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Because we started reading this series on Leafmarks & Shelfari there is some info that I do not have. Sorry.
The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #1
Publication Date: 2009
Book Description: Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy. Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?
Dates Read: May 20-May 25, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 5; Sergei - 5; Lynda - 5; Andrew - 5; Sushi - 4; Eadie -5
Overall Average Rating: 4.8
Comments:
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The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series:Ruth Galloway Book #2
Publication Date: 2010
Book Description: It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand? Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast.
Dates Read: July 25- July 30, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 4; Sergei - 4; Lynda; 4; Sushi -3.6; Andrew - 4; Eadie - 5
Overall Average Rating: 4.1
Comments:
"There is plenty of action and forensic detail for thriller fans and yet mild enough for more cozy mystery people."
"This is not a thriller sort of mystery where the main characters are constantly on the run being chased by bad guys. The pace is much slower, and it is more about the characters, especially the complicated relationship between Ruth and Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson."
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The House At Seas End - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #3
Publication Date: 2011
Book Description: Just back from maternity leave, forensic archaeologist Ruth is finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work when she is called in to investigate human bones that have surfaced on a remote Norfolk beach. The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of her daughter, does not help. The bones, six men with their arms bound, turn out date back to World War II, a desperate time on this stretch of coastland. Home Guard veteran Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret the old soldiers have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What was Operation Lucifer? And who is prepared to kill to keep its secret?
Dates Read: October 13 - October 19, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Sergei, Eadie, Lynda, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 3.5; Sergei - 4; Andrew - 4; Sushi - 3; Eadie -4.5; Lynda - 4
Overall Average Rating: 3.84
Comments:
"I thought this was the weakest of the three books thus far in the series. The mystery for this book isn't as compelling as the previous volumes."
"The solution to the mystery was a little convoluted...it was just such an unlikely ending."
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A Room Full of Bones- Elly Griffith
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #4
Publication Date: 2011
Book Description: When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop, she finds the museum’s curator lying dead on the floor. Soon after, the museum’s wealthy owner is also found dead, in his stables. These two deaths could be from natural causes, but once again Ruth and DCI Harry Nelson cross paths during the investigation. When threatening letters come to light, events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth’s friends become involved, where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested, Ruth and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling, and the mystery of “The Dreaming” hold the answers to these deaths, as well as the keys to their own survival.
Dates Read: December 9 - December 12, 2015
Participants: (5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol; 4.5; Sergei - 4; No ratings available for other 3 participants
Overall Average Rating:
Comments:
"After the three previous ones I have found that I am reading the books more and more for the characters. Each one is beginning to take one a life of their own."
"All together it is a combination that produces a well done story line in spite of this one being a little more on far fetched side. But...it's my kind of book."
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A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #5
Publication Date: 2012
Book Description: When Ruth Galloway learns that her old university friend Dan Golding has died in a house fire, she is shocked and saddened. But when she receives a letter that Dan had written just before he died, her sadness turns to suspicion. The letter tells of a great archaeological discovery, but Dan also says that he is scared for his life. Was Dan’s death linked to his find? The only clue is his mention of the Raven King, an ancient name for King Arthur. When she arrives in Lancashire, Ruth discovers that the bones reveal a shocking fact about King Arthur—and that the bones have mysteriously vanished. The case draws in DCI Nelson, determined to protect Ruth and their eighteen-month-old daughter, Kate. But someone is willing to kill to keep the bones a secret, and it is beginning to look as if no one is safe.
Dates Read: February 2016
Participants:(5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol - 5; Sergei - 5; Andrew - 5; Lynda - 5; Eadie - 5
Overall Average Rating: 5.0
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The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book # 6
Publication Date: 2014
Book Description: Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, uncovers the bones of a notorious Victorian murderess, Mother Hook, on a routine dig near the walls of Norwich Castle. A television program Women who Kill wants to film the find. Some members of the production company think Mother Hook was innocent of murdering her charges, others see her as a wicked hag killing children to sell their bodies to the Resurrectionists, men who collected bodies to sell to medical schools for dissection. While Ruth is involved with the television production, DCI Harry Nelson, father of Ruth's daughter, Kate, becomes in involved with the death of a baby and the kidnapping of two others. The atmosphere is charged with tension. The focus is on the mothers and their anguish as the police search for the missing children.
