Bones that appear to belong to a child have been found on the salt marshes of Norfolk. DCI Harry Nelson calls in archeologist Ruth Galloway to see if his fears that the bones are that of a local girl who vanished ten years ago are confirmed. Whilst these bones are found to be dating from the Iron Ag...
I picked up "The Crossing Places" in an audible book sale offering first-in-a-series books. I half expected it to be Temperance Brennan / Kay Scarpetta with an English accent. It turned out to be something much more orginal and engaging than that:a thriller seasoned with a strong sense of place, rev...
I enjoyed this. Got a good sense of the place. Nicely thought out plot. The characters were nicely human; even the 2 main characters had believable faults and it showed how messy relationships can be in real life.
This should have been a perfect fit for me, Archaeologist, female, gets caught up in a murder mystery when a body found is actually not new but historical. I got the actual murderer earlier and found it quite obvious.It's not a bad read but it didn't quite satisfy.
I thought I'd like this novel much more than I did. It's not terrible. Indeed, it has some good features. However, I found it disappointing and predictable overall. First the good points. The central protagonist, Ruth Galloway, is an academic forensic archeologist. Her occupation has plenty of poten...
Very English mystery. This is my second book by Elly Griffiths and I have enjoyed them both. This is her first mystery novel and although I really enjoyed it I think the plot really overreached credibility. I have also read the third in this series which I found to be much more realistic. The ar...
25. Pearl Ruled: [THE CROSSING PLACES] by [[ELLY GRIFFITHS]]Rating: 1.875* of five (p126)The Book Description: 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 ...
Right, first problem: the book is written in third person present tense (‘she sighs..., she eats..., she puts...’). I daresay the author has perfectly sensible reasons for this stylistic choice, but I really hate it. It grates on me, and gets between me and the story. I don’t know how commonplace th...
was very disappointed in this book. It was full of foul language and everyone that was married was having affairs with other people. The story was told in present tense and really bugged me. It was not a very good story line. It had nothing going for it, and I would have put it down if I wasn't r...
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