An archaeological dig provides DI Wesley Peterson with a secret that may help him unveil the culprits behind a string of kidnappings
Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and when he never returned home, his grieving family assumed the worst. Thirty years later, teenage singing star Leah Wakefield has disappeared and DI Wesley Peterson has reason to suspect that the same kidnapper is responsible. Another abductor is also at work in the area, a man who tricks blonde women into a bogus taxi and cuts off their hair. Leah may have fallen prey to the man the newspapers call "The Barber," or maybe she suffered a more sinister fate. Meanwhile, archaeologist Neil Watson's gruesome task of exhuming the dead from a local churchyard yields a mystery of its own when a coffin is found to contain one corpse too many. The extra corpse may be linked to a strange religious sect dating back several hundred years. Wesley’s case load now spans several decades, and he soon discovers that the past can be a very dangerous place indeed.
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"'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, SCOTSMAN 'a gripping read' BEST Magazine 'a beguiling author who interweaves past and present. Like its predecessor... the book works well on both levels' THE TIMES 'a well-written book which kept my on the edge of my seat...a real page-turner' YOURS"
About the Author
Kate Ellis is the author of The Wesley Peterson Series and has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association Short Story Dagger.