Dates Read: April 2016
Participants: (5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol 4.5; Sergei - 4.5; Lynda -5; Andrew - 4.5; Eadie - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Ghost Fields -Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #7
Publication Date: 2015
Book Description: It’s a blazing hot summer in Norfolk when a construction crew unearths a downed American fighter plane from World War II with a body inside. Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the skeleton couldn’t possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat long presumed dead — news that seems to frighten his descendants. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk’s deserted air force bases, the so-called ghost fields, which the Blackstocks have converted into a pig farm. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man loitering at Fred Blackstock’s memorial service. Then human bones are found on the family’s pig farm and the weather quickly turns. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find the killer?
Dates Read: June 7 - June 12, 2016
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 5.0; Andrew-4.5 ; Lynda -5.0; Sergei - 4.5; Sushi - 3.6; Eadie - 5.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Woman In Blue - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #8
Publication Date: May 3, 2016
Book Description:Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. So when Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary. But then a woman wrapped in blue cloth is found dead the next day, and Ruth’s old friend Hilary, an Anglican priest, receives a series of hateful, threatening letters. Could these crimes be connected? When one of Hilary’s fellow female priests is murdered just before Little Walsingham’s annual Good Friday Passion Play, Ruth, Cathbad, and DCI Harry Nelson must team up to find the killer before he strikes again.
Dates Read - I have no information for this read beyond what is shown.
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The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #9
Publication Date: May 30, 2017
Book Description: Far below Norwich is a maze of old mining tunnels. When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human remains in one of them, she notices the bones are almost translucent, a sign they were boiled soon after death. Once more, she’s at the helm of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, DCI Nelson is looking for a homeless woman who he hears has gone “underground.” Could she have disappeared into the labyrinth? And if so, is she connected to the body Ruth found? As Ruth and Nelson investigate the tunnels, they hear rumors of secret societies, cannibalism, and ritual killings. And when a dead body is found with a map of what seems to be the full maze, they realize their hunt for the killer has only just begun—and that more bodies may be underfoot.
Dates Read: June 15, 2018 - June 20, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew -5 Sergei- 5, Carol- 5, Lynda- 4.5, Eadie- 5, Gayle - 3.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.67
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The Dark Angel by Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #10
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
Book Description: It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying? Ruth is just beginning to get her footing in the dig when she’s thrown off-guard by the appearance of DCI Nelson. And when Ruth’s findings lead them to a modern-day murder, their holidays are both turned upside down, and they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly picturesque town.
Dates Read: June 8, 2019 - June 12, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 5- Sergie -5, Carol 4- Lynda 4- Eadie 5-
Overall Average Rating: 4.60
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The Stone Circle - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #11
Publication Date: May 7, 2019
Book Description: DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that’s haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person—her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Dates Read: February 24, 2020 - February 29, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 4, Sergei 5:00, Carol 4.5, Lynda 4.5 ,Eadie -5
Overall Average Rating: 4.80
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The Lantern Men - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #12
Publication Date: July 6, 2021
Book Description: Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway changed her life—until a convicted killer tells her that four of his victims were never found, drawing her back to the place she left behind. Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer north Norfolk police’s resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried—but only if Ruth will do the digging. Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens, said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travelers to their deaths. Is Ivor March himself a lantern man, luring Ruth back to Norfolk? What is his plan, and why is she so crucial to it? And are the killings really over?
Dates Read: January 13 - 2023 - January 15- 2023
Participants & Ratings: - (8) - Andrew -4.5 Eadie -5.0 John -4.5 Lynda -4.5 Carol -4.5 Threadsong -4.5 Bluebird -4.5 Sergei -4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Night Hawkes - Ellie Griffith
Book Discussion
Series: Ruth Galloway: Book #13
Publication Date June 21, 2022
Book Description: There’s nothing Ruth Galloway hates more than amateur archaeologists, but when a group of them stumble upon Bronze Age artifacts alongside a dead body, she finds herself thrust into their midst—and into the crosshairs of a string of murders circling ever closer. Ruth is back as head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk when a group of local metal detectorists—the so-called Night Hawks—uncovers Bronze Age artifacts on the beach, alongside a recently deceased body, just washed ashore. Not long after, the same detectorists uncover a murder-suicide—a scientist and his wife found at their farmhouse, long thought to be haunted by the Black Shuck, a humongous black dog and a harbinger of death. The further DCI Nelson probes into both cases, the more intertwined they become, and the closer they circle to David Brown, the new lecturer Ruth has recently hired, who seems always to turn up wherever Ruth goes.
