The Janus Stone: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 2

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Her Norfolk is a watery, frequently misty county with just the right atmosphere for a murder mystery and she seamlessly works in lots of mythology and folklore. Forensic archeologist Dr Ruth Galloway and her onetime lover DCI Harry Nelson first appeared in print way back in 2009, and their on/off, will they/won’t they relationship has been tantalising readers ever since. The tension ramps up incrementally for both Ruth and Harry, personally and professionally, and there is no shortage of possible perpetrators with viable motives. A team of archaeologists, investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast, unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff.

While house sitting a cottage next to a graveyard, Ruth’s druid friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak. However, alongside the domestic shenanigans are some mighty fine crime mysteries that entertain and confound in equal measure. The A47 road goes through the length of the island and joins each end of the island to the mainland by bridges leading west toward Castle Caldwell and east toward Kesh. Everyone must be very interested to learn when her next novel will be published so they can read it. While we were all stuck indoors, Elly Griffiths spent the time coming up with her lockdown novel, and Coronavirus has a vital role to play in The Locked Room but is never allowed to dominate proceedings.A gruesome discovery at an old children’s home lays bare terrible secret’s from Norwich’s past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. She is shocked and upset but a day later Ruth receives a desperate letter from Dan, posted the day before his death and containing revelations that prompt her to travel north to Lancashire to investigate further.

Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc. Griffiths has also tried her hand at standalone crime novels, with The Stranger Diaries and The Postscript Murders both set in Sussex and featuring DS Harbinder Kaur.The faces are large and ovals, with big eyes, straight noses, and half open mouths with protruding tongues above pointed chins.