by Jane Baker
A writer with a wonderful sense of atmosphere and depth.
This is the first of a new series featuring a new detective for Kate Ellis, Joe Plantagenet. Having read all of her previous books featuring the Wesley Peters I was interested to... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by R. Griffiths
Plantagenet Rules
Readers of Kate Ellis' Wesley Peterson books will be familiar with her unique blend of history and the present, and with this first novel in a new series featuring Detective... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2009 by Gary Hudson
Seeking Something More !
"Seeking The Dead" is the first book by Kate Ellis that I have read, and despite a few minor issues (not least of all the almost obvious identity of the serial killer - The... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2009 by Belfast Dave
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