Library's review
The latest entry in Griffiths' superb series featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway. Normally we encounter Ruth in Norfolk, digging up bones and helping DI Harry Nelson and his crew solve crimes. But this outing finds Ruth in Italy, soaking up the sun while assisting a fellow archaeologist
Ruth has her own personal reasons (revealed at the end of the last book) for wanting to get out of Norfolk just now, and so with daughter Katie and friend Shona and her son Louis in tow, they settle into an apartment in the hill town of Castelli d'Angeli. Old secrets come unburied along with some bones, and result in a fresh murder for Ruth to puzzle at. When Harry and Cathbad show up for reasons that are best discovered as you read, we've got ourselves a real whodunit.
I thoroughly enjoy this series, so much so that even though I knew a paper copy was coming my way from Beth (via Mamie by way of Katie who I think got it from Suzanne) I still leapt at the chance to borrow the ebook from the library when it came available. Patience has never been one of my virtues.
If you're tempted to dig into this series, it's best to start at the beginning with The Crossing Places to fully savor the complicated entanglements the characters find themselves in as the series goes on. And if you're caught up, be aware that this one ends in a tiny cliffhanger that will have you waiting impatiently for the next installment.
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with his Italian television program on Roman ruins.Ruth has her own personal reasons (revealed at the end of the last book) for wanting to get out of Norfolk just now, and so with daughter Katie and friend Shona and her son Louis in tow, they settle into an apartment in the hill town of Castelli d'Angeli. Old secrets come unburied along with some bones, and result in a fresh murder for Ruth to puzzle at. When Harry and Cathbad show up for reasons that are best discovered as you read, we've got ourselves a real whodunit.
I thoroughly enjoy this series, so much so that even though I knew a paper copy was coming my way from Beth (via Mamie by way of Katie who I think got it from Suzanne) I still leapt at the chance to borrow the ebook from the library when it came available. Patience has never been one of my virtues.
If you're tempted to dig into this series, it's best to start at the beginning with The Crossing Places to fully savor the complicated entanglements the characters find themselves in as the series goes on. And if you're caught up, be aware that this one ends in a tiny cliffhanger that will have you waiting impatiently for the next installment.
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"In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway--described by Louise Penny as "a captivating amateur sleuth"--and DI Nelson have their summer vacations horribly disrupted by a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones"--
Awards
Theakstons Old Peculier Prize (Longlist — 2019)
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English
Original publication date
2018-02-08