The unmissable new book in the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries.
Ruth and Nelson are working on a murder case in which Cathbad emerges as the prime suspect. Can they uncover the truth in time to save their friend
When builders renovating a cafe in King's Lynn find a human skeleton behind a wall,they call for DCI Harry Nelson and Dr Ruth Galloway,Head of Archaeology at the nearby University of North Norfolk. Ruth is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with Nelson. However,she agrees to look at the case.
Ruth sees at once that the bones are modern. They are identified as the remains of Emily Pickering,a young archaeology student who went missing in the 1990s. Emily attended a course run by her Cambridge tutor. Suspicion falls on him and also on another course member - Ruth's friend Cathbad,who is still frail following his near death from Covid.
As they investigate,Nelson and his team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the student group and the adults leading them. What was the link between the group and the King's Lynn cafe where Emily's bones were found Then,just when the team seem to be making progress,Cathbad disappears. Was it guilt that led him to flee The trail leads Ruth and Nelson to the Neolithic flint mines in Grimes Graves which are as spooky as their name. The race is on,first to find Cathbad and then to exonerate him,but will Ruth and Nelson uncover the truth in time to save their friend
Publisher: Quercus PublishingISBN: 9781529409758Number of pages: 384Weight: 260 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
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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