The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

Dr Ruth Galloway's forensic skills are called upon when builders, demolishing an old house in Norwich, uncover the bones of a child - minus the skull - beneath a doorway. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? Ruth links up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate. The house was once a children's home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the place. He tells him that two children did go missing forty years before - a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that the child's bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is trying hard to put her off the scent by frightening her to death...

'The setting is enticingly atmosphericI closed the book wanting to know more... as well as feeling the satisfaction that a really intelligent murder story can give' Independent. * Independent *

Elly Griffiths was born in London. She worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer. Her bestselling series of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring a forensic archaeologist, are set in Norfolk. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her Brighton-based mystery series is set in the 1950s and 1960s. She lives near Brighton with her husband, an archaeologist, and their two grown children.

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ISBN 13	9781849162296
ISBN 10	1849162298
Titel	The Janus Stone
Autor	Elly Griffiths
Serie	The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Quercus Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-07-29
Seitenanzahl	336
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