Dead Man's Lane: Book 23 in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series

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However, it wasn’t too long before the lure of larger trains and a continuous run was decided upon. One reason for not initially considering this approach was the cost of building a multi-road storage yard but, with careful thought, the investment in a fiddle yard that could easily be used for future layout plans would pay dividends. In conjunction with Tim of Tim Horn Baseboards, curved boards were designed to suit – 1ft wide with an inner radius of 3ft would give an approximate operating space just over 4 feet wide. This is the twenty-fourth in Ellis’ DI Wesley Peterson series of police procedurals. It can easily be read as a standalone if you have not read the others in the series. Joan Aiken was a much loved English writer who received the MBE for services to Children's Literature. She was known as a writer of wild fantasy, Gothic novels and short stories. The combat interviews also make mention of “a dead man inside it.” The evidence clearly points to the driver of Tank 12 being killed inside the tank. Research from author Mark Bando also supports this scenario. According to Private Emmert O. Parmley (F/502nd PIR), the driver was still in the tank when he examined it. The body could not be seen unless someone looked through an open hatch at an angle. Police suspect it belongs to one of Temples' victims and, when a local florist is found murdered in an echo of Temples' crimes, DI Wesley Peterson fears a copy-cat killer could be at large. Especially when another brutal murder is discovered in a nearby village.

It is hard to review this book without giving away any spoilers! Although I read it in sizeable chunks, I did find it hard to work out who-was-who at the start. There are a lot of characters, but there is a good reason for this, and murder mysteries do need a good choice of potential suspects and victims! Once I got into the book, I was completely gripped and read the last half in one go! In the 1970’s the Horfield Prison authorities tried to obtain land on St. Agnes Field near the prison for car parking facilities. This request was repelled and the land kept for allotment use. Old and new traction. 37099 “Merl Evans” rolls towards the departure road with another test duty as 67023 "Charlotte" with unseen 67023 “Stella” at the rear is next to leave the yard.

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My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K. /Piatkus for an eARC via NetGalley of Kate Ellis’ ‘Dead Man’s Lane’ in exchange for an honest review. The 1844-1888 OS 1st Edition Map in Figure 2 shows the Golden Hill area centred around Quabs (or Quabb) Farm, at the southern corner of Horfield Common where Highfield Grove is now. The row of cottages to the west is the start of what became Kellaway Avenue. Figure 2: Golden HIll on OS 1st Edition Map The first time after D-Day that Tank 17 was mentioned in the company diary was on June 9. It had not yet shown up. Unfortunately, the records do not say when it went missing. The battalion’s official history states that Lieutenant Anderson was killed by a mortar round while in the turret, and the casualty list gives the location of his death as “one mile north of Saint-Côme-du-Mont.” Golden Hill formed part of a much larger estates land under the Manor of Horfield. The ancient manorial system of land tenure had existed for centuries. In 1140 Lord Berkeley, whose estates included the Manor of Horfield, founded St. Augustine’s Abbey and gave the Manor to the Abbey in whose possession it remained for the next 400 years. Horfield Manor court presided over the system of fields which had been formed during the enclosures in the late 15th century. When monastic holdings were confiscated by Henry VIII during the Reformation in the 1530s, he gave the Horfield Manor estate to the newly formed Bishopric of Bristol not the Church of England – but the Bishop himself who then leased it to what was known as a Lord Farmer. Bishop Monk (1784-1856) I have read and liked several books from this series, and in general they are a good read, but sometimes there are also too many annoyances. Of course, the overall plots are similar - human bones found, maybe during property development. Are they historical or current enough for police investigation? DI Wesley Peterson will have to determine that, and of course his old mate Neil Watson gets involved as an archaeology inspector. DCI Gerry Heffernan still likes to get out of the office more than he should, but he is still a solid copper despite his personal problems. Then there are usually extracts from a diary or suchlike from hundreds of years ago which are supposed to tie up old threads with current ones, but in fact rarely shed any light on the matter.

In 2005, I first saw the New Measurement Train (NMT), which is based upon the High Speed Train, and thought that it would make an unusual model. Hurst Models etched sides were acquired and my yellow fetish was ignited. Over the next few years, I steadily built up a collection of test coaches – predominantly yellow. Some are kits, but the majority have been created by modifying ready-to-run coaches to represent such mystical vehicles as TRU, UTU, TIC, EMV, RSC, SGT and PLPR. Much of the enjoyment of building the fleet has been in the research of the vehicles and they've been the subject of previous magazine articles. London Transport-liveried 66718 'Sir Peter Hendry CBE' pauses with a service from Tunstead Quarry,using borrowed wagons from Freightliner. Dead Man’s Corner (DMC) lies at the fork of the D-974 and D-913 roads, a few hundred yards south of the center of Saint-Côme-du-Mont. In 1944, the intersection was strategically important. The D-974 was the most direct route to Carentan and part of the N-13, the highway between Paris and Cherbourg, while the D-913 was significant since it was the southernmost road connecting Utah Beach (via Sainte-Marie-du-Mont) to the highway. The terrain itself was also important, as the intersection lies on the ridge overlooking the German-flooded fields north of Carentan.

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Burgett wrote: “Farther to our left the small tank that had been hit the day before [7 June] still smoked a little. The body of the tank commander who had been so nice to us still sat in the turret.” Marshall’s version says, “For several days thereafter, the ruined hull stood at the intersection, a dead man sitting upright in the turret.” As Wesley's friend, archaeologist Dr Neil Watson, uncovers the secrets of Strangefields' grisly past, it seems that an ancient tale of the dead returning to torment the living might not be as fantastical as it seems. And Wesley must work fast to discover who's behind the recent murders . . . before someone close to him is put in danger. If you are unfamiliar with the character, Wesley is a police officer in a seaside town in Devon. He had been a police officer specializing in art and antiquities in London, but now he's just pursuing ordinary cases like robberies and murders. He has an unusual education for a police officer: a degree in archaeology. As Wesley’s friend, archaeologist Dr Neil Watson, uncovers the secrets of Strangefields’ grisly past, it seems that an ancient tale of the dead returning to torment the living might not be as fantastical as it seems. And Wesley must work fast to discover who’s behind the recent murders . . . before someone close to him is put in danger.