The Blood Pit: Book 12 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series
By (Author) Kate Ellis
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
1st October 2008
7th August 2008
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
352
Width 155mm, Height 177mm, Spine 22mm
193g
Never has DI Wesley Peterson witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. The victim, Charles Marrick, has been murdered, his body drained of blood. Described by those who knew him as 'evil', it seems that Wesley isn't going to have any shortage of suspects - until a popular local vet is murdered in an identical fashion...and a third body is discovered many miles away.
And when Wesley's archaeologist friend, Neil Watson, starts getting disturbing anonymous letters written in gory detail about macabre events at a medieval abbey - which Neil fears are being sent by the killer Wesley is looking for - Wesley wonders whether there could be a connection between all these deaths and Neil's letters. And could Neil himself be in danger As the sinister truth unfolds, both Wesley and Neil are forced to face tragedy and shocking revelations...and a killer who bears the scars of past sins.A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
Star author. Unputdownable * Bookseller *
A gripping read * Best Magazine *
Skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative -- Gerald Kaufman * The Scotsman *
Traditional detective fiction with a historical twist - fans will love it * Scotland on Sunday *
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 MAIDED, was nominated for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2005.