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The Shining Skull (Hardcover)

by Kate Ellis (Author) "Leah Wakefield was in full view now ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (22 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749908378
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749908379
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 426,778 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative... The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected. An agreeable mystery' - Gerald Kaufman, SCOTSMAN '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"

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Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976, and when he never returned home, his grieving family assumed the worst. Then, thirty years later, teenage singing star Leah Wakefield disappears and DI Wesley Peterson has reason to suspect that the same kidnapper is responsible. And another abductor is at work in the area - a man who tricks blonde women into a bogus taxi and cuts off their hair. Has Leah fallen prey to the man the newspapers call 'The Barber' or has she suffered a more sinister fate? But then, Marcus Fallbrook returns from the dead. And when DNA evidence confirms his identity, the investigation takes a new twist. Meanwhile, archaeologist, Neil Watson's gruesome task of exhuming the dead from a local churchyard yields a mystery of its own when a coffin is found to contain one corpse too many - a corpse that may be linked to a strange religious sect dating back to Regency times. Wesley has his hands full elsewhere - slowly, Marcus Fallbrook begins to recover memories that Wesley hopes will lead him to cunning and dangerous murderer. But he is about to discover that the past can be a very dangerous place indeed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, 5 Jul 2007
Great. Brilliant plot. One of the best in the series so far. I'm glad to see Kate Ellis is bringing out a new series next year, but I hope it doesn't mean Wesley's going to retire.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It shines!, 13 April 2009
This was my fifth Kate Ellis Wesley Peterson novel and surpasses the others which are all very good. I wish there were 6 stars to give. An amazing plot which she crafts brilliantly and peppers with twists and turns which stun the reader. Her simultaneous development of a Regency story which heads each chapter I think is the best yet. How she works them to mirror each other is utterly brilliant. Wesley Peterson grows and grows and it's good to see him happier with Pam who has had a scare which has turned her from her embittered former personality into a woman who now appreciates her husband. Neil Watson grows too though he seems to want to present himself as a one-dimensional character. Rachel is moving into dangerous territory in her love-life and isn't happy yet in her newly found surroundings away from her family. It's full of plot and rich characters this novel. Superb.
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