Serpent's Point —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. The large house on the headland is shrouded in an ancient tale of evil, and when a woman is found strangled on the coastal path, DI Wesley Peterson is called ...

The stone chamber —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

On a summers' evening, Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead at their isolated home in the Devon countryside. DI Wesley Peterson suspects the execution-style murders might be linked to Robert's past career in the police...

Dead man's lane —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

Strangefields Farm is notorious for its sinister history ever since serial killer Jackson Temples lured young women to the premises, and the girls never left alive. Now, decades later, Strangefields is being transformed ...

The burial circle —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DEAD MAN'S LANE, ISBN 9780349418292. In the 24th entry of the 'Wesley Peterson' series, PI Wesley Peterson investigates the mysterious deaths of a young hitchhiker and a famous TV psychic. But he...

The house of the hanged woman —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

Derbyshire, 1921. When an MP goes missing in a Derbyshire village, Scotland Yard detective Albert Lincoln is sent to investigate. A grim discovery has been made in a cave next to an ancient stone circle: the naked body o...

The Jackal man —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

When Clare Mayers is almost killed on her way home by a man she describes as having a "dogs head" it's up to DI Wesley Peterson and his team to try and unravel this strange case. Meanwhile, archaeologist Neil Watson has ...

Walking by night —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

Taking a short cut home beneath the ruined abbey in the centre of the city, a teenage girl reports stumbling across a body. She also claims to have seen a mysterious nun-like figure watching her from the shadows. The gir...

The mermaid's scream —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

Why did Wynn Staniland, a legend in the literary world, suddenly become a recluse in the 1980s? Most assumed he stopped writing because of his wife's bizarre suicide; a death that mirrored a murder case from the nineteen...

The boy who lived with the dead —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

It is 1920 and Scotland Yard detective, DI Albert Lincoln, is still reeling from the disturbing events of the previous year. Trapped in a loveless marriage and tired of his life in London, he's pleased when he's called t...

Seeking the dead —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

The shroud maker —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

A year on from the mysterious disappearance of Jenny Bercival, DI Wesley Peterson is called in when the body of a strangled woman is found floating out to sea in a dinghy. The discovery mars the festivities of the Palkin...

The marriage hearse —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

"When Kirsten Harbourn is found strangled and naked on her wedding day, DI Wesley Peterson makes some alarming discoveries. Kirsten was being pursued by an obsessed stalker and she had dark secrets her doting fiancé, Pe...

The Mechanical Devil —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind the bizarre find. Soon, however, the village becomes the focus of press attention...

Skeleton room —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

When builders converting a former girls' school, Chadleigh Hall, into a luxury hotel discover a skeleton in a sealed room, DI Wesley Peterson and his boss, Gerry Heffernan, are called in to investigate. But they soon hav...

The death season —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

When DI Wesley Peterson is summoned to investigate a killing, he assumes that the case is a routine matter. But soon dark secrets and deadly deceptions start to emerge from the victim's past, and Wesley begins to realise...

A high mortality of doves —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatter...

Kissing the demons : a Joe Plantagenet mystery —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

13 Torland Place is a house with a disturbing past. Not only was it the scene of five terrible murders back in the 19th century, but the place is also linked to the disappearance of two teenage girls. When a student livi...

The marriage hearse —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

At 5 P.M. on a snowy night, Maurice Locksley, sometime literary stud, stops off at a Boston pub and there, with a glass of beer, launches a 10 1/2 hour journey into the riskier regions of the heart. First he's off to din...

The house of eyes —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

When Darren Hatman reports his daughter missing, DI Wesley Peterson isn't too concerned. Leanne Hatman is an aspiring model, keen to abandon her native Devon for the bright lights of London. However, Darren's claim that ...

The boy who lived with the dead —Ellis, Kate, 1953- author.

It is 1920 and Scotland Yard detective, DI Albert Lincoln, is still reeling from the disturbing events of the previous year. Trapped in a loveless marriage and tired of his life in London, he's pleased when he's called t...