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Dry Bones: The Ruth Galloway Novels of Elly Griffiths

Posted in Interviews, tagged A Room Full of Bones, DCI Nelson, forensic archeologist, forensics, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Norfolk, Ruth Galloway, The Crossing Places, The House at Sea's End, The Janus Stone on October 10, 2012| 2 Comments »

The 2011 Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner, Elly Griffiths, is the author of a series of crime novels set in England’s Norfolk county and featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway. The first in the series, The Crossing Places, earned a good deal of praise both in Griffiths’ native country, England, and in the U.S. The Literary Review termed it “a cleverly plotted and extremely interesting first novel, highly recommended.” Kirkus Reviews also lauded the work, noting, “A winning debut…. the first-rate characters and chilling story are entrancing from start to finish.” (more…)