DI Joe Plantagenet and DS Sunny Porter have an unusual double homicide
to investigate. A man and a woman have been killed in similar
circumstances and left in a cemetery, their bodies naked. The press has
dubbed the killer “The Resurrectionist Man”.
DCI Emily Thwaite is their new senior officer and she wants to get up to speed on both cases.
Meanwhile, the daughter of Joe’s deceased former partner has moved into a
flat near the cathedral. The girl who had lived there previously had
disappeared owing a months rent. Now Carmel has received a threatening
message on her answer machine and two letters addressed to the missing
girl. She asks Joe what to do. When Joe looks at the letters, he
recognises the name of a recent motor vehicle accident.
The day after visiting Carmel, the body of the missing girl is found in a
graveyard in a nearby town. The killer has struck a third time. The
team have numerous suspects, but later when the main suspect turns out
to be a victim himself, the case is turned topsy-turvy. Where do they
go with the case now? Who could the next victim be?
Author Kate Ellis has written an excellent thriller in this new series
for me. She gives the reader a few suspects before presenting the real
one in the closing pages. A thoroughly enjoyable read and I look
forward to reading the sequels.
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