The Cadaver Game: Number 16 in series (Wesley Peterson) - Hardcover

Ellis, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749953675 ISBN 13: 9780749953676

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2012

Synopsis

When the decaying body of a murdered woman is discovered, DI Peterson has difficulties establishing her true identity. But as he digs deeper, he has another disturbing case to investigate - the naked bodies of two teenagers have been found with fatal shotgun wounds at the foot of a cliff. As Wesley searches for the truth, both cases become stranger as he uncovers a connection between a sinister manhunt mirroring events from the time of the Napoleonic Wars and an online game that's gripped the imaginations of local teenagers. Then, as a skeleton is found near the place where the dead teenagers were last seen alive, Wesley has to face a terrible truth ...and a hunt to the death.

About this title

About the Author

Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the award-winning author of the DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries.

Kate has won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. 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.

Visit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk

From the Back Cover

Praise for KATE ELLIS:

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times

'Traditional detective fiction with a historical twist - fans of Time Team and The House Detectives will...love it' Scotland on Sunday

'[Kate Ellis] gets better with each new book' Bookseller

'Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative...The plotting is intricate and the finale totally unexpected. An agreeable mystery'Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman

'Kate Ellis is a fine story-teller, whose characters are well realised, and this one gripped me to the end' Shots Magazine

'Kept me on the edge of my seat' Yours Magazine

From the Inside Flap

When the decaying body of a murdered woman is discovered, DI Peterson has difficulties establishing her true identity. But as he digs deeper, he has another disturbing case to investigate - the naked bodies of two teenagers have been found with fatal shotgun wounds at the foot of a cliff.

As Wesley searches for the truth, both cases become stranger as he uncovers a connection between a sinister manhunt mirroring events from the time of the Napoleonic Wars and an online game that's gripped the imaginations of local teenagers.

Then, as a skeleton is found near the place where the dead teenagers were last seen alive, Wesley has to face a terrible truth . . . and a hunt to the death.

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749953675
• ISBN 13: 9780749953676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384