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  • The Killing Place

  • DI Wesley Peterson, Book 27
  • By: Kate Ellis
  • Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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By: Kate Ellis
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Publisher's Summary

Million-copy-bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the next book in the DI Wesley Peterson series.

November. With the tourist season well and truly over in South Devon, Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson is looking forward to a quieter month in the CID. But when a man is shot dead on Bonfire Night, he finds he has a disturbing and complex murder case on his hands.

The body of Patrick North was found in woodland connected to Nesbaraton Hall, a grand estate dating back to the eighteenth century. North worked for the Smithson family who now own the estate. The family are away on holiday, however when an anonymous letter threatening to abduct the Smithson son is uncovered, Wesley fears North's death might have been collateral damage in a sinister kidnap plot.

Meanwhile, archaeologist Dr Neil Watson discovers a hidden grotto in a developer's field - land that was once part of the Nesbaraton estate. Evidence of past rituals and the shocking discovery of a skeleton buried next to the grotto raise questions about strange occurrences, past and present, on the estate that was once owned by a notorious privateer.

Then, just when Wesley's team seem to be making progress in their investigation, a resident of the nearby village is killed in a near identical shooting. A race is on to find the ruthless killer, before they strike again...

©2023 Kate Ellis (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK

Critic Reviews

"A beguiling author who interweaves past and present." (The Times)

"I absolutely loved this book... A perfectly paced crime novel that beautifully evokes both time and place. Kate Ellis keeps you guessing all the way through to the final unexpected twist." (L. C. Tyler)

"A splendidly macabre thriller with a very dark heart and a hugely effective twist at the end." (Andrew Taylor)

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Poor choice of narrator

I’m sure it was a very good story but the choice of Narrator was very distracting.

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Incongruous voices

This is my first DI Wesley Peterson book and i liked the story -- including the mix of historical narrative.

But...the narration was difficult to deal with. Griffin's voice evokes high society thespians of the early 20th-century so all the characters sound like they belong in a Noel Coward play. This is hard to reconcile with contemporary policing.

The accents bear no resemblance to character descriptions -- a DCI with a Scouse accent talks like a yokel Yorkshire farmer of advanced age. DI Peterson is supposedly an educated black British man with parents from Trinidad -- but again, not an aristocrat with theatrical pretensions.

i just don't get this kind of casting...

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