Dead Man's Lane (Wesley Peterson)

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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. Support for this is provided by Private Eldon R. Abrahamsen (I/502nd PIR). On June 8, he was part of a patrol in that area that became pinned down by German fire. A light tank was brought up for assistance, but it did not end well: “The tank commander’s hatch on the tank was open and a German mortar shell dropped right in the hatch, which killed the crew.” 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. When Samuel Loxton completed his drawing of Horfield Prison (Figure 5), he must have been positioned in the very spot referred to as “Allotment Gardens” in the OS map (Figure 6). Here you can see the Prison, which was built in 1883, and in the foreground there are workers on the Allotment Gardens. They appear to be working on the land planting or sowing vegetables. Figure 6: OS Map 2nd Edition, 1894-1903 Now Strangefields is being redeveloped as a holiday village. Yet when a skull is discovered it triggers an investigation even if it appears to be centuries old. On top of this a local woman is murdered in a fashion that is reminiscent of Temples. Interspersed with the police investigation are occasional entries from the journals of a 17th Century gentleman visiting Strangefields.

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 is one of the highest points within the Bristol City environs and is located across the Horfield, Bishopston and Henleaze districts. It is said that the name Golden Hill derives from the fact that it was a pre-Christian beacon hill. It has also been suggested it has an ancient pagan origin and the remains of a tumulus nearby could well support this theory.Trade was carried out at a Market Stone on Ashbourne Road which leads into the Town Centre. [ citation needed] During the epidemic, trade almost ceased and the population faced possible starvation, as well as a cruel death by infection with the plague. [ citation needed] To answer this question, it is necessary to make a fresh start. We will begin by explaining why it is unlikely that Lieutenant Anderson was killed in the tank at DMC. While it is true that Lieutenant Anderson would have been a tank commander, most tank commanders were (staff) sergeants. The Table of Organization and Equipment (TO/E) of a light tank company calls for just five officers, and all of them had clear tasks. There was a company commander (usually a captain) and a maintenance officer, doubling as the executive officer. These two men were the two senior officers and would be in charge of the company. The house at Dead Man’s Corner, which was a German field hospital during the D-Day invasion, photographed after the tank had been removed. In 1836 James Henry Monk was appointed as Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester. At this time the Lord Farmer lessee was Dr John Shadwell, who had tenure for life, the land having been in his family since the Reformation. The small farms within this area were held by him under a system of customary law called “copyhold”. There were 1000 acres of copyhold land in Horfield and Filton. When Shadwell died in 1849, Bishop Monk set about converting the copyhold land into freehold. Bishop Monk sold part of the estate and leased the remainder to his secretary and other trustees of the newly formed Bishop Monk’s Horfield Trust which was formed in 1852. The objective of the Trust was to provide money for clergy in poorly-endowed parishes ad contribute to the spiritual well-being of the whole diocese. After 700 years the Manor of Horfield was finally broken up, this time never to be re-established. Rev Henry Richards The authors would like to thank Mark A. Bando for sharing his knowledge and research, as well as all those who provided photos and information for this article. A special thanks goes to the late Donald R. Burgett for having taken the time to walk the battlefield with us and patiently answer our questions.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group Ltd for a review copy of Dead Man’s Lane, the twenty third novel to feature DI Wesley Peterson of the Devon police. 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. This is a fairly recent book in the Wesley Peterson series, published in 2019. It's a very popular and long running series. She also has another series, the Joe Plantagenet series, which she has, apparently, abandoned or perhaps it hadn't sold well plus a limited series starring a scarred World War 1 veteran, Albert Lincoln, which she says was meant to be a limited series.On location in 2012 with Mr. Burgett, he indeed confirmed to us that the tank moved north over the N-13. But north from where? The most important evidence comes from his description of the terrain in the book. South of DMC, there are no high banks lining the road. Instead, the road is lying on an embankment above the fields. The landscape today is still very much as it was in 1944. In fact, the only area with banks and fields above the N-13 can be found north of DMC. The story of Lieutenant Anderson begins with an entry in the Company D diary from December 1, 1943. Company commander Captain Brodie listed the names and ranks of the officers in his company. 1st Lt. Anderson was the maintenance officer and two 2nd lieutenants were listed as platoon commanders. Lieutenant Anderson was the second-ranking officer in the company, and this was still the case on D-Day. Thus, he should never have been in the tank at Dead Man’s Corner. Since Tank 17 was his tank, Lieutenant Anderson can be assumed to have been killed in that tank, as well. This is supported by the diary, which states: “We found Tank 17 today […] and learned Lt. Anderson had been killed.” Additional evidence is provided by Sergeant Francis Ross, who confirmed that Tank 17 was used by Lieutenant Anderson. He knew this for a fact because he was personally asked by the lieutenant to become his driver but declined. These landings would be followed by the deep-wading tanks of Company C in the third wave (H+15), which would land on both beaches. Eight tanks outfitted with bulldozer blades landed in this wave, as well.

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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.”