Category Archives: Wesley Peterson

The Plague Maiden by Kate Ellis

Huntleys Supermarket isn’t having the best of times. After a woman dies of botulism poisoning, anonymous letters warn of more contaminated goods. The excavation of the site for the new store has uncovered an apparent plague pit from the fourteenth … Continue reading

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The Skeleton Room by Kate Ellis

When two workers are busy converting Chadleigh Hall, a old girls’ school, into a luxury hotel, they break into a sealed room, only to reveal a skeleton. DI Wesley Peterson and his team investigate, their interest heightened when they discover … Continue reading

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A Painted Doom by Kate Ellis

When a teenager discovers an horrific painting in a medieval barn, the interest is piqued of local archaeologist Neil Watson. But soon the dead body of sixties pop idol Jonny Shellmer turns up in a nearby field and the teenager … Continue reading

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The Funeral Boat and The Bone Garden by Kate Ellis

So, to bring myself up to date, a double bill from one of my favourite current authors, Kate Ellis. I recently treated myself by filling all the gaps in my collection of the Wesley Peterson novels, a series of police … Continue reading

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The Armada Boy by Kate Ellis

A group of US D-Day veterans have returned to the Tradmouth area for a reunion, bringing their families with them. But for Norman Openheim, it’s the last visit that he will ever make, as he is found stabbed to death … Continue reading

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The Cadaver Game by Kate Ellis

Devon. Present Day. Tradmouth CID receive a tip-off and find the decaying remains of a woman lying in bed in a normal suburban house. Before DI Wesley Peterson and his team can investigate further, two more bodies are found – … Continue reading

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The Merchant’s House by Kate Ellis

During an excavation of an Elizabethan merchant’s house, archaeologist Neil Watson discovers the bones of a new-born baby. His old friend Wesley Peterson, newly arrived in Tradmouth CID, finds parallels with one of his cases – the disappearance without a … Continue reading

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The Jackal Man by Kate Ellis

A teenage girl is attacked and left for dead on a country road, but can only describe her attacker as having the head of a dog. When the next victim is found dead, wrapped in a linen sheet with some … Continue reading

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An Unhallowed Grave by Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis is the writer of nineteen mystery novels, fifteen of which feature Wesley Peterson, a police detective based in Devon with an interest in archaeology. As she was signing her latest novel, The Jackal Man, at Pritchard’s in Formby, … Continue reading

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