DI Wesley Peterson and his wife are at his sister and brother-in-law's for
a dinner party, at which one of the guests hasn’t shown up. When he
receives a call to attend a crime scene, Peterson is relieved to get
away. However, when he arrives at the scene, DCI Gerry Heffernan informs him of
the victim’s name and Peterson understands why the dinner guest hadn’t
shown up - he had been shot in the head.
The following day while interviewing a woman who was close to the
victim, Peterson received a call about two skeletons being dug up while a
local businessman was having a services trench excavated. Dr. Neil
Watson is called in to do an archaeological survey of the area. He is
also interested in the nearby Tudor house. He asks the owners if he can
look more closely at it. He discovers a mysterious room up in the
attic that gives him the creeps.
Two neighbours to the shooting victim suddenly disappear and Watson has
discovered another skeleton near the first two. What is going on, and
what went on? When Dr. Watson discovers a fifth body, everyone is
shocked to find out that it was a male child, and the death was more
recent. This now makes it into the realm of a modern murder and
therefore a case for Heffernan and Peterson to follow up on.
Author Kate Ellis’ latest murder mystery has several twists, which tie
the old murder to the current death in a surprising way. It also closes
with an enigmatic thought. All-in-all, a very good read, which was
hard to put down.
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