Seeking the Dead (Joe Plantagenet Murder Mystery): Number 1 in series

Seeking the Dead (Joe Plantagenet Murder Mystery): Number 1 in series

by KateEllis (Author)

Synopsis

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 prowl ? a killer who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their naked bodies in isolated country churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man. Tragic events from the past link Carmel with new-kid-on-the-block DI Joe Plantagenet, who, with his new boss, DCI Emily Thwaite, faces the unenviable task of identifying the killer before he claims another victim. The victims appear to have nothing in common but the manner of their deaths, but as Joe's investigations lead him to a pub with a sinister history, he is forced to consider that the case may have occult connections. Then Carmel becomes aware of a malevolent presence in her new flat and, when she starts to receive mysterious threats, it is Joe she turns to first. And that is when Joe is forced to get into the mind of a cunning ? and scarily ruthless ? killer.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Published: 07 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 0749908610
ISBN 13: 9780749908614

Media Reviews
'Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative... The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected. An agreeable mystery' - Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman 'Beguiling' - The Observer
Author Bio
Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. Keenly interested in medieval history and archaeology, she is married with two sons and lives in Cheshire. She is the author of twelve Wesley Peterson crime novels set in Devon. The Merchant's House, the Armada Boy, An Unhallowed Grave, The Funeral Boat, The Bone Garden, A Painted Doom, The Skeleton Room, The Plague Maiden, A Cursed Inheritance, The Marriage Hearse, The Shining Skull and The Blood Pit are also published by Piatkus. Kate Ellis 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.