This is the twelfth West Country crime novel featuring the black detective Wesley Peterson. Personally I cannot understand why he, or indeed the author, are not household names. They all have an historical sub-plot, are intriguing, full of twists, and just what good crime writing should be. She probably needs a TV series to make her better known but in the absence of that, please spread the word – I think she’s great.
Comparison: Colin Dexter, Ian Rankin, R D Wingfield.
'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times DI Wesley Peterson has never witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. A man has been brutally murdered by two precise wounds to his neck and his body drained of blood. It seems that the victim was not a popular man in the Devon area and Wesley doesn't have a shortage of suspects.
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'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times DI Wesley Peterson has never witnessed such a bizarre crime scene. A man has been brutally murdered by two precise wounds to his neck and his body drained of blood.
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The Blood Pit was written by Kate Ellis and published by Piatkus Books an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
The Blood Pit has 352 pages
Yes it is part of DI Wesley Peterson series
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