Friday, May 17, 2019

"Ruth Galloway Series"--from author Elly Griffiths--atmospheric mystery and adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and “captivating amateur sleuth” Ruth Galloway


The Crossing Places 



The first entry in the acclaimed Ruth Galloway series follows the "captivating"* archaeologist as she investigates a child's bones found on a nearby beach, thought to be the remains of a little girl who went missing ten years before.

Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy.

Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?


Reviews


Archaeology and crime often walk hand in hand in crime fiction, and seem a natural fit as they have in common both bones and quests for the truth. I've never before, however, read a crime novel in which the two blend as successfully as in The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths' characterization is as good as her writing, and I can't wait for the next in the series - Shotsmag.co.uk.

“A winning debut…The first-rate characters and chilling story are entrancing from start to finish.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

An inspired creation”--(Louise Penny)

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Book 5

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Book 7

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Book 9

Book 10

Book 11

Book 12

The Lantern Men
 
 

Book 13

Book 14

 



Elly Griffiths
 
Elly Griffiths 

Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels take for their inspiration Elly's husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt who lives on the Norfolk coast and who filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area. Elly has two children and lives near Brighton, England. Though not her first novel, The Crossing Places is her first crime novel.
  

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