The Ghost Fields
The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 7
$21.60
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2016
Summary
WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY.
A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane—but the body isn’t from WW2. Dr. Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was, and who put him there, in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.
“An almost gothic plot, involving family feuds and a crumbling stately home … one of the most vivid novels in a delightful series.” – Sunday Times
When DCI Harry Nelson …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786482174 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1786482177 |
| Author: | Elly Griffiths |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 269g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 153mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries |
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Critics Review
Elly 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.
An almost gothic plot, involving family feuds and a crumbling stately home, makes this one of the most vivid novels in a delightful series. - Sunday Times
The book’s salty, desolate atmosphere of endless marsh and lonely, ancient sands… achieves a shivery aura of mystery you won’t soon shake, one that laces past with present in the inescapable march of time. - BookPageA gentle, meandering plot with a tense ending. - Euro CrimeAbout The Author
Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths is a multi-award-winning author and a No. 1 bestseller. She has written twenty-seven crime novels for adults; four for children, and a volume of short stories. Her books for adults include the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Brighton Mysteries and the Detective Harbinder Kaur series, as well as The Frozen People, the first book in the Ali Dawson Mysteries.
Elly’s many accolades include the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Edgar Award, the Fingerprint Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award, as well as being shortlisted multiple times for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award.
Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.
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