I am an enormous fan of these West Country detective yarns that intriguingly always weave a past mystery with the present, often through some archaeological dig or other and star the lovely black DI Wesley Peterson. Sadly, in this tale, he develops a roving eye and his subsequent guilt and angst made him a less likeable character, but the plot is as fascinating as ever, and I do highly recommend the whole series. This is the eighth.
Comparison: Hilary Bonner, Stephen Booth, Robert Goddard.
Similar this month: Christopher Fowler.
The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore. And when a journalist researching the case is murdered 20 years later, the horror is reawakened. 16th-century Potwoolstan Hall, now a New Age healing centre, is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder, and it seems that inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet.
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The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in Devon in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore. And when a journalist researching the case is murdered 20 years later, the horror is reawakened. 16th-century Potwoolstan Hall, now a New Age healing centre, is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder, and it seems that inheritance of evil lives on as DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet.
A Cursed Inheritance features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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A Cursed Inheritance was written by Kate Ellis and published by Constable an imprint of Little, Brown
A Cursed Inheritance has 361 pages
Yes it is part of Wesley Peterson Series series
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