The crossing places a Ruth Galloway mystery
When she'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 child's bones are found on a desola...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston [Mass.] :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Series: | Griffiths, Elly. Ruth Galloway mystery.
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| Summary: | When she'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 child'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.--From Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Quercus"--T.p. verso. Includes excerpt from: The Janus stone. |
| Physical Description: | 303 p. : map ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780547386065 0547386060 9780547229898 0547229895 |
| Author Notes: | 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. |
