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Dead Man's Lane: Book 23 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

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There is however an excavation underway at Temples former home, Strangefields Farm, where Wesley's friend, Dr Neil Watson, is in charge.

After the murders were discovered the other artist, Jonny Sykes, disappeared and was never found so the authorities believe that the murderer simply made him up. I have read and liked several books from this series, and in general they are a good read, but sometimes there are also too many annoyances.I find the Devon location of interest and the weaving of archaeology with crime always keeps me turning the page. I like the idea of two separate investigations, one very much in the present and the other dating to the seventeenth century.

Strangefields has it's own grisly history as Wesley soon discovers when he shares information with Neil his archaeologist friend from his college days.With another brutal murder in a nearby village occurring, it seems almost blatant that this is the case. He meets an old flame on a police matter, and eats a casual lunch with her, but somehow cannot bring himself to tell his wife, and he also lies to his boss. The Headless Cross, also known as the "Vinegar Stone" or "Plague Stone" at Friar Gate, Derby, England. I also like the realistic way that other crimes and secrets get discovered and solved in the course of the investigation.

As always, the Devon countryside and the town of Tradmouth were both definite highlights of the novel and it was nice to feel that, at last, the long-running Wesley/Rachel storyline may finally have been resolved. Temple has always denied his guilt and spoke of a fellow artist who had a studio in his home, Strangefields. Strangefields Farm has been notorious for its sinister history ever since artist Jackson Temples lured young women there to model for disturbing works of art. Later on in history, this is also where those killed during the raids by the French during the Hundred Years War, were laid to rest.

The strands of this plot are cleverly interwoven with a journal begun in 1666, which among other things, describes the steps taken to stop the dead from rising.

They may not be buried there, but they could watch it now – the resting place of their ancestors before them. I hope you enjoy Dead Man’s Lane, one of Wesley Peterson’s most challenging cases to date – and one that puts somebody from his past in grave danger. Strangefields Farm is notorious for its sinister history ever since artist Jackson Temples lured young women there to model for disturbing works of art.The detective Wesley Peterson, his family, his friend Neil Watson, the archeologist, and his colleagues in the police once more feature in a baffling mystery. Crime and mystery stories have always fascinated her, as have medieval history and archaeology which she likes to incorporate in her books. And alongside this is the archaeological site created when old bones are found on the site of the old farm where a new luxurious holiday park is being built. And when a local florist is found murdered in an echo of Temples' crimes, DI Wesley Peterson fears that a copy-cat killer is at large.

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