The Skeleton Room: Book 7 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series - Softcover

Ellis, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034941890X ISBN 13: 9780349418902

Verlag: Piatkus, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

When workmen converting former girls' boarding school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover a skeleton in a sealed room, DI Wesley Peterson and his boss, Gerry Heffernan are called in to investigate. But within minutes they have a second suspicious death on their hands: a team of marine archaeologists working on a nearby shipwreck have dragged a woman's body from the sea. And it becomes clear that her death was no accident., The dead woman's husband may be linked with a brutal robbery of computer equipment but Wesley soon discovers that the victim had secrets of her own. As he investigates Chadleigh Hall's past and the woman's violent death, both trails lead in surprising directions and matters are further complicated when a man wanted for a murder in London appears on the scene, a man who may know more about Wesley's cases than he admits...

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Críticas:

A beguiling author who interweaves past and present (The Times)

Star author. Unputdownable (Bookseller)

A gripping read (Best Magazine)

Skilfully interweaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative (Gerald Kaufman The Scotsman)

Traditional detective twist with a historical twist - fans will love it (Scotland on Sunday)

Contraportada:

The 7th novel in Kate Ellis's wonderfully addictive Wesley Peterson series

When builders converting a former girls' school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover a skeleton in a sealed room, DI Wesley Peterson and his boss, Gerry Heffernan are called in to investigate.

But they soon have a second suspicious death on their hands: a team of marine archaeologists working on a nearby shipwreck off the Devon coast have dragged a woman's body from the sea.

As Wesley investigates Chadleigh Hall's past and the woman's violent death, both trails lead in surprising directions. Matters are further complicated when a man wanted for murder in London appears on the scene - a man who may know more about the case than he admits . . .

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• Verlag: Piatkus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 034941890X
• ISBN 13: 9780349418902
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384