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The Merchant's House: A gripping, detective thriller with a heart-stopping twist Paperback – 11 May 2006

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In the West Country port of Tradmouth DS Wesley Peterson is investigating the brutal murder of a young woman on a cliff path and searching for a missing toddler. Meanwhile, archaeologist Neil Watson is excavating a merchant's house nearby when he is shocked to uncover the bodies of a woman and child, both strangled.

As more information is revealed, Wesley begins to suspect that these deaths, though centuries apart, are strangely and tragically linked by age-old motives of jealousy, sexual obsession and desperate longing. And the pressure is on if he is to prevent a further tragedy...

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Publisher : Piatkus; 1st edition (11 May 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0749936991
ISBN-13 : 978-0749936990
Dimensions : 11.43 x 1.78 x 17.78 cm

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A beguiling author who interweaves past and present. - THE TIMES

Detective fiction with a historical twist- fans... will love it. - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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Author lives in Cheadle, Cheshire.

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Nana Mez

AWESOME READ

Reviewed in Australia on 17 March 2017

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I love English Murder mysteries and I have just cpme across Kate Ellis and her DS Wesley Peterson series. I am only 20% through the 1st book in the series and I am in heaven. It has everything I love - murder, history, archaeology and to top it off a long series of 20 (at this stage) more books to follow in the Wesley Peterson series. Wesley is an ex London copper who joins the CID and gets a posting tot a small (fictional) town in the country's west along with his teacher wife. As well as solving mysteries there is also a personal element which needs to be followed probably in order. Each book appears to have 2 mysteries - a modern day one and an historical one - which introduces the Archaeologist side of it in the form of an old friend who he meets up with. The books are short - 250 or so pages and although a little expensive they are well worth the price. Certainly a good can't put down book.

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Grim tale.

Reviewed in Australia on 18 August 2018

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Gripping, but I found the content disturbing.

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FIRST CLASS READ!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2018

Very cleverly written parallel murder mysteries, one set 400 years in the past and one present day.

As always Kate Ellis weaves a terrific tale with smart twists and turns. Her characterisation is excellent, resulting in a great British murder mystery read :)

GOOD ONE!

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Annik Lamotte

So glad I found this author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2020

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I bought this book yesterday and read it in two sittings, having literally been unable to put it down. I enjoyed it enormously and look forward to working my way through the others in the series. I like being in the company of the characters, who come across as real and sympathetic. The twists and turns of the plot are accomplished and believable, and the book is well-written. What more could you ask from an intelligent whodunnit?

I found the author by a chance recommendation and thought I would give her work a try. I am so pleased that I did.

Doreen

Very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2020

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I liked the story and the characters are very engaging, I will read the next book in the series, the only thing that really annoyed me was the slight alteration to the place names ie : Tadmouth ( Dartmouth ) Queenswear ( Kingswear ) Why not use the proper names or make them completely different? I found myself distracted correcting each time , shame , otherwise a good read .

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KL.Caley

An excellent start to the series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2015

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This is the opening novel of the Wesley Peterson series, about a police sergeant and his wife moving from London to the West Country. Wesley's interest in archaeology brings the story of the merchant house to the reader's attention quickly while the diary extract of the "merchant" are excellently placed adding to the drama. The modern mystery is handled excellently for a missing child subject, something that should be handled sensitively and the author achieves this while also weaving in the story of Wesley and his wife trying to conceive their first child, bringing a tender touch to the storyline.
The locations are well described and very visual, although perhaps a few too many places covered for the first novel in the series. The sense of everyone having something to hide came across very well in this book, leaving the suspect list wide open.
The fact that this is a series could be picked up while reading this book, but I don't think it detracted from the story line, just a sense of waiting for the characters to grow a little more on the reader. I would say as a standalone novel this book was very good, but as a series I am hoping for it to be excellent.

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Murder

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2016

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Very interesting format. I had already read a similar series by Elly Griffiths set in Norfolk - archeologist and detective - which I enjoyed and read whole series. Then I saw this set in Cornwall and wondered if I'd enjoy it. But excellent. Slightly different format- History in form of diary or historical book extract. Modern day murder running side by side, in this case similar murder different time period. Well worth a read. I'm on to the next one in the series!

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Simon Easterbrook

Most enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2020

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Kate Ellis was an author suggested to me by someone on another author’s Facebook site. I am very pleased that I decided to try this book. The characters are very believable and the storyline hooks you in and keeps your interest all the way through. I have ordered more of these books and look forward to reading the whole series.

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