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The Crossing Places

of Elly Griffiths (Goodreads Author)

Series: Ruth Galloway #1

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Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties and lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy. Is it the same killer or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?

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Mystery Mystery Fiction Crime Thriller Mystery Thriller British Literature Audiobook Archaeology Suspense Detective

Main Characters

Ruth Galloway Harry Nelson

Book Details

  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304 pages
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication Date January 5th 2010
  • First Publication 02/05/09
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780547229898
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Mystery & Thriller
  • Scenario []

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