The Crossing Places: The First Ruth Galloway Mystery: An Edgar Award Winner

Elly Griffiths

Jan 2010 · Ruth Galloway Mysteries Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

The first entry in the acclaimed Ruth Galloway series follows the "captivating"* archaeologist as she investigates a child's bones found on a nearby beach, thought to be the remains of a little girl who went missing ten years before.

Forensic archeologist 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?

*Louise Penny

Ratings and reviews

I have a hard time finding books that are just scary enough without being too scary. Loved this heroine and the fact that she loves cats, my kinda girl. I will definitely read other Ruth Galloway mysteries.

Fun, but not much more. Written in a breathless present tense. Full of New Age mumbo jumbo along with a more sensible archeologist and her academic & police companions.

This review has 2 parts: English and Türkçe: English: points: 3.5 starts ******* This is my first book of Elly Griffiths. It was very fast read and took me almost 4 days to finish. Mystery part of the book was acceptable and not deep. Author managed to create mysterious and thriller story but the end of the story hasn't been written as good as the whole story. I think author can play a little bit deep on the end of the story to make it more interesting. But I enjoyed the story and If I have time I may read such a fast-read book between full mystery/thriller books. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Türkçe: Yazardan okudugum ilk kitapti. cok sade dilde yazilmis o yuzden cok hizli bitirdim. yazar kitab boyunca gizemli ve tarihi olaylarla renklendirilmis bir ortam yaratabilmis ama bence kitabin sonu biraz sonuk kalmistir. yazar kitabin sonundaki olaylari biraz daha karmasik yapabilirdi diye dusunuyorum. Kitabin tamamini keyifli buldum ve gelecekte agir ve gizemle dolu kitaplarin arasinda belki boyle kitaplari okuyabilirim.

About the author

Elly Griffiths is the USA Today bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway and Brighton mystery series, as well as the standalone novels The Stranger Diaries, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel; The Postscript Murders; and Bleeding Heart Yard. She is the recipient of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Brighton, England.