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nannyf's review
5.0
I haven't read any of this authors previous works, but I didn't feel I needed to in order to read and understand the characters in this one.
This story has so many different parts to it, all woven together, and they don't come together till the very end. I loved that the author managed to keep me guessing all the way to the end.
I am usually really good at guessing in advance what is going to happen, but with the way the author weaves everything together, this one kept me in the dark until she decided to allow us into the secrets!
The characters are all well written, the storyline is excellent, and I absolutely loved the book.
I will definitely be checking out the authors other books as soon as I can.
This story has so many different parts to it, all woven together, and they don't come together till the very end. I loved that the author managed to keep me guessing all the way to the end.
I am usually really good at guessing in advance what is going to happen, but with the way the author weaves everything together, this one kept me in the dark until she decided to allow us into the secrets!
The characters are all well written, the storyline is excellent, and I absolutely loved the book.
I will definitely be checking out the authors other books as soon as I can.
oddsocks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
3.75
roshk99's review against another edition
4.0
I got a little annoyed at the guilty parent and guilt-tripping parent act that Wesley and Pam have got going on, but looking past it allows you to enjoy the wonderful mesh of archaeology, history, and mystery.
squeaky_luna's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book so much that now I realise it's 19th in the series, I'm going to go back and start at book 1. Very enjoyable as a stand alone though.
nonna7's review against another edition
4.0
I cam upon the Wesley Peterson series late. This is the 19th book in the series, and I've only read a few. Whenever I finish one of these books, I wonder how I could possibly forget her again. Wesley Peterson is the son of parents who emigrated to England from Trinidad. He is a black detective working in the West coast of England and is something of a surprise even now to a lot of people. Both he and his sister are in mixed raced marriages. She is a physician who is a vicar's wife. In this book, Wesley seems to have succeeded in tamping down his sexual attraction to a fellow police officer, Rachel, who is engaged to be married but in no hurry to marry her fiance. Rachel has made a number of moves hoping to attract him, but he continues to resist her. It makes him feel guilty because he truly does love his wife, plus he doesn't want to break up his home. He already feels guilty because he doesn't spend enough time with his son and daughter and they seems to be growing up without him. Meanwhile he's up to his ears in murders and robberies. His boss, Gerry, is still on light duty after being stabbed. At the same time there is a corresponding mystery. Wesley was originally planning on being an archaeologist before deciding to become a police officer. His old friend, Neil, a handsome and photogenic archaeologist, who is currently involved in a filming of a dig of a long gone seaside village. At the same time, he is also involved in a dig of a manor house not far from there. A young child's body is found buried in an ice house. This is how the books work: a contemporary murder and an old one. What never fails to surprise me is the twists that the author throws in. This one was especially surprising and interesting!
maureensbooks89's review against another edition
4.0
The cover was something that immediately grabbed my attention. I love the dark cover with the red letters. It looks really beautiful and I was really excited to start reading.
From the moment I started reading ‘The Death Season’ I really enjoyed the story. Even though this book is the nineteenth novel about DI Wesley Peterson, it can be read as a standalone and I never felt like I missed information. This story begins when a body of a man is found in an hotel room. The man seems to have died under strange circumstances and soon Wesley has been called in to investigate the ‘murder’. At first this murder seems to be easy to solve but soon Wesley stumbles upon a lot of secrets and soon there seem to be a lot of people involved.
What I loved about ‘The Death Season’ was the way this book included three different stories. Every chapter begins with a little diary entrée of a woman in 1913 and is followed by the story of Wesley Peterson, and a story of archaeologist Neil Watson. All these stories where really interesting to read and I loved how easily the story goes from the one in the other.
‘The Death Season’ never got boring and until the very end I really didn’t expect anyone to be the killer. This book definitely kept me on the edge of my seat. I especially loved Wesley Peterson. He just seemed to be very real to me. His life wasn’t perfect and he really had to make some difficult choices regarding his work and his personal life. I just really liked him and loved how passionately he was towards his job.
This book was definitely a nice read. I never got bored and I really loved the search towards the killer. There were a lot of secrets in this book and I loved how everything became clear towards the end.
I definitely recommend this book to every mystery-crime-detective genre readers.
From the moment I started reading ‘The Death Season’ I really enjoyed the story. Even though this book is the nineteenth novel about DI Wesley Peterson, it can be read as a standalone and I never felt like I missed information. This story begins when a body of a man is found in an hotel room. The man seems to have died under strange circumstances and soon Wesley has been called in to investigate the ‘murder’. At first this murder seems to be easy to solve but soon Wesley stumbles upon a lot of secrets and soon there seem to be a lot of people involved.
What I loved about ‘The Death Season’ was the way this book included three different stories. Every chapter begins with a little diary entrée of a woman in 1913 and is followed by the story of Wesley Peterson, and a story of archaeologist Neil Watson. All these stories where really interesting to read and I loved how easily the story goes from the one in the other.
‘The Death Season’ never got boring and until the very end I really didn’t expect anyone to be the killer. This book definitely kept me on the edge of my seat. I especially loved Wesley Peterson. He just seemed to be very real to me. His life wasn’t perfect and he really had to make some difficult choices regarding his work and his personal life. I just really liked him and loved how passionately he was towards his job.
This book was definitely a nice read. I never got bored and I really loved the search towards the killer. There were a lot of secrets in this book and I loved how everything became clear towards the end.
I definitely recommend this book to every mystery-crime-detective genre readers.
lizziej's review against another edition
5.0
A very cleverly constructed story. So many twists and turns that it kept me guessing right up till the end. Kate Ellis you are a master storyteller!
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