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The Crossing Places

The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1

Elly Griffiths author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:20th Nov '25

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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

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

ISBN: 9781529448238

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 22mm

Weight: 220g

320 pages