When
a man reports his daughter missing, it looks like she has
merely gone off to London to pursue a modelling career. But
when the man is found murdered in the grounds of the luxury
Eyecliffe Castle hotel where his daughter was working, it
begins to look more suspicious. Wesley’s archaeologist
friend Neil has met the photographer who worked on the missing
girl’s portfolio while working on a dig in Sicily, and
when he returns to a dig in the grounds of the same hotel,
he unearths evidence of more crimes. Meanwhile Wesley has
problems of his own at home.
No year is complete without the latest instalment of the Wesley
Peterson series and I always find myself wishing they appeared
more frequently. Despite being police procedurals, there is
nothing standard about them; the author weaves a link between
present day and historical events and is adept too at depicting
modern Devon. This time the modern murders link back to disappearances
from the 1950s, an old Grand Tour journal from the 1780s and
farther back into Sicilian history. In the present day, Wesley’s
family has an all too common nightmare to endure, Rachel anticipates
her wedding and Gerry continues to recover from his attack
of two books ago. Expect many plot twists and the usual involving
story, a mixture of the familiar and the bizarre. If you haven’t
read any of this series, you are in for a treat, but you will
need to start at the beginning with The Merchant’s
House so you don’t spoil part of the series‘
strength, which is the characters. Highly recommended.
An
Hallowed Grave #3
The
Bone Garden #5
A
Perfect Death #13
The
Flesh Tailor #14
The
Shadow Collector #17
The
Shroud Maker #18
House
of Eyes #20
The
Mechanical Devil #22
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