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Kate Ellis
By the Author
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 in…
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…
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
'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…
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
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When a teenage girl is strangled and left for dead on a lonely country lane,…
The Marriage Hearse
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times A young woman is found strangled and naked, hours before her wedding. DI Wesley Peterson…
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
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times A stir is caused in Tradmouth when a letter arrives at the police station claiming…
The Skeleton Room
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When builders converting Chadleigh Hall, a former school, into a luxury hotel discover a skeleton…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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 Flesh Tailor
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times When Dr James Dalcott is shot dead in his cottage it looks very much like…
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…
The Blood Pit
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. A man has been…
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…