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Playing With Bones (2009)

by Kate Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 6

ISBN

0749909323 (ISBN13: 9780749909321)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Piatkus Books

series

Joe Plantagenet

review 1: 2nd in series set in York (Eborby - love the pseudonym!) On the whole so far I prefer her other series, which has more archaeology/history and less of a supernatural element, but this is quite enjoyable, if creepy. I didn't guess who the modern murderer was, but I probably should have as she has used the same idea before in one of the Wesley Peterson novels (I think). I liked the historical parts and the fact that the past murders were recent enough for some of the people involved still to be around, but long enough ago for that not to be obvious at first. I also like that sense of how areas change with modern development but that there is something left of the past (which is sometimes less attractive than one might expect). I rather wished the 1950s murderer had been unma... moresked just a bit sooner- he has got away with it, really, even though the mystery is solved after his death.
review 2: An interesting mystery. This was my first Joe Plantagenet story; the second in the series. I'd forgotten I already had the first.. That'll be next. lol. A kind of convoluted plotline, lots of suspects, lots going on, but it kept the story very interesting and moving along nicely. I liked Joe Plantagenet, hope to get to know more about him in future stories and I hope the other members of the police get more mention. All in all, a neat interesting mystery and a new author! less

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