Book Discussion : The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths

This is the group for the book discussion by the Mystery and Suspense Group of The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths, which is book 8 in the excellent Ruth Galloway series.

All are welcome to join in the discussion, but please ensure that you do not leave any spoilers if you finish the book before Tuesday 20th September when others will be reading the final section. If you would like to join in read the thread 'How the Discussion Works' which explains the set up. If you are still not clear send Andrew-theQm a message I will help you through it.

Schedule
Friday 16th September : Prologue and Chapters 1 to 8
Saturday 17th September : Chapters 9 to 14
Sunday 18th September : Chapters 15 to 21
Monday 19th September : Chapters 22 to 25
Tuesday 20th September : Chapters 26 to 30

Book Description (From www.ellygriffiths.co.uk)
When Ruth’s friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in the graveyard next to the cottage he is house-sitting, he takes it in his stride. Walsingham has strong connections to Mary, and Cathbad is a druid after all; visions come with the job. But when the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead the next day in a nearby ditch, it is clear Cathbad’s vision was all too human, and that a horrible crime has been committed. DCI Nelson and his team are called in for the murder investigation, and soon establish that the dead woman was a recovering addict being treated at a nearby private hospital.

Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her seventeen years in Norfolk. But then an old university friend, Hilary Smithson, asks to meet her in the village, and Ruth is amazed to discover that her friend is now a priest. Hilary has been receiving vitriolic anonymous letters targeting women priests – letters containing references to local archaeology and a striking phrase about a woman ‘clad in blue, weeping for the world’.

Then another woman is murdered – a priest.

As Walsingham prepares for its annual Easter re-enactment of the Crucifixion, the race is on to unmask the killer before they strike again…

Next Book in the Series
We have now reached the last published book for this series 😱 The next book (The Chalk Pit) looks like it is published in February 2017 (at least in the UK), not sure about elsewhere. We will seek to read this once it has been published and we are able to get hold of it, but we are in for a wait!