Dates Read: November 9, 2023 - November 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings:(8) Andrew:4.75 Sergei:4.0 Lynda:4.0 ColinMichaelFelix: 4.50 Eadie:5.0 John:4.50 Bluebird:4.0 Threadsong:4.50
Overall Average Rating: 4.91
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I am soon off to meet Miss Alisha Annette Landcaster-Hill. She's our son Jason and his husband Josh's baby daughter...born October 29th. She has both their DNA. Josh's sister carried the baby and Jason was the doner. Two of my good friends did this 20 years ago and their son is going to soon be 21. Everyone enjoy the read.
The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #1
Publication Date: 2009
Book Description: Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants—not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter—exactly like the ones about Lucy. Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth’s remote home?
Dates Read: May 20-May 25, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 5; Sergei - 5; Lynda - 5; Andrew - 5; Sushi - 4; Eadie -5
Overall Average Rating: 4.8
Comments:
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The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series:Ruth Galloway Book #2
Publication Date: 2010
Book Description: It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand? Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast.
Dates Read: July 25- July 30, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 4; Sergei - 4; Lynda; 4; Sushi -3.6; Andrew - 4; Eadie - 5
Overall Average Rating: 4.1
Comments:
"There is plenty of action and forensic detail for thriller fans and yet mild enough for more cozy mystery people."
"This is not a thriller sort of mystery where the main characters are constantly on the run being chased by bad guys. The pace is much slower, and it is more about the characters, especially the complicated relationship between Ruth and Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson."
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The House At Seas End - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #3
Publication Date: 2011
Book Description: Just back from maternity leave, forensic archaeologist Ruth is finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work when she is called in to investigate human bones that have surfaced on a remote Norfolk beach. The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of her daughter, does not help. The bones, six men with their arms bound, turn out date back to World War II, a desperate time on this stretch of coastland. Home Guard veteran Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret the old soldiers have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What was Operation Lucifer? And who is prepared to kill to keep its secret?
Dates Read: October 13 - October 19, 2015
Participants:(6) Andrew, Carol, Sergei, Eadie, Lynda, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 3.5; Sergei - 4; Andrew - 4; Sushi - 3; Eadie -4.5; Lynda - 4
Overall Average Rating: 3.84
Comments:
"I thought this was the weakest of the three books thus far in the series. The mystery for this book isn't as compelling as the previous volumes."
"The solution to the mystery was a little convoluted...it was just such an unlikely ending."
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A Room Full of Bones- Elly Griffith
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #4
Publication Date: 2011
Book Description: When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop, she finds the museum’s curator lying dead on the floor. Soon after, the museum’s wealthy owner is also found dead, in his stables. These two deaths could be from natural causes, but once again Ruth and DCI Harry Nelson cross paths during the investigation. When threatening letters come to light, events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth’s friends become involved, where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested, Ruth and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling, and the mystery of “The Dreaming” hold the answers to these deaths, as well as the keys to their own survival.
Dates Read: December 9 - December 12, 2015
Participants: (5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol; 4.5; Sergei - 4; No ratings available for other 3 participants
Overall Average Rating:
Comments:
"After the three previous ones I have found that I am reading the books more and more for the characters. Each one is beginning to take one a life of their own."
"All together it is a combination that produces a well done story line in spite of this one being a little more on far fetched side. But...it's my kind of book."
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A Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #5
Publication Date: 2012
Book Description: When Ruth Galloway learns that her old university friend Dan Golding has died in a house fire, she is shocked and saddened. But when she receives a letter that Dan had written just before he died, her sadness turns to suspicion. The letter tells of a great archaeological discovery, but Dan also says that he is scared for his life. Was Dan’s death linked to his find? The only clue is his mention of the Raven King, an ancient name for King Arthur. When she arrives in Lancashire, Ruth discovers that the bones reveal a shocking fact about King Arthur—and that the bones have mysteriously vanished. The case draws in DCI Nelson, determined to protect Ruth and their eighteen-month-old daughter, Kate. But someone is willing to kill to keep the bones a secret, and it is beginning to look as if no one is safe.
