The Marriage Hearse by Kate Ellis

The Marriage Hearse by Kate Ellis

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 obsessed stalker and she had dark secrets her doting fianc, Peter, knew nothing about. But Kirsten's wasn't the only wedding planned to take place that July day in South Devon. At Morbay register office a terrified young girl makes her wedding vows. And a few days later her bridegroom is found dead in a seedy seaside hotel. As Wesley investigates he suspects that his death and his bride's subsequent disappearance might be linked to Kirsten's murder. Meanwhile the skeleton of a young female is found buried in a farmer's field - a field that once belonged to the family of Ralph Strong, an Elizabethan playwright whose play, 'The Fair Wife of Padua' is to be performed for the first time in four hundred years. Is this bloodthirsty play a confession to a murder committed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1? Or does it tell another story, one that might cast light on recent mysteries?

A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
Star authorUnputdownable * Bookseller *
A gripping read * Best Magazine *
Skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative -- Gerald Kaufman * The Scotsman *
Traditional detective fiction with a historical twist - fans will love it * Scotland on Sunday *

Kate Ellis lives in Cheadle in Cheshire but has strong connections to the West Country where her novels are set.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780749907839
ISBN 10	0749907835
Title	The Marriage Hearse
Author	Kate Ellis
Series	Wesley Peterson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2006-03-23
Number of pages	304
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