Friday, March 8, 2019

The Marriage Hearse

The church was ready, friends and family awaited as did the groom, but there wasn’t going to be a wedding today because the bride was lying on her bed - dead!

DI Wesley Peterson and DCI Gerry Heffernan set about getting to know the victim by interviewing the people who knew her best.  However, as much as they have learned about her, Peterson feels that he still really doesn’t know her.

Two days later Peterson has to go to a farm where a skeleton was discovered by a treasure seeker.  That same day DC Steve Carstairs discovers that the victim was being watched by private investigators on behalf of a man who claimed to be her fiancé.  They have two potential suspects and both seem to have disappeared.

Dr. Neil Watson, Peterson’s archaeologist friend, examines the skeleton in situ and declares it to be an old burial.  However, the police have another body on their hands.  A man has been found murdered in his hotel room.

Despite having caught the killer of the girl, Peterson has doubts.  There seems to be more to the case, and it could be connected to the death of the man.

Peterson and his team need to gather evidence yet, as author Kate Ellis leads the reader by the nose hinting at perpetrators, each with their own valid reason for being the killer.  She then provides a surprising twist to the plot, which leaves the reader both surprised and shocked.  A thoroughly enjoyable read.

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