Dates Read: February 2016
Participants:(5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol - 5; Sergei - 5; Andrew - 5; Lynda - 5; Eadie - 5
Overall Average Rating: 5.0
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The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book # 6
Publication Date: 2014
Book Description: Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, uncovers the bones of a notorious Victorian murderess, Mother Hook, on a routine dig near the walls of Norwich Castle. A television program Women who Kill wants to film the find. Some members of the production company think Mother Hook was innocent of murdering her charges, others see her as a wicked hag killing children to sell their bodies to the Resurrectionists, men who collected bodies to sell to medical schools for dissection. While Ruth is involved with the television production, DCI Harry Nelson, father of Ruth's daughter, Kate, becomes in involved with the death of a baby and the kidnapping of two others. The atmosphere is charged with tension. The focus is on the mothers and their anguish as the police search for the missing children.
Dates Read: April 2016
Participants: (5) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei
Ratings: Carol 4.5; Sergei - 4.5; Lynda -5; Andrew - 4.5; Eadie - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Ghost Fields -Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion: no site available
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #7
Publication Date: 2015
Book Description: It’s a blazing hot summer in Norfolk when a construction crew unearths a downed American fighter plane from World War II with a body inside. Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the skeleton couldn’t possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat long presumed dead — news that seems to frighten his descendants. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk’s deserted air force bases, the so-called ghost fields, which the Blackstocks have converted into a pig farm. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man loitering at Fred Blackstock’s memorial service. Then human bones are found on the family’s pig farm and the weather quickly turns. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find the killer?
Dates Read: June 7 - June 12, 2016
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Sergei, Sushi
Ratings: Carol - 5.0; Andrew-4.5 ; Lynda -5.0; Sergei - 4.5; Sushi - 3.6; Eadie - 5.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Woman In Blue - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #8
Publication Date: May 3, 2016
Book Description:Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. So when Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary. But then a woman wrapped in blue cloth is found dead the next day, and Ruth’s old friend Hilary, an Anglican priest, receives a series of hateful, threatening letters. Could these crimes be connected? When one of Hilary’s fellow female priests is murdered just before Little Walsingham’s annual Good Friday Passion Play, Ruth, Cathbad, and DCI Harry Nelson must team up to find the killer before he strikes again.
Dates Read - I have no information for this read beyond what is shown.
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The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #9
Publication Date: May 30, 2017
Book Description: Far below Norwich is a maze of old mining tunnels. When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human remains in one of them, she notices the bones are almost translucent, a sign they were boiled soon after death. Once more, she’s at the helm of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, DCI Nelson is looking for a homeless woman who he hears has gone “underground.” Could she have disappeared into the labyrinth? And if so, is she connected to the body Ruth found? As Ruth and Nelson investigate the tunnels, they hear rumors of secret societies, cannibalism, and ritual killings. And when a dead body is found with a map of what seems to be the full maze, they realize their hunt for the killer has only just begun—and that more bodies may be underfoot.
Dates Read: June 15, 2018 - June 20, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew -5 Sergei- 5, Carol- 5, Lynda- 4.5, Eadie- 5, Gayle - 3.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.67
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The Dark Angel by Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #10
Publication Date: May 15, 2018
Book Description: It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying? Ruth is just beginning to get her footing in the dig when she’s thrown off-guard by the appearance of DCI Nelson. And when Ruth’s findings lead them to a modern-day murder, their holidays are both turned upside down, and they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly picturesque town.
Dates Read: June 8, 2019 - June 12, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 5- Sergie -5, Carol 4- Lynda 4- Eadie 5-
Overall Average Rating: 4.60
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The Stone Circle - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #11
Publication Date: May 7, 2019
Book Description: DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that’s haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person—her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Dates Read: February 24, 2020 - February 29, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew 4, Sergei 5:00, Carol 4.5, Lynda 4.5 ,Eadie -5
Overall Average Rating: 4.80
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The Lantern Men - Elly Griffith
Book Discussion:
Series: Ruth Galloway Book #12
Publication Date: July 6, 2021
Book Description: Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway changed her life—until a convicted killer tells her that four of his victims were never found, drawing her back to the place she left behind. Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer north Norfolk police’s resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried—but only if Ruth will do the digging. Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens, said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travelers to their deaths. Is Ivor March himself a lantern man, luring Ruth back to Norfolk? What is his plan, and why is she so crucial to it? And are the killings really over?
