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This bumper collection of short stories by the bestselling author
of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Detective Harbinder Kaur
trilogy and the Brighton Mysteries features characters that readers
have come to know and love. Elly Griffiths has always written short
stories to experiment with different voices and genres and to
explore what some of her much-loved creations such as Dr Ruth
Galloway might have done outside of the novels. This collection
gathers them all together in one splendid volume. Here are
bite-sized tales to please and entertain every thriller taste as
well as all Elly Griffiths' fans. There are ghost stories and mini
cosy mysteries; tales of psychological suspense and poignant
vignettes of love and loss. There's a creepy horror story to make
you shiver and a tale narrated by Flint, Ruth Galloway's cat, to
make you smile. These stories illustrate the breadth and variety of
Elly Griffiths' talent. Even the darkest of them is leavened with
light touches of humour. This collection shows an author writing at
the top of her game.
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by
bestselling author Elly Griffiths. Magician Max Mephisto, now
divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby
and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past,
fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's
assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding
house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder. Max
agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is
investigating the case. What Max doesn't know is that the girl's
family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (aka Mrs
Stephens) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own. The
inhabitants of the boarding house, most of whom are performing in
an Old Time Music Hall show on Brighton pier, are a motley crew.
The house is also connected to a sinister radio personality called
Pal. When a second magician's assistant is killed, Edgar suspects a
serial killer. He persuades Max to come out of semi-retirement and
take part in a summer show. But who can pose as his assistant?
Edgar shocks the team by recommending someone close ... 'Original,
lively and gripping' Independent 'Full of period detail, smart
plotting and likeable characters' Mail on Sunday 'Full of fun and
expertly plotted' Sunday Express
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The Last Word
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A cosy, twisty mystery that reintroduces the glorious characters we
met in the bestselling The Postscript Murders - shortlisted for the
Gold Dagger. Natalka from Ukraine has quit her job as a carer and
joined up with retiree, Edwin, to run a detective agency on
England's south coast. Despite a steady stream of minor cases,
Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation such
as murder to come the agency's way. She is now living with dreamer,
Benedict, who continues to run his coffee shack. Life gets
complicated when her Ukrainian mother, Viktoria, joins them from
her war-torn country - three's a crowd. Viktoria invades the tiny
flat, cooking borscht and cleaning things that are already clean.
To add to Natalka's irritation, Benedict and Viktoria get on
brilliantly. Edwin is a big reader of obituaries, so when a local
obit writer, Dan Haynes, dies, Edwin decides to look further, only
to discover a series of unexpected deaths. Are the clues in the
obits themselves? Edwin decides to write an obit to see what clues
it throws up. Then he disappears. The chase to find him takes the
team to London and back to the south coast, where the solution lies
remarkably close to home.
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The Last Word
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Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a
murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the
internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series.
Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz. Natalka and
Edwin are perfect if improbably partners in a detective agency. At
eighty-four, Edwin regularly claims that he's the oldest detective
in England. He is a master at surveillance, deploying his age as a
cloak of invisibility. Natalka, Ukrainian-born and more than fifty
years his junior, is a math whizz, who takes any cases concerning
fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka
is frustrated. She loves a murder, as she's fond of saying, and
none have come the agency's way. That is until local writer Melody
Chambers dies. Melody's daughters are convinced that their mother
was murdered. Edwin thinks that Melody's death is linked to that of
an obituary writer who predeceased many of his subjects. Edwin and
Benedict go undercover to investigate and are on a creative writing
weekend at isolated Battle House when another murder occurs. Are
the cases linked and what is the role of a distinctly sinister book
group attended by many of writers involved? By the time Edwin has
infiltrated the group, he is in serious danger...
