uk will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing. With wonderful photos by Justin Minns we are taken on a trip through Norfolk to places that we imagined in all the Ruth books with excerpts explaining how they played a part in those stories.

It was followed by The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Bleeding Heart Yard.A place steeped in folklore and history, visibly shaped by the lives of those who have come before, it has become an integral character in Elly Griffiths’ bestselling crime series. But before he died Dan wrote to Ruth telling her that he had made a ground-breaking archaeological discovery. Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. 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.

As the book progresses from spring to winter, Norfolk countryside is shown in a vibrant array of changing colors. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to ‘go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there’. Elly Griffiths does a superb job of pointing out the different places in Norfolk where the Galloway series took place and the accompanying photographs made me wish I were there.

We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below. The tenth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series sees Ruth wanting to escape from Norfolk and from her complicated relationship with DCI Nelson, at least for a while. A place steeped in folklore and history, visibly shaped by the lives of those who have come before, it has become an integral character in Elly Griffiths' bestselling crime series. A team of archaeologists, investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast, unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff.

When Ruth’s friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in the graveyard next to the cottage he is house-sitting, he takes it in his stride. I don’t think the book would be of interest to non Ruth Galloway fans – other than it might draw you into a very enjoyable series, but for fans it is almost essential I would say.A stunning companion to Elly Griffiths’ beloved crime series, the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, and a photographic journey through magical Norfolk. We were crossing Titchwell Marsh in North Norfolk when Andy (an archaeologist) mentioned that prehistoric people thought that marshland was sacred ground.