A child's bones are discovered on the windswept Norfolk marshes. Believing them to be ancient,the police call in Dr Ruth Galloway,forensic archaeologist. But this is no prehistoric grave. A cold missing person case has now become a murder investigation.
Dr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older
DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girl. Since she vanished,someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice,quoting Shakespeare and the Bible. He knows that Ruth's expertise and experience could help him finally to put this case to rest.
But when a second child goes missing,Ruth finds herself in danger from a killer who knows she's getting ever closer to the truth...
Publisher: Quercus PublishingISBN: 9781786481863Number of pages: 320Weight: 224 gDimensions: 197 x 129 x 21 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels,skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection'- Sunday Times
'A great series'- Guardian
'Griffiths'excellent series is well informed and original'- Literary Review
'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
Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is the pen-name of British author Domenica de Rosa. A former Editorial Director for children's books at Harper Collins,Griffiths published her first novel,The Italian Quarter,in 1998 under her own name. A holiday in Norfolk inspired her to write what would become the bestselling novel The Crossing Places,the first novel in the Dr Ruth Galloway series of mystery novels and Rosa's first novel as Elly Griffiths. She is also the author of the popular Stephens and Mephisto novels which began with The Zig Zag Girl.
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