As in every book of this series, there's a parallel story involving Wesley's archaeologist friend Neil Watson, who's excavating a possible Roman site near the scene of Susan's murder. and, once again, an amazing plot and the connections made between archaeology and the present time and crime are enthrauling. Despite his interest in archaeology Wesley took the decision to join the police force, although he still retains his interest in archaeology and also his friendship with Neil. I did knock it down one star because I felt as though there was too many characters involved and I was having a hard time trying to remember who was who and how it related to the plot.

Quite often it can be clunky when there are multiple time lines, but keeping the timeline in the past quite simply narrated really worked well.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The enticing opening of this the 26th book in the DI Wesley Peterson series set in Devon has you hooked with the first line ‘The Bridegroom had strangler’s hands. The woman had been house-sitting at Serpent's Point and Wesley is surprised to discover that she was conducting an investigation into unsolved missing persons cases. But I was surprised at how well the book went, how easy it was to pick up the plot considering this series has been going on with this book being number 26.

Kate Ellis's writing draws me in and the problem with that is that her books only take a few days to read and I am then on pins until the next in the series of 'DI Wesley Peterson' and his colleagues, family and friends.However, they have found some coins in the field and when Wesley sees them, he immediately contacts his university friend Neil Watson, with whom he had studied archaeology at Exeter university.

The book starts with the friend of a woman getting married at the courthouse without family or friends attending. The writing was done well and it was clear what the author's intentions were whilst writing but I felt that the story was a little slow.

When a skeleton is uncovered, the pressure rises to find a killer, and Wesley and Neil realise that Serpent's Point holds more secrets than anyone could have imagined.