The Crossing Places

Name: The Crossing Places
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ISBN: 9781529448238

The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1

Elly Griffiths

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English

Quercus
03 March 2026

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries

START THE JOURNEY HERE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKED

Dr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older?

DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girl. Since she vanished, someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice, quoting Shakespeare and the Bible. He knows that Ruth's expertise and experience could help him finally to put this case to rest.

But when a second child goes missing, Ruth finds herself in danger from a killer who knows she's getting ever closer to the truth . . .

'Immensely atmospheric' INDIA KNIGHT

'I couldn't put it down' 5
* READER REVIEW

'A great series' GUARDIAN

'Loved this book so much' 5
* READER REVIEW

By: Elly Griffiths
Imprint: Quercus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 220g
ISBN: 9781529448238
ISBN 10: 1529448239
Series: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, has been shortlisted five times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for The Lantern Men. Her new series featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur began with The Stranger Diaries, which was a Richard and Judy book club pick and won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA. It was followed by The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Bleeding Heart Yard. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband.

Reviews for The Crossing Places: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1

Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse * The Times * Witty, insightful and brilliant storytelling * Daily Mirror * A great series * Guardian *