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 fianc, Peter, knew nothing about. But Kirsten's wasn't the only wedding planned to take place that July day in South Devon.

At Morbay register office a terrified young girl makes her wedding vows. And a few days later her bridegroom is found dead in a seedy seaside hotel. As Wesley investigates he suspects that his death and his bride's subsequent disappearance might be linked to Kirsten's murder. Meanwhile the skeleton of a young female is found buried in a farmer's field - a field that once belonged to the family of Ralph Strong, an Elizabethan playwright whose play, 'The Fair Wife of Padua' is to be performed for the first time in four hundred years.

Is this bloodthirsty play a confession to a murder committed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1? Or does it tell another story, one that might cast light on recent mysteries?

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

Reviews
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times *
Star author. Unputdownable * Bookseller *
Star author. Unputdownable * Bookseller *
A gripping read * Best Magazine *
A gripping read * Best Magazine *
Skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative * The Scotsman *
Skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narrative * The Scotsman *
Traditional detective fiction with a historical twist - fans will love it * Scotland on Sunday *
Traditional detective fiction with a historical twist - fans will love it * Scotland on Sunday *



Book Information
ISBN 9780349418933
Author Kate Ellis
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Piatkus Books
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 208g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 20mm