The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1)
Elly Griffiths
ISBN 10: 0547229895 ISBN 13: 9780547229898
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2010
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Fine and unread. In fine dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. 303 pp (plus preview chapter). The first novel of female archaeologist, Ruth Galloway, who lives happily alone with her cats in England and must solve a murder using her skills digging up secrets. Seller Inventory # E36478a
Synopsis:
When sheâ s not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in a remote area called Saltmarsh near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants - not quite earth, not quite sea.
When a childâ s bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help. Nelson thinks he has found the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing ten years ago. Since her disappearance he has been receiving bizarre letters about her, letters with references to ritual and sacrifice.
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The bones actually turn out to be two thousand years old, but Ruth is soon drawn into the Lucy Downey case and into the mind of the letter writer, who seems to have both archaeological knowledge and eerie psychic powers. Then another child goes missing and the hunt is on to find her. As the letter writer moves closer and the windswept Norfolk landscape exerts its power, Ruth finds herself in completely new territory - and in serious danger.
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THE CROSSING PLACES marks the beginning of a captivating new crime series featuring an irresistible heroine.Â
About the Author:
Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels take for their inspiration Elly's husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt who lives on the Norfolk coast and who filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area. Elly has two children and lives near Brighton. Though not her first novel, The Crossing Places is her first crime novel.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: fine
Edition: First edition.