Serpent's Point: Book 26 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

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The three have been good friends since their university days, and it doesn't take much for Pam to realize that she chose the right man: ". I can’t count the number of books I’ve read and the plot is over in 50 pages, where the author is cramming the ending like a pack of sardines in.

A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. She has also twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger and been longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Busy because it also is a site of suspected Roman habitation discovered by two young girls using their metal detectors. The enticing opening of this the 26th book in the DI Wesley Peterson series set in Devon has you hooked with the first line ‘The Bridegroom had strangler’s hands. A predator is finding vulnerable women, draining their resources and disposing of them in various ways.I wouldn't say this story gripped and intrigued me as much as some of the others but still a solid, very readable instalment. Meanwhile Neil, Wesley's friend from his days as an anthropology student, is excited to find what looks like the remains of a Roman village and we learn, through letters, that this is not a new discovery.

Quite often it can be clunky when there are multiple time lines, but keeping the timeline in the past quite simply narrated really worked well. Crime and mystery stories have always fascinated her, as have medieval history and archaeology which she likes to incorporate in her books.This is extremely difficult to do because author Kate Ellis is one of the best at supplying some first-class misdirection.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Another totally absorbing murder mystery in South Devon featuring Wesley Peterson and "pals" doing what they do best in their own ways. and, once again, an amazing plot and the connections made between archaeology and the present time and crime are enthrauling. Despite his interest in archaeology Wesley took the decision to join the police force, although he still retains his interest in archaeology and also his friendship with Neil. As in every book of this series, there's a parallel story involving Wesley's archaeologist friend Neil Watson, who's excavating a possible Roman site near the scene of Susan's murder.

I've read all books in this series and this one didn't disappoint, though I did get a bit confused with the number of characters appearing and had look back sometimes to remember who was who. She worked in teaching, marketing and accountancy before first enjoying writing success as a winner of the North West Playwrights competition. Interspersed with Wesley’s investigation there are several diary entries dating from May to June 1921 from the journal of Dr Aldus Claye, who at that time was also excited at a possible Roman settlement in his field. I really enjoyed Serpent's Point because Wesley's friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, has a larger role. Then we move forward five years to the discovery of the dead body of a woman probably in her early thirties lying on a costal path.Susan was quite attractive and empathetic and, at one point, had an admirer who she thought of as a stalker. There were elements in the story as I read that seemed familiar but it still felt as if I hadn’t read the book.