Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the brand new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series.
When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village, DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The victim, Barry Brown, is a celebrity ghostwriter and the theft of his laptop suggests that the motive for murder may lie in his work.
While Wesley investigates Barry’s famous clients, Wesley’s teenage son Michael joins family friend, Dr Neil Watson, on an intriguing excavation of a crashed World War Two plane on Dartmoor. The plane was used to ferry secret agents into Europe during the war and, when three skeletons are discovered nearby, it seems the wreckage might hold more secrets than they could ever have imagined.
Wesley’s case leads him to the same area and he discovers a sinister history surrounding the moor and the nearby village of Moor Barton.
With four unexplained deaths, can Wesley solve the mystery before anyone else is put in danger?
Whether you’ve read the whole series, or are discovering Kate Ellis’s DI Wesley Peterson novels for the first time, this is the perfect page-turner if you love reading Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths.
Praise for Kate Ellis . . .
‘Clever plotting hides a powerful story of loss, malice and deception’ Ann Cleeves
‘Haunting’ Independent
‘The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end’ Closer
‘Unputdownable’ Bookseller
‘A fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph
When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village, DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The victim, Barry Brown, is a celebrity ghostwriter and the theft of his laptop suggests that the motive for murder may lie in his work.
While Wesley investigates Barry’s famous clients, Wesley’s teenage son Michael joins family friend, Dr Neil Watson, on an intriguing excavation of a crashed World War Two plane on Dartmoor. The plane was used to ferry secret agents into Europe during the war and, when three skeletons are discovered nearby, it seems the wreckage might hold more secrets than they could ever have imagined.
Wesley’s case leads him to the same area and he discovers a sinister history surrounding the moor and the nearby village of Moor Barton.
With four unexplained deaths, can Wesley solve the mystery before anyone else is put in danger?
Whether you’ve read the whole series, or are discovering Kate Ellis’s DI Wesley Peterson novels for the first time, this is the perfect page-turner if you love reading Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths.
Praise for Kate Ellis . . .
‘Clever plotting hides a powerful story of loss, malice and deception’ Ann Cleeves
‘Haunting’ Independent
‘The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end’ Closer
‘Unputdownable’ Bookseller
‘A fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on’ Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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Reviews
I loved this novel . . . Clever plotting hides a powerful story of loss, malice and deception
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present
The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end
Star author. Unputdownable
Haunting
A crime writing sensation . . . stories steeped in spine-tingling atmospherics and set in intriguing locations - often incorporating gems of real history . . . this is the perfect summer thriller
Keeps you guessing until the dramatic climax
A traditional detective story with an intriguing historical twist . . . Ellis is a fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on
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