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The mermaid's scream

Ellis, Kate 1953- (Author).

Summary: "Why did Wynn Staniland, a legend in the literary world, suddenly become a recluse in the 1980s? Most assumed he stopped writing because of his wife's bizarre suicide; a death that mirrored a murder case from the nineteenth century. And now a promising young author called Zac Wilkinson is working on Staniland's biography and hopes to reveal the true story to a waiting world - while at the same time keeping his own troubled past hidden from public view. When Wilkinson is found brutally murdered, DI Wesley Peterson finds links to the unexplained poisoning of a middle-aged couple at a local caravan park - and Wynn Staniland appears to be the connection. As Wesley delves further into the case he suspects a sinister puppet show might provide the solution: a grim re-enactment of the murder of Mary Field, a cause celebre from the reign of Queen Victoria that inspired Staniland's best-known novel. The case becomes personal for Wesley when he discovers his son is involved, and as he begins to unravel decades of secrets and deception, the shocking truth proves almost too much to bear..."--

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  • ISBN: 9780349413112
  • ISBN: 0349413118
  • ISBN: 9780349413099
  • ISBN: 0349413096
  • Physical Description: regular print
    378 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: London : Piatkus, 2017.

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Subject: Peterson, Wesley -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Biographers -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Fathers and sons -- Fiction
Recluses -- Fiction
Police -- England -- Devon -- Fiction
Genre: Mystery fiction.

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Acquisition Type: Donated 		35140001211443 Mystery Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library MYS ELL (Text) 35146002028363 Mystery Volume hold Available -
Greenwood Public Library Fic ELL Mystery (Text) 35141000209420 Mystery Volume hold Available -
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Nelson Public Library MYS ELL (Text) 3514830026625 Mystery & Crime Volume hold Available -
Prince Rupert Library Elli (Text) 33294002028934 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch ELL (Text) 33923005823244 Mystery Volume hold Available -
Horsefly Branch ELL (Text) 33923006452829 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
McBride pbk Mys Ell (Text) 35191000296133 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
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