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Kate Ellis
By the Author
The House of the Hanged Woman
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times 'I loved this novel . . . A powerful story of loss, malice and deception'…
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…
Dead Man's Lane
Some paths lead only to the grave . . . Strangefields Farm is notorious for its sinister history ever since artist Jackson Temples lured young…
The Boy Who Lived with the Dead
A child haunted by the past. A village troubled by secrets. 'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves The second historical thriller…
The Mechanical Devil
The compelling twenty-second mystery in the bestselling Wesley Peterson series, by acclaimed crime writer Kate Ellis. 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The…
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…
The Mermaid's Scream
Why did Wynn Staniland, a legend in the literary world, suddenly become a recluse in the 1980s? Most assumed he stopped writing because of his…
A High Mortality of Doves
'Haunting' Independent 'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves The first gripping historical thriller in the Albert Lincoln series by bestselling crime…
The House of Eyes
When Darren Hatman reports his daughter missing, DI Wesley Peterson isn't too concerned. Leanne Hatman is an aspiring model, keen to abandon her native Devon…
The Death Season
A complex case . . . When DI Wesley Peterson is summoned to investigate a killing, he assumes that the case is a routine matter.…
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…
The Shadow Collector
Lilith Benley and her mother, rumoured to be witches, were convicted of the brutal murder of two teenage girls. Eighteen years later Lilith is released…
The Cadaver Game
When the decaying body of a murdered woman is discovered in a suburban house following an anonymous tip off, DI Wesley Peterson has problems establishing…
The Jackal Man
When a teenage girl is strangled and left for dead on a lonely country lane, by an attacker she describes has having the head of…
The Skeleton Room
When workmen converting former girls' boarding school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover a skeleton in a sealed room, DI Wesley Peterson and his…
The Merchant's House
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times DS Wesley Peterson, newly arrived in the West Country town of Tradmouth, has his hands…
The Plague Maiden
When a letter arrives at Tradmouth police station, addressed to a DCI Norbert it causes quite a stir. For though DCI Norbert has long since…
The Marriage Hearse
When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes some alarming discoveries. Kirsten was being pursued by an…
The Shining Skull
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…
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…
An Unhallowed Grave
A twisted murder mirrors a dark legend . . . When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a…
The Flesh Tailor
When Dr James Dalcott is shot dead in his cottage it looks very much like an execution. And as DI Wesley Peterson begins piecing together…
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…
The Armada Boy
A murder that echoes across the years . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson finds the body of an American veteran of the D-Day landings…
A Painted Doom
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a find which excites…
A Cursed Inheritance
The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore. And when a…
The Blood Pit
Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has been murdered, his body drained of blood. Described by…
The Bone Garden
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is halted when a skeleton is…
A Perfect Death
When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon, it seems like a case of mistaken identity. Until DI Wesley Peterson learns…
The Funeral Boat
'The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end' Closer When a skeleton is discovered on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson,…