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Seeking the Dead
Seeking the Dead: A Joe Plantagenet Murder Mystery: | Kate Ellis
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When Carmel Hennessy begins a new job in North Yorkshire, she finds the historic city of Eborby gripped by fear. A killer is on the prowl - a killer who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their naked bodies in isolated country churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man. Tragic events from the past link Carmel with new-kid-on-the-block DI Joe Plantagenet, who, with his new boss, DCI Emily Thwaite, faces the unenviable task of identifying the killer before he claims another victim. The victims appear to have nothing in common but the manner of their deaths, but as Joe's investigations lead him to a pub with a sinister history, he is forced to consider that the case may have occult connections. Then Carmel becomes aware of a malevolent presence in her new flat and, when she starts to receive mysterious threats, it is Joe she turns to first. And that is when Joe is forced to get into the mind of a cunning - and scarily ruthless - killer.
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rwmg
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Mehso-so

The creepy atmosphere due to the slight supernatural element in parts of the book is very well done. Similarly the author generates a high level of tension towards the end. I was all ready to proclaim this as even better than the author's already excellent Wesley Peterson series until we got to the solution, which left a very bad taste in my mouth and I have to make it a so-so if not a pan. See below in the spoiler-y comment for why.

rwmg The killer turned out to be the mentally-ill character whose meds had been replaced with placebos by his doctor's secretary, who then proceeded to manipulate him into committing the murders. 😠 3y
bthegood @rwmg every once in a while the ending is the only part of a book that doesn't work😤 3y
rwmg @bthegood I suppose all good authors are entitled to one clunker 3y
bthegood @rwmg 😊 3y
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rwmg
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Eborby is obviously York - it's not just the name that gives it away

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My first Kate Ellis book. And the first of the Joe Plantagenet series. A serial killer is on the loose, leaving victims in various cemeteries. Joe and the new DCI Emily are baffled because there seems to be no connection with the victims. As they work to solve the case, Joe wonders if the satanic cult is involved.
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TheSpineView Fantastic! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
Andrew65 Love this series. Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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Crazeedi
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A bit late! Thanks for tag @MoonWitch94 and @DarkMina
#thoughtfulthursday
1 the last book I finished, Donald and Whistler from Chessmen
2 the glass castle, how she became successful in spite of her childhood
3 see above
Tagging anyone who hasn't played!

DarkMina You‘re welcome! 3y
MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 🎉☺️📖 3y
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