Shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021
Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2020
Everything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway.
She has a new job,home and partner,and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is,until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this,and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried - but only if Ruth will do the digging.
Curious,but wary,Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens,said to be haunted by the Lantern Men,mysterious figures holding lights that lure travellers to their deaths.
Is Ivor March himself a lantern man,luring Ruth back to Norfolk What is his plan,and why is she so crucial to it And are the killings really over
Publisher: Quercus PublishingISBN: 9781787477551Number of pages: 400Weight: 280 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Like its predecessors,The Lantern Men has a great sense of place and an awareness of the remorseless passing of time. The climactic bicycle race across the fens,foregathering all the suspects,will take your breath away'- The Times
'As ever,creepy Norfolk folklore is skillfully blended with the ongoing saga of the personal lives of Ruth,her friends and colleagues (and now,their children). Warm,but never cloyingly cosy,this is the most lovable of current crime series'- S Magazine,Sunday Express
'Once again,Elly Griffiths delivers witty,insightful and brilliant storytelling as the redoubtable Dr Galloway burrows away to expose the Lantern Men's dark secrets'- Daily Mirror
'Elly Griffiths's great achievement in her Dr Ruth Galloway series has been to create an atmosphere as comforting as that of any traditional detective story and yet introduce to it credible crimes and lifelike characters with convincing preoccupations'- Literary Review
'A deftly plotted thriller,and most likeable entertainment'- Irish Independent
'The writing is excellent. It puts me in mind of the late,great Ruth Rendell...the characterisation is perfect...a cracker of a book'- The Bookbag
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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