This bumper collection of short stories by the bestselling author
of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Detective Harbinder Kaur
trilogy and the Brighton Mysteries features characters that readers
have come to know and love. Elly Griffiths has always written short
stories to experiment with different voices and genres and to
explore what some of her much-loved creations such as Dr Ruth
Galloway might have done outside of the novels. This collection
gathers them all together in one splendid volume. Here are
bite-sized tales to please and entertain every thriller taste as
well as all Elly Griffiths' fans. There are ghost stories and mini
cosy mysteries; tales of psychological suspense and poignant
vignettes of love and loss. There's a creepy horror story to make
you shiver and a tale narrated by Flint, Ruth Galloway's cat, to
make you smile. These stories illustrate the breadth and variety of
Elly Griffiths' talent. Even the darkest of them is leavened with
light touches of humour. This collection shows an author writing at
the top of her game.
A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of
Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve
remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of
twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will
introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each
author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own
unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a
traditional mystery. · Naomi Alderman · Leigh Bardugo · Alyssa
Cole · Lucy Foley · Elly Griffiths · Natalie Haynes · Jean Kwok
· Val McDermid · Karen M. McManus · Dreda Say Mitchell · Kate
Mosse · Ruth Ware Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a
story Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her
first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930’s The Murder at
the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie’s
last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in
1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve
Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains
the most famous fictional female detective of all time.
Every year a ceremony is held in Norwich for the bodies in the
paupers' graves: the service for the Outcast Dead. Forensic
archaeologist Ruth Galloway has a particular interest in this
year's proceedings. Her recent dig at Norwich Castle turned up the
body of the notorious Mother Hook, who was hanged in 1867 for
murdering five children. Now Ruth is the reluctant star of a TV
special, working alongside the program's alluring history expert,
Dr. Frank Barker. Meanwhile, DCI Harry Nelson is immersed in the
case of three children found dead in their home when another child
is abducted. A kidnapper dubbed the Childminder claims
responsibility, but is the Childminder behind the deaths too? The
team must race to find out -- and the stakes couldn't be any higher
when a child close to everyone involved goes missing.
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by
bestselling author Elly Griffiths. Magician Max Mephisto, now
divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby
and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past,
fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's
assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding
house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder. Max
agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is
investigating the case. What Max doesn't know is that the girl's
family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (aka Mrs
Stephens) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own. The
inhabitants of the boarding house, most of whom are performing in
an Old Time Music Hall show on Brighton pier, are a motley crew.
The house is also connected to a sinister radio personality called
Pal. When a second magician's assistant is killed, Edgar suspects a
serial killer. He persuades Max to come out of semi-retirement and
take part in a summer show. But who can pose as his assistant?
Edgar shocks the team by recommending someone close ... 'Original,
lively and gripping' Independent 'Full of period detail, smart
plotting and likeable characters' Mail on Sunday 'Full of fun and
expertly plotted' Sunday Express
"In Elly Griffiths's second novel starring Ruth Galloway, the
forensic anthropologist, now expecting a child, undertakes a battle
of wits with a deadly nemesis . . . Her inner strength as she
battles social stigma and the hormonal fluctuations of pregnancy
wonderfully complement the starkly wild Norfolk coast of England
where Griffiths's novels are set."--"USA Today"
It's only been a few months since forensic archeologist Ruth
Galloway found herself entangled in a missing-child case, barely
escaping with her life. But when constructions workers demolishing
a large old mansion to make way for a new development 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?
When carbon dating proves that the child's bones predate the home
and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is
drawn more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer,
it becomes clear that someone is trying very hard to put her off
the trail by frightening her, and her unborn child, half to
death.
"Delightfully twisted . . . Griffiths is a talented writer and,
like its predecessor "The Crossing Places," "The Janus Stone"
exhibits her skill at character development and her ability to
create a chilling and entirely believable story"--"Richmond
Times-Dispatch"
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The Last Word
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Ruth Galloway--whom #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise
Penny calls "a captivating amateur sleuth"--investigates a string
of murders deep within the abandoned tunnels of Norwich in
award-winning mystery. Winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library
Award 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 finds herself 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. The Ruth
Galloway series is: "Remarkable, delightful." --Associated Press
"Wonderfully rich." --Guardian "Smart, down-to-earth." --Mercury
News
The unmissable new book in the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Ruth and
DCI Nelson are working on a murder case in which their friend
Cathbad emerges as the prime suspect. Can they uncover the truth in
time to save him? 'GALLOWAY NOW SEEMS AS REAL AS MARPLE AND MORSE'
The Times When builders renovating a café in King's Lynn unearth a
human skeleton, they call for DCI Harry Nelson and Dr Ruth
Galloway, Head of Archaeology at the University of North Norfolk.
