‘A Cursed Inheritance’ by Kate
Ellis
Published by Soundings
Audio Books.
ISBN 1-84559-286-7 (10 Cassettes)
Read by Peter Wickam
The death of a journalist researching the case
of the brutal murder of the Harford family at 16C Potwoolstan Hall in
Investigating is DI Wesley Peterson., who
approaches the case in his usual calm and sympathetic manner, somewhat
different in temperament to his wife Pam who is her usual discontented self - even more so
as Neil, Wesley’s University friend, has gone off to a dig in
Potwoolstan Hall and also
disturbingly to Neil’s own ancestors.
The murder of the Harford
family was at the time laid at the door of the housekeeper, but as Wesley
investigates the murder of the journalist he becomes convinced that the
journalist during his research of the case uncovered evidence that the house-
keeper Martha had not been the killer, and that maybe the killer is still out
there. He needs to trace Martha’s
daughter and to speak with the only survivor of the family massacre, Arbel Harford.
This is a fascinating mystery. There are many
strands, some that reach far back into the past. The story is told from
multiple points of view, including one from the past. All the books I have read
by Kate Ellis have been good, but this one is particularly absorbing. Highly recommended.
It is said that one can sometimes do a job too
well and that maybe pertinent to Peter Wickham – he is to me Peter
(Mad Max) Maxwell of Leighford High, and it was odd
to find him in this setting. That aside, he is an excellent reader.
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Lizzie Hayes