When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The victim Barry Brown is a celebrity ghostwriter and the theft of his laptop suggests that the motive for murder may lie in his work. While Wesley investigates Barry's famous clients Wesley's teenage son Michael joins family friend Dr Neil Watson on an intriguing excavation of a crashed World War Two plane on Dartmoor. The plane was used to ferry secret agents into Europe during the war and when three skeletons are discovered nearby it seems the wreckage might hold more secrets. Wesley's case leads him to the same area and he discovers a sinister history surrounding the moor and the nearby village of Moor Barton. With four unexplained deaths can Wesley solve the mystery before anyone else is put in danger?
Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She has worked in teaching, marketing and accountancy and first enjoyed literary success as a winner of the North West ... more
