{"product_id":"the-funeral-boat-book-4-in-the-di-wesley-peterson-crime-series","title":"The Funeral Boat: Book 4 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series","description":"Product Description\n\nWhen a skeleton is discovered on a Devon smallholding, DS Wesley Peterson, a keen amateur archaeologist, is intrigued by the possibility that it is a Viking corpse, buried in keeping with ancient traditions. But he has a rather more urgent crime to solve- the disappearance of a Danish tourist.\nWesley finds disturbing evidence that the attractive Dane has been abducted. His boss Gerry Heffernan believes that Ingeborg's disappearance is linked to a spate of brutal robberies and that she witnessed something she shouldn't have. But is her disappearance linked to far older events? For it seems that this may not have been Ingeborg's first visit to this far from quiet West Country backwater...\nKate Ellis's wonderfully addictive series of West Country set crime novels feature Wesley Peterson, one of Devon's first black detectives.\n\nReview\n\n\"\"Ellis skillfully interweaves ancient and contemporary crimes in an impeccably composed tale . . . an absorbing plot smoothly blends archaeology with current forensic procedures.\"\" Publishers Weekly\"\n\n\"\"An exciting blend of historical and present-day police procedural . . . Peterson's skill and intuition make this is an involving, adventurous, nicely detailed work for all collections.\" \"Library Journal\"\n\nBook Description\n\nThe fourth mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson series by award-winning crime writer Kate Ellis.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nKate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in Manchester. She is the award-winning author of the DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries.\nIn 2019 Kate won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award for her crime writing. It was the second time she had been shortlisted for the award, and she has also twice been shortlisted for CWA Short Story Dagger.\nVisit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk","brand":"Little Brown and Co. (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40271923806293,"sku":"9780749954666N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/0ff89d87-f093-4bcc-a084-58b4a38a0cba.jpg?v=1661873920","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-funeral-boat-book-4-in-the-di-wesley-peterson-crime-series","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}