The Chalk Pit
The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 9
$25.50
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2017
Summary
‘I refuse to apologise for being in love with Dr Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson . . one of my favourite current crime series … a pleasure from start to finish’ Val McDermid
WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich’s web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity - now it suggests a much more s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784296629 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784296627 |
| Author: | Elly Griffiths |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 136mm x 198mm |
| Series: | The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries |
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Critics Review
Griffiths has become a dab hand at plotting and cranking up the tension. The murders, and the muddled humanity of the characters, keep us turning the pages - Independent
Crime that doesn’t sacrifice good writing and clever characterisation for the sake of the plot - Red magazineElly Griffiths writes ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place and a varied cast of sympathetic and unusual characters. Her heroine is a winner - The TimesGriffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection - Sunday TimesElly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths was born in London. She worked in publishing for many years. Her bestselling series of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring a forensic archaeologist, are set in Norfolk. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her Stephens and Mephisto series is based in 1950s Brighton. She lives near Brighton with her husband, an archaeologist, and their two children.
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