The Mermaid's Scream by Kate Ellis

The Mermaid's Scream by Kate Ellis

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The gripping twenty-first DI Wesley Peterson mystery by award-winning crime writer Kate Ellis.

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The Mermaid's Scream by Kate Ellis

'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. Yet writer Zac Wilkinson hopes to reveal the true story to the world in his upcoming biography of Staniland. When Zac is found brutally murdered, DI Wesley Peterson finds that Staniland is a link between Zac's death and an unexplained poisoning of a couple in a local caravan park. He suspects that the killings are a grim re-enactment of the murder of Mary Field, which inspired Staniland's best-known novel. As Wesley begins to unravel decades of deception, he discovers that someone close to him is involved - and the truth proves almost too much to bear . . . 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 Elly Griffiths and Ann Cleeves. PRAISE FOR KATE ELLIS: 'I loved this novel . . . a powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 'Haunting' Independent 'Unputdownable' Bookseller 'The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end' Closer 'A gripping read' Best 'A fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on' Peterborough Evening Telegraph
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative..The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected * Bookseller *
Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative...The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected * Bookseller *
The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end * Closer *
The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end * Closer *
Well worth a read for anyone who enjoys 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 * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *
Well worth a read for anyone who enjoys 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 * Peterborough Evening Telegraph *

Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the award-winning author of the DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries.

Kate has won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. She has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger and been longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award.

Visit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk

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ISBN 13 9780349413112
ISBN 10 0349413118
Title The Mermaid's Scream
Author Kate Ellis
Series Di Wesley Peterson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2017-08-03
Number of pages 384
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