- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books; New Ed edition (8 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749937009
- ISBN-13: 978-0749937003
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 11.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 67,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Chilling' - Scotsman 'This is a series that just gets stronger with each new book' - Publishers Weekly
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When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a local graveyard, DS Wesley Peterson immediately suspects foul play. Then history provides him with a clue. Wesley's archaeologist friend, Neil Watson, has excavated a corpse at his nearby dig - a young woman who, local legend has it, had been publicly hanged from the very same tree before being buried on unhallowed ground five centuries ago. Wesley is forced to consider the possibility that the killer knows the tree's dark history. Has Pauline also been 'executed' rather than murdered - and, if so, for what crime? To catch a dangerous killer Wesley has to discover as much as he can about the victim. But Pauline appears to have been a woman with few friends, no relatives and a past she has carefully tried to hide...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Body in the churchyard,
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This review is from: An Unhallowed Grave (The Wesley Peterson Murder Mysteries) (Kindle Edition)
Pauline Brent is found hanged from a tree in a churchyard. What first seems like suicide soon turns into a murder investigation for DS Wesley Peterson and DI Gerry Heffernan. Wesley's friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, discovers the skeleton of a young woman who seems to have suffered the same fate centuries ago. Could there be some sort of connection between the two?There are plenty of people with secrets to hide in the area and it starts to seem as though nearly everyone is a possible suspect. The police cannot find anything out about Pauline Brent and this makes their case even harder to solve. Then a young man who may have seen something on the night of the murder disappears and the police are even more puzzled. I enjoyed this story with its many strands both past and present. The series characters are developing well and it is really enjoyable to find police personnel who get on with and support each other rather than constantly trying to do each other down. There are a few niggles between them to stop it being too cloying but the relationships seem to bear more resemblance to real life than many crime novels do.
16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant follow on to Wesley's adventures,
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This review is from: An Unhallowed Grave (Wesley Peterson Series) (Paperback)
Kate has done it again and kept us rivated to the last page. This has to be the best so far with the stories growing in strength with each new book. Very entertaining.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Murder: past and present,
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This review is from: An Unhallowed Grave (Wesley Peterson Crime Novels) (Hardcover)
First Sentence: The girl looked out of the window.Pauline Brent, a nice middle-aged lady about whom no-one speaks badly, is receptionist to the local doctor. She is also found hanged from a tree in the churchyard. A local archeological dig turns up a 500-year-old skeleton of a woman who was also hanged. Can clues from one case help solve the other? I know; it's an older book. Being one who prefers to read a series in order, I finally found this third book in the Wesley Peterson series. That said, I feel their being touted as "A Wesley Peterson Crime Novel" is something of a misnomer. To me, Ellis has created very much of an ensemble cast with my personal favorite being DI Gerry Heffernan, Wesley's boss with his wisdom and humor. Ellis has done such of good job of making her characters real, I feel invested in their lives almost as if I were watching a series--who will find a girlfriend, who will get promoted, will a certain marriage last--because the characters' lives progress with each book. It's not an easy trick for an author to manage. The reason the books marketing of the books is focused on Wesley is that he is the link to the second thread in the stories, which is the archeological and historical mystery. I am fascinated by English history and cannot imagine the thrill of discovering something hundreds of years old. Ellis conveys that excitement to the reader, educating and skillfully linking the present and the past. Occasionally, she I feel it unlikely a character wouldn't know a bit of information being related, but it's necessary to the story that the reader understand. The dialogue could have been better. It's not bad, but it doesn't completely flow. The plot was constructed with an unexpected revelation. The climax was a bit abrupt and partly offstage, but final ending was very satisfying. This is a traditional police procedural without graphic violence but with excellent characters, and a bit of history. It is a series I recommend reading from the beginning, which means you have quite a bit of good reading ahead of you as the 15th book in this series is due out next year. AN UNHALLOWED GRAVE (Pol Proc-Wesley Peterson-England-Cont) - G+ Ellis, Kate - 3nd in series Thomas Dunn Books, ©1999, US Hardcover - ISBN: 0312274602
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