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Kate Ellis
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Serpent's Point
The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling DI Wesley Peterson crime series 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times __________________ Serpent's Point…
The House of Eyes
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When Darren Hatman first reports his daughter missing, DI Wesley Peterson isn't too concerned. Leanne…
The Mermaid's Scream
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Most assumed that literary legend Wynn Staniland stopped writing because of his wife's tragic suicide.…
The Stone Chamber
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times __________________ On a summer evening, Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead at their home…
The Cadaver Game
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times The decaying body of a woman is discovered in a suburban house in South Devon,…
The Shadow Collector
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Lilith Benley and her mother, rumoured to be witches, were convicted of the brutal murder…
The House of the Hanged Woman
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times 'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 1921. When a Member of…
The Burial Circle
A skeleton discovered. A murder to be solved . . . On a stormy night in December, a tree is blown down on an isolated…
The Armada Boy
'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves When archaeologist Neil Watson finds the body of an American veteran of the D-Day landings…
The Boy Who Lived with the Dead
'Haunting' Independent 'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 'A splendidly macabre thriller' Andrew Taylor 1920. Scotland Yard detective DI Albert Lincoln…
Dead Man's Lane
The gripping new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson series from acclaimed crime writer Kate Ellis. Some paths lead only to the grave . .…
The Mechanical Devil
Secrets never stay buried for long . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined…
The Mole Catcher's Daughter
An original short story taken from the anthology Motives for Murder, by members of The Detection Club Historical expert Kate Ellis pays tribute to Peter…
A High Mortality of Doves
1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms…
The Death Season
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When DI Wesley Peterson is summoned to investigate a killing, he assumes that the case…
The Shroud Maker
A grisly find . . . A year on from the mysterious disappearance of Jenny Bercival, DI Wesley Peterson is called in when the body…
An Unhallowed Grave
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…
The Shining Skull
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and, when he never returned home, by his…
The Merchant's House
The first mystery in the bestselling DI Wesley Peterson crime series set on the windswept Devon coast, by million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis. 'A beguiling…
A Cursed Inheritance
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in 1985 shocked the country…
Playing With Bones
Is the Doll Strangler back? Or is a copycat killer on the loose...? Singmass Close has a sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of…
Seeking The Dead
When Carmel Hennessy begins a new job in North Yorkshire, she finds the historic city of Eborby gripped by fear. A killer is on the…