Summary
Elly Griffiths: Crossing Places
CWA Dagger in the Library and Mary Higgins Clark Awards for Best Crime Novel.
One of the most popular crime novels in Great Britain.
Dr. Ruth Galloway is an experienced archaeologist who prefers to spend her time in the field, and when she's not on digs, she teaches at the University of Norfolk. By choice, he lives in a harsh, marshy area called Saltmarsh, with cats and radio shows for company.
When the police find bones in the marsh, they call Ruth. Her analysis will show that the remains date back to the Bronze Age - much to the dismay of Inspector Harry Nelson, who was hoping to find the body of a little girl named Lucy, who disappeared ten years ago. He believed that if he found her, he would stop receiving anonymous letters with creepy allusions to ritual sacrifices, Bible quotes, and Shakespeare verses that had been coming to him since her disappearance.
Soon after, the second girl disappears, and Nelson receives a different but equally ominous letter. The investigation becomes more and more dangerous and creepy. Are these crimes connected? Are they part of an ancient ritual related to the archaeological site near Ruth's house? Soon Ruth herself becomes a target - someone knows that she is involved in the investigation and does not want the truth to come out...
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