The pacing is a bit slow and understated as the reader is slowly given glimpses into the character’s personas while the case marches on in a methodical manner.
But, then a second child disappears, and Ruth finds herself, not only embroiled in a murder case, but a potential victim as well. Hoping the bones belonged to the missing child in case he was never able to solve, Nelson is disappointed to learn the bones are from the iron age. However, her quiet, orderly, slightly dull life is rudely upended when she is approached by Detective Chief Inspector Nelson to examine a child’s bones found on a beach. She is unmarried and lives with her two cats. Ruth is a forensic archaeologist in her late thirties.
While this first book has some issues, I understand now why the series is so popular.
I went in blind, however, not really knowing what the premise was, and I'm glad I did. So many of my GR friends read the Ruth Galloway series, making me wildly curious about it for a long time. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths is a 2010 publication.
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