Ruth is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department
and by her ever-complicated relationship with Nelson. The bones are
identified as those of Emily Pickering, an archaeology student who
went missing in the 1990s. Emily attended a course run by her
Cambridge tutor. Suspicion falls on him and on another course
member - Ruth's friend Cathbad. As they investigate, Nelson and his
team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the student
group and the adults leading them. Then, just when the team seem to
be making progress, Cathbad disappears. The trail leads Ruth and
Nelson to the Neolithic flint mines in Grime's Graves. The race is
on, first to find Cathbad and then to exonerate him, but will Ruth
and Nelson uncover the truth in time to save their friend? 'The
best Ruth Galloway of the lot' 5* READER REVIEW 'Didn't want it to
end. Now I'm starting all over again with The Crossing Places' 5*
READER REVIEW
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DR RUTH GALLOWAY MYSTERIES A
propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder
Kaur. A murderer hides in plain sight - in the police. DS Cassie
Fitzherbert has a secret - but it's one she's deleted from her
memory. In the 1990s when she was at school, she and her friends
killed a fellow pupil. Thirty years later, Cassie is happily
married and loves her job as a police officer. One day her husband
persuades her to go to a school reunion and another ex-pupil,
Garfield Rice, is found dead, supposedly from a drug overdose. As
Garfield was an eminent MP and the investigation is high profile,
it's headed by Cassie's new boss, DI Harbinder Kaur. The trouble
is, Cassie can't shake the feeling that one of her old friends has
killed again. Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered by one of
his political cronies? It's in Cassie's interest to skew the
investigation so that it looks like the latter and she seems to be
succeeding. Until someone else is killed... PRAISE FOR ELLY
GRIFFITHS: 'Elly Griffiths writes with a sharp, smart eye and great
elegance' PETER JAMES 'Great on character and suspense' VAL
MCDERMID 'One of my flat-out favourite contemporary suspense
writers' AJ FINN
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DR RUTH GALLOWAY MYSTERIES A
propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder
Kaur. A murderer hides in plain sight - in the police. DS Cassie
Fitzherbert has a secret. When she was at school, she and her
friends were responsible for the death of a fellow pupil. Decades
later, Cassie is happily married and loves her job as a police
officer. Her husband persuades her to go to a school reunion and
another ex-pupil, Garfield Rice, is found dead, supposedly from a
drug overdose. As Garfield was an eminent MP and the investigation
is high profile, it's headed by Cassie's new boss, DI Harbinder
Kaur. Trouble is, Cassie can't shake the feeling that one of her
old friends is behind it. Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered
by one of his political cronies? It's in Cassie's interest to skew
the investigation so that it looks like the latter and she seems to
be succeeding. Until someone else is killed... PRAISE FOR ELLY
GRIFFITHS: 'Elly Griffiths writes with a sharp, smart eye and great
elegance' PETER JAMES 'Great on character and suspense' VAL
MCDERMID 'One of my flat-out favourite contemporary suspense
writers' AJ FINN
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The Last Remains
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The discovery of a missing woman's bones force Ruth and Nelson to
finally confront their feelings for each other as they desperately
work to exonerate one of their own in this not-to-be-missed Ruth
Galloway mystery from USA Today bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
When builders discover a human skeleton during a renovation of a
café, they call in archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is
preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by
her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn
out to be modern--the remains of Emily Pickering, a young
archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls
on Emily's Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology
enthusiast who was part of the group gathered the weekend before
she disappeared--Ruth's friend Cathbad. As they investigate, Nelson
and his team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the
archeology group and look for a link between them and the café
where Emily's bones were found. Then, just when the team seem to be
making progress, Cathbad disappears. The trail leads Ruth a to the
Neolithic flint mines in Grimes Graves. The race is on, first to
find Cathbad and then to exonerate him, but will Ruth and Nelson
uncover the truth in time to save their friend?
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A murderer strikes at a school reunion--but the students are no
strangers to death-- in this propulsive, twisty thriller from the
internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries
Is it possible to forget that you've committed a murder? When
Cassie Fitzgerald was at school in the late 90s, she and her
friends killed a fellow student. Almost twenty years later, Cassie
is a happily married mother who loves her job--as a police officer.
She closely guards the secret she has all but erased from her
memory. One day her husband finally persuades her to go to a school
reunion. Cassie catches up with her high-achieving old friends from
the Manor Park School--among them two politicians, a rock star, and
a famous actress. But then, shockingly, one of them, Garfield Rice,
is found dead in the school bathroom, supposedly from a drug
overdose. As Garfield was an eminent--and controversial--MP and the
investigation is high profile, it's headed by Cassie's new boss, DI
Harbinder Kaur, freshly promoted and newly arrived in London. The
trouble is, Cassie can't shake the feeling that one of them has
killed again. Is Cassie right, or was Garfield murdered by one of
his political cronies? It's in Cassie's interest to skew the
investigation so that it looks like it has nothing to do with Manor
Park and she seems to be succeeding. Until someone else from the
reunion is found dead in Bleeding Heart Yard...
'SET IN DIVINE NORTH NORFOLK. INTENSELY ATMOSPHERIC AND GREAT'
India Knight Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful
landscape of North Norfolk to confront another killer. A
devastating new case for our favourite forensic archaeologist in
this acclaimed and bestselling crime series. The Night Hawks, a
group of metal detectorists, are searching for buried treasure when
they find a body on the beach in North Norfolk. At first Nelson
thinks that the dead man might be an asylum seeker but he turns out
to be a local boy, Jem Taylor, recently released from prison. Ruth
is more interested in the treasure, a hoard of Bronze Age weapons.
Nelson at first thinks that Taylor's death is accidental drowning,
but a second death suggests murder. Nelson is called to an apparent
murder-suicide of a couple at the isolated Black Dog Farm. Local
legend talks of the Black Shuck, a spectral hound that appears to
people before they die. Nelson ignores this, even when the owner's
suicide note includes the line, 'He's buried in the garden.' Ruth
excavates and finds the body of a giant dog. All roads lead back to
this farm in the middle of nowhere, but the place spells serious
danger for anyone who goes near. Ruth doesn't scare easily. Not
until she finds herself at Black Dog Farm ...
**THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'If only all history
mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour' The Times An old
man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his wife isn't the only
one who had reason to kill him. Brighton, 1965 When theatrical
impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no
one suspects foul play. But when the postmortem reveals that he was
poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-Music Hall star
Verity Malone. Frustrated by the police response to Bert's death
and determined to prove her innocence, Verity calls in private
detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins. This is their first real
case, but as luck would have it they have a friend on the inside:
Max Mephisto is filming a remake of Dracula, starring Seth
Billington, Bert's son. But when they question Max, they feel he
isn't telling them the whole story. Emma and Sam must vie with the
police to untangle the case and bring the killer to justice.
They're sure the answers must lie in Bert's dark past and in the
glamorous, occasionally deadly, days of Music Hall. But the closer
they get to the truth, the more danger they find themselves in...
*********** PRAISE FOR THE MIDNIGHT HOUR 'An intricately plotted
whodunnit' Daily Mail 'Griffiths writes with verve and wit' Irish
Times 'An entertaining period murder mystery' Irish Independent
'Layered with a gripping plot' Belfast Telegraph A Sunday Times
bestseller w/c 24/04/2022
**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Forensic archaeologist
Dr Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson are on the hunt for a
murderer when Covid rears its ugly head. But can they find the
killer despite lockdown? 'GALLOWAY NOW SEEMS AS REAL AS MARPLE AND
MORSE' The Times 'INTENSELY ATMOSPHERIC AND GREAT' India Knight
Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth is in London clearing out her
mother's belongings when she makes a surprising discovery: a
photograph of her Norfolk cottage taken before Ruth lived there.
Her mother always hated the cottage, so why does she have a picture
of the place? The only clue is written on the back of the photo:
Dawn, 1963. Ruth returns to Norfolk determined to solve the
mystery, but then Covid rears its ugly head. Ruth and her daughter
are locked down in their cottage, attempting to continue with work
and home-schooling. Happily, the house next door is rented by a
nice woman called Zoe, who they become friendly with while standing
on their doorsteps clapping for carers. Nelson, meanwhile, is
investigating a series of deaths of women that may or may not be
suicide. When he links the deaths to an archaeological discovery,
he breaks curfew to visit the cottage where he finds Ruth chatting
to her neighbour whom he remembers as a carer who was once tried
for murdering her employer. Only then her name wasn't Zoe. It was
Dawn. ******************************** PRAISE FOR THE LOCKED ROOM
'Intelligent and gripping' Daily Express 'A terrific story' The
Times 'This is Griffiths on top form' Mail on Sunday 'Charming from
start to finish' Irish Independent A Sunday Times bestseller w/c
07/02/2022
When a child's bones are found near an ancient henge in the wild
saltmarshes of Norfolk's north coast, Ruth Galloway, a university
lecturer in forensic archaeology, is asked to date them by DCI
Harry Nelson. He thinks they may be the bones of a child called
Lucy who has been missing for ten years. It's a cold case he has
never been able to forget, in part because he's been getting creepy
letters about Lucy ever since her disappearance from someone who
quotes the Bible and Shakespeare and includes references to ritual
and sacrifice. When Ruth proves that the bones are those of an Iron
Age girl who died over two thousand years ago, she supposes that
this is the end of the story. She's wrong: it's just the beginning
of a nightmare.
The Crossing Places is a gripping story about how the past, even
the distant past, can have a deadly hold on the present. It marks
the beginning of a stunning new mystery series, and the debut of an
intelligent, salty-tongued sleuth who is all the more likeable for
being vulnerable in ways she's the last to recognize.
"From the Hardcover edition."
INVENTING CRIME STORIES CAN GET YOU KILLED 'A LOVE LETTER TO MURDER
MYSTERIES' SUNDAY MIRROR The ultimate gripping murder mystery to
curl up with, from the bestselling author of The Stranger Diaries
and the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries The death of a ninety-year-old
woman with a heart condition should absolutely not be suspicious.
DS Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing to concern her in carer
Natalka's account of Peggy Smith's death. But when Natalka reveals
that Peggy lied about her heart condition and that she had been
sure someone was following her... And that Peggy Smith had been a
'murder consultant' who plotted deaths for authors, and knew more
about murder than anyone has any right to... And when clearing out
Peggy's flat ends in Natalka being held at gunpoint by a masked
figure... Well then DS Harbinder Kaur thinks that maybe there is no
such thing as an unsuspicious death after all. From the sleepy
seaside town of Shoreham to the granite streets of Aberdeen, The
Postscript Murders is a literary mystery for fans of Anthony
Horowitz, Agatha Christie and anyone who's ever wondered just how
authors think up such realistic crimes...
A Dying Fall, like all of Griffiths' work, combines an intriguing
plot with well-drawn characters--topped by the ever-fascinating
Ruth--and a keen sense of place and history. Connoisseurs of
thoughtful suspense will revel in its many pleasures.--Richmond
Times-Dispatch 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. Another gem packed with
offbeat, well-developed characters and a quirky, challenging
mystery.--Kirkus
As with all Ruth Galloway mysteries, the application of forensic
archaeology is intriguing . . . readers are in for a really good
time with this flesh-and-blood bone expert.--Booklist, starred
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