The Crossing Places : The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1

by Griffiths, Elly | Crime & mystery
Published 20/11/2025 by Quercus Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries series
Paperback | 320 pages
197 x 129 x 22mm | 228g

START THE JOURNEY HERE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKEDDr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older?DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girl. Since she vanished, someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice, quoting Shakespeare and the Bible. He knows that Ruth's expertise and experience could help him finally to put this case to rest.

But when a second child goes missing, Ruth finds herself in danger from a killer who knows she's getting ever closer to the truth . . . 'Immensely atmospheric' INDIA KNIGHT'I couldn't put it down' 5* READER REVIEW'A great series' GUARDIAN'Loved this book so much' 5* READER REVIEW