
A Cursed Inheritance
Book 9 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series
Kate Ellis(Author)
Piatkus Books (Publisher)
Published on 8. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-7499-3606-8 (ISBN)
Description
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 journalist researching the case is murdered twenty years later, the horror is reawakened. Sixteenth century Potwoolstan Hall, now a New Age healing centre, is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder, and it seems that inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet. As more people die violently, Wesley needs to discover why a young woman has transformed a dolls house into a miniature reconstruction of the massacre scene. And could the solution to his case lie across the Atlantic Ocean, in the ruined remains of an early English settlement in Virginia USA? When the truth is finally revealed, it turns out to be as horrifying as it is dangerous.
Reviews / Votes
The guesswork goes on until the end in the latest of this excellent series * The Good Book Guide * Star author. Unputdownable * Bookseller * A gripping read * Best Magazine * A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times * Traditional detective fiction with a twist - fans will love it * Scotland on Sunday * Skilfully weaves past and present into a seamless narrative -- Gerald Kaufman * The Scotsman *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 183 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7499-3606-8 (9780749936068)
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E-Book
01/2011
Piatkus Books
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Person
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.
In 2019 Kate won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. It was the second time she had been shortlisted for the award, and she has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger.
Visit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk
In 2019 Kate won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. It was the second time she had been shortlisted for the award, and she has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger.
Visit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk