Review
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present. (The Times) (Detective fiction with a historical twist, fans...will love it. (Scotland on Sunday) )
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 Magazine) )
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 Magazine) )
Book Description
The 5th book in Kate Ellis' Wesley Peterson series
Product Description
An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is called to a halt when a skeleton is discovered under a 300 year old stone plinth, a corpse that seems to have been buried alive. But DS Wesley Peterson has little time to indulge in his hobby of archaeology. He has a more recent murder case to solve. A man has been found stabbed to death in a caravan at a popular holiday park and the only clue to his identity is a newspaper cutting about the restoration of Earlsacre. Does local solicitor Brian Willerby have the answer? He seems eager to talk to Wesley but before he can reveal his secret he is found dead during a 'friendly' game of village cricket, apparently struck by a cricket ball several times with some force. If Wesley is looking for a demon bowler this appears to let out most of the village side. But what is it about Earlsacre Hall that leads people to murder?
About the Author
Kate Ellis was born in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. Kate has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Short Story Dagger and the novel, THE PLAGUE MAIDEN, was nominated for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2005.