Dates Read: January 13 - 2023 - January 15- 2023
Participants & Ratings: - (8) - Andrew -4.5 Eadie -5.0 John -4.5 Lynda -4.5 Carol -4.5 Threadsong -4.5 Bluebird -4.5 Sergei -4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.6
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The Night Hawkes - Ellie Griffith
Book Discussion
Series: Ruth Galloway: Book #13
Publication Date June 21, 2022
Book Description: There’s nothing Ruth Galloway hates more than amateur archaeologists, but when a group of them stumble upon Bronze Age artifacts alongside a dead body, she finds herself thrust into their midst—and into the crosshairs of a string of murders circling ever closer. Ruth is back as head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk when a group of local metal detectorists—the so-called Night Hawks—uncovers Bronze Age artifacts on the beach, alongside a recently deceased body, just washed ashore. Not long after, the same detectorists uncover a murder-suicide—a scientist and his wife found at their farmhouse, long thought to be haunted by the Black Shuck, a humongous black dog and a harbinger of death. The further DCI Nelson probes into both cases, the more intertwined they become, and the closer they circle to David Brown, the new lecturer Ruth has recently hired, who seems always to turn up wherever Ruth goes.
Dates Read: November 9, 2023 - November 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings:(8) Andrew:4.75 Sergei:4.0 Lynda:4.0 ColinMichaelFelix: 4.50 Eadie:5.0 John:4.50 Bluebird:4.0 Threadsong:4.50
Overall Average Rating: 4.91
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I am soon off to meet Miss Alisha Annette Landcaster-Hill. She's our son Jason and his husband Josh's baby daughter...born October 29th. She has both their DNA. Josh's sister carried the baby and Jason was the doner. Two of my good friends did this 20 years ago and their son is going to soon be 21. Everyone enjoy the read.
3EadieB
Thanks! >2 Carol420: Have a good time with the baby!
4Andrew-theQM
A brilliant job as always Carol 👏👏👏 Such high ratings across the series.
5Andrew-theQM
Have a great time Carol 😁
6Olivermagnus
>2 Carol420: What wonderful news! Have a great time.
7bluebird_
>2 Carol420: congratulations! Enjoy!
Thanks for the update
Thanks for the update
8Carol420
>3 EadieB:, >4 Andrew-theQM:, >5 Andrew-theQM:, >6 Olivermagnus:, >7 bluebird_:
Thank you everyone. I didn't say anything to begin with since she was born almost 2 months early and only weighed a little over 2-1/2 pounds. They were fairly sure that she would make it but still...She's home now and is not yet quiet 5 pounds but Jason says she's active and she takes the special formula that they have for her like it grew on trees. Josh can work for home so he's going to be her "Daytime Daddy" for a while. They have a lady that they've known for some time that will take care of her when they are both working.
Thank you everyone. I didn't say anything to begin with since she was born almost 2 months early and only weighed a little over 2-1/2 pounds. They were fairly sure that she would make it but still...She's home now and is not yet quiet 5 pounds but Jason says she's active and she takes the special formula that they have for her like it grew on trees. Josh can work for home so he's going to be her "Daytime Daddy" for a while. They have a lady that they've known for some time that will take care of her when they are both working.
9JohnDBurke
>2 Carol420: congratulations and thanks
10Sergeirocks
Congratulations Carol! ☺️
11threadnsong
Congratulations Carol and glad your new granddaughter (and her dads) are doing well!
12Carol420
>9 JohnDBurke: >10 Sergeirocks: >11 threadnsong: Thank you all. She's our third grandkid but only granddaughter. Our son and daughter-in-law in Louisianna have two boys and our daughter in Arizona says we'll have to be happy with four-legged, fur-covered ones from her...which is okay with me.
13threadnsong
>12 Carol420: "we'll have to be happy with four-legged, fur-covered ones from her" - I told my mother the same thing, that she would have to accept grand-cats and grand-dogs from me and DH!
