The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
'My favourite series' Val McDermid DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they? Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago. As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Delightful . . combines professional expertise with a wry sense of humour * Sunday Times *
Griffiths supplies proof that thrillers can increase the pulse rate while tackling more serious issues * Guardian *
Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction -- Kate Mosse
Griffiths has become a dab hand at plotting and cranking up the tension. The murders, and the muddled humanity of the characters, keep us turning the pages * Independent *
Elly Griffiths writes ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place and a varied cast of sympathetic and unusual characters. Her heroine is a winner * The Times *
Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection * Sunday Times *
Crime that doesn't sacrifice good writing and clever characterisation for the sake of the plot * Red magazine *
Griffiths has mastered the art of combining bizarre plots with contemporary relationship issues beautifully * Sussex Life *
Excellent writing, excellent plotting, some utterly riveting detail and always a banging good story * Liz Loves Books *
Griffiths supplies proof that thrillers can increase the pulse rate while tackling more serious issues * Guardian *
Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction -- Kate Mosse
Griffiths has become a dab hand at plotting and cranking up the tension. The murders, and the muddled humanity of the characters, keep us turning the pages * Independent *
Elly Griffiths writes ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place and a varied cast of sympathetic and unusual characters. Her heroine is a winner * The Times *
Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection * Sunday Times *
Crime that doesn't sacrifice good writing and clever characterisation for the sake of the plot * Red magazine *
Griffiths has mastered the art of combining bizarre plots with contemporary relationship issues beautifully * Sussex Life *
Excellent writing, excellent plotting, some utterly riveting detail and always a banging good story * Liz Loves Books *
Elly Griffiths is a multi-award-winning author and a No. 1 bestseller. She has written twenty-seven crime novels for adults; four for children, and a volume of short stories. Her books for adults include the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Brighton Mysteries and the Detective Harbinder Kaur series, as well as The Frozen People, the first book in the Ali Dawson Mysteries. Elly's many accolades include the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Edgar Award, the Fingerprint Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award, as well as being shortlisted multiple times for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786487292 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786487292 |
| Title | The Stone Circle |
| Author | Elly Griffiths |
| Series | The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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