
The Shroud Maker
Kate Ellis(Author)
Piatkus Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. January 2014
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-7499-5804-6 (ISBN)
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Description
A grisly find ...A year on from the mysterious disappearance of Jenny Bercival, DI Wesley Peterson is called in when the body of a strangled woman is found floating out to sea in a dinghy.The discovery mars the festivities of the Palkin Festival, held each year to celebrate the life of John Palkin, a fourteenth century Mayor of Tradmouth who made his fortune from trade and piracy. And now it seems like death and mystery have returned to haunt the town. A faceless enemy ...Could there be a link between the two women? One missing, one brutally murdered? And is there a connection to a fantasy website called Shipworld which features Palkin as a supernatural hero with a sinister, faceless nemesis called the Shroud Maker? Will history repeat itself once again? When archaeologist Neil Watson makes a grim discovery on the site of Palkin's warehouse, it looks as if history might have inspired the killer.And it is only by delving into the past that Wesley comes to learn the truth ...a truth that will bring mortal danger in its wake.
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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 Evening Telegraph (Peterborough)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7499-5804-6 (9780749958046)
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Kate Ellis was born in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. Kate has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Short Story Dagger and the novel, The Plague Maiden, was nominated for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2005.