The Cadaver Game (Wesley Peterson) - Softcover

Ellis, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749953721 ISBN 13: 9780749953720

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2012

Synopsis

When the decaying body of a murdered woman is discovered in a suburban house DI Wesley Peterson has problems establishing her true identity. But as he tries to find out more about the mysterious woman he has another more disturbing case to investigate. The naked bodies of two teenagers have been found with shotgun wounds at the foot of a cliff. As Wesley searches for the truth, both cases become stranger, especially when he finds a link to a sinister manhunt mirroring events from the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Why did the teenage victims take part in an on-line game called Blood Hunt which they were eventually persuaded to play for real? Then a skeleton is found near the place where the dead teenagers were last seen alive and Wesley finally has to face a terrible truth...and a hunt to the death.

About this title

About the Author

Kate Ellis was born in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. Kate has twice been nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Short Story Dagger and the novel, THE PLAGUE MAIDEN, was nominated for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2005.

From the Back Cover

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.

Praise for KATE ELLIS:

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

'Star author. Unputdownable' Bookseller

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749953721
• ISBN 13: 9780749953720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384