Kate 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. In 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 the CWA Short Story Dagger. Visit her online at: www.kateellis.co.uk
Praise for Kate Ellis: A beguiling author who interweaves past and present * The Times * Haunting * Independent * I loved this novel . . . a powerful story of loss, malice and deception -- Ann Cleeves The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end * Closer * Star author. Unputdownable * Bookseller * 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 Fascinating, with a characteristically clever twist -- Martin Edwards Imagine a plot as devious as anything Agatha Christie devised, locate it in a Derbyshire village in 1919 and with writing as close to the pulse as Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth and you will have some idea of the extraordinary power of Kate Ellis's new novel -- Peter Lovesey