The Merchant's House by Kate Ellis
DS Wesley Peterson, newly arrived in the West Country town of Tradmouth, has his hands full when a child goes missing and a young woman is brutally murdered on a lonely cliff path. Then his old friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, unearths the skeletons of a strangled woman and a new born baby in the cellar of an ancient merchant's house nearby. As the investigation continues, Wesley begins to suspect that these deaths, centuries apart, may be linked by age-old motives of jealousy, a sexual obsession and desperate longing. And the pressure is on if he is going to prevent a further tragedy... Kate Ellis's wonderfully addictive series of West Country set crime novels feature Wesley Peterson, one of Devon's first black detectives.
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present* THE TIMES *
Detective fiction with a historical twist- fans... will love it. * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
Detective fiction with a historical twist- fans... will love it. * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
Kate Ellis first enjoyed literary success as a winner of the North West Playwrights competition. She was nominated twice for the CWA Short Story Dagger 2003 and THE PLAGUE MAIDEN was nominated for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2005.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749936990 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749936991 |
| Title | The Merchant's House |
| Author | Kate Ellis |
| Series | Wesley Peterson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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