A Room Full of Bones

The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

Elly Griffiths

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Quercus
02 June 2016

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries

WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. Halloween night, and the dead are closer than ever for Dr Ruth Galloway. She is used to long-dead bodies, but a fresh corpse in the middle of a museum is a new challenge. The fourth beguiling Dr Ruth Galloway mystery.

'A wonderfully rich mix of ancient and contemporary' Guardian

It is Halloween in King's Lynn, and forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum - the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop. But then Ruth finds the body of the museum's curator lying beside the coffin.

Soon the museum's wealthy owner lies dead in his stables too. These two deaths could be from natural causes but DCI Harry Nelson isn't convinced, and it is only a matter of time before Ruth and Nelson cross paths once more.

When threatening letters come to light, events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth's friends become involved, where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested, she and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling and the Aboriginal ritual of The Dreaming may hold the answer to these deaths - and be the key to their own survival.

By: Elly Griffiths
Imprint: Quercus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9781786482143
ISBN 10: 1786482142
Series: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 02 June 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

Griffiths applies a light touch, her Norfolk setting is admirably gloomy and Galloway is appealingly unglamourous. The Times A wonderfully rich mixture of ancient and contemporary ... A welcome addition to a great series. Guardian A sinister, life-threatening mystery that grips to its end. Woman & Home [Griffiths] effectively conveys the hurt and complex feelings that can result from unthinking indiscretions and somehow these become integral to the narrative. CrimePieces A Room Full of Bones is another multi-layered investigation which rewards the reader with each level of the dig into the story. WeLoveThisBook