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by Kate Ellis (Author) "Brain Willerby, partner in the firm of Blake, Willerby and Johns, Solicitors, sat staring at the file on his desk, his heart pounding and his..." (more)
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Once again British author Ellis smoothly blends old and recent crimes in an archeological mystery featuring Det. Sergeant Wesley Peterson and his fellow Tradmouth (Devon) police officers. Detective Constable Rachel Tracey in particular makes a striking return from last year's The Funeral Boat. While clearing the overgrown site of the extensive 17th-century gardens of Earlsacre Hall during a restoration project, diggers find two skeletons, one belonging to a young woman buried alive three centuries earlier. Neil Watson, of the County Archeology Unit, calls Peterson, with whom he studied archeology at university, but Peterson is busy investigating a stabbing murder in a nearby caravan park. Skillfully combining identity theft and blackmail with murder, the author treats the reader to a host of distinctive supporting characters, including the owner of a discreet brothel, its girls and clients, a petty thief, a sex-driven "poetess in residence," a solicitor's litigious neighbor and Peterson's giddy and unconventional mother-in-law. The well-researched historical background (involving the enslavement in the West Indies of rebels against James II) and an unusual murder weapon (a "knocking-in mallet" used on cricket bats) add interest. Anglophiles will drink up the local color and south Devon towns modeled on Dartmouth and Torbay.
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Past and present come together in Detective Sergeant Wesley Peterson's latest case. In the course of restoring the gardens at historic Earlsacre Hall, three skeletons are uncovered. The bones appear to be centuries old, but they hold an interest for Peterson, whose degree is in archaeology. But despite the attraction of the skeletons, Peterson has more pressing concerns. A decomposing body with multiple stab wounds is found at a local campsite, and shortly afterward, the body of a local lawyer is discovered, his head bashed in by a cricket bat. Peterson's intuition tells him the two murders are connected, and he also suspects a link with Earlsacre, but he has no evidence to back up his hunches. Then his colleague, Detective Rachel Tracey, is kidnapped, drugged, and left for dead, and the intrepid Peterson has a more pressing reason to connect all the dots. Capable plotting, an absorbing story line, and a cast of appealing characters make this fifth entry in the Peterson series a good choice for British procedural fans. Emily Melton
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5.0 out of 5 stars intertwining past and present murders, Sep 13 2003
By A. Christie "bibliofiend508" (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bone Garden, The: A Wesley Peterson Crime Novel (Hardcover)
Earlsacre Hall is undergoing renovations restoring the lost gardens to their natural splendor. In the process, two bodies are found. They were found under a splinth that was placed there in 1701. No sooner were the three hundred-year-old bodies found, than a man was found stabbed to death in a trailer. His identity is unknown. DI Gerry Hefferon and DS Wesley Peterson investigate. Little do they know that past and present murders are not only intertwined, they also mirror each other.

This is the fifth in the Wesley Peterson crime series. Ellis's novel is rich in local color with likable protagonists and very effective secondary characters. This is a first-rate British police procedural. In each novel, the characters have continued to grow and taken us on their journey with them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best yet in this series, July 16 2003
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This review is from: Bone Garden, The: A Wesley Peterson Crime Novel (Hardcover)
I was so pleased to see this new book by Kate Ellis and I wasn't disappointed. I really enjoyed both mysteries in this one. The supporting characters were all interesting and original and I got a huge charge out of the mother-in-law. I hope Kate Ellis keeps going with this series because I've enjoyed all of the books. I think this book is the best so far. I think my teenage daughter would enjoy this series too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb British police procedural, July 2 2003
By Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bone Garden, The: A Wesley Peterson Crime Novel (Hardcover)
Restoration has begun on the gardens of the seventeenth century Earlasacre country house in Devon. However, the digging turns macabre when the excavation team uncovers the remains of a woman interred three centuries ago. Not long afterward more human remains are found. The archaeologists begin putting together the grisly account of what happened at this locale during the initial construction of the gardens.

Trinidad Detective Sergeant Wesley Petersen would prefer to work on the historical mystery. However, he soon has a modern day who-done-it to contend with when a solicitor dies during a tea break at a cricket match. As Wesley and other police investigate the present-day homicide, patterns form that links the current death with those of the past, but who is the culprit today remains the question.

With several archeological mysteries already investigated by the hero, one would think this series would grow staler than some of the remains encountered in these books. Instead, Kate Ellis makes each new tale different and quite fresh with the two common themes being Peterson and duality of who-done-its in the past and present. THE BONE GARDEN is a superb British police procedural with both eras' mysteries well done and gripping even as the historical sub-plot opens up each chapter with a strong sequence followed by a powerful modern day string. Ms. Ellis will please fans of both sub-genres with her latest DS Peterson novel.

Harriet Klausner

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