Ruth Galloway Series by Elly Griffiths

4.05 · 376 ratings
  • The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1)
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    The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 2009

    Forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties and 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... more

  • The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway #2)
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    The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway #2)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2010

    It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich 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?Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast... more

  • Huset vid havets slut (Ruth Galloway #3)
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    Huset vid havets slut (Ruth Galloway #3)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings · published 2011

    Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies buried at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case. DCI Nelson is investigating, but Ruth finds this more hindrance than help - Nelson is the father of her daughter, Kate. Still, she remains professional and concentrates on the case at hand... more

  • A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway #4)
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    A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway #4)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2011

    Combine a splash of Alan Bradley with a pinch of Kathy Reichs and you have a gripping new Ruth Galloway Mystery -- a good-hearted mystery series with a dark edge. Set in Norfolk, England, A Room Full of Bones embroils, once again, our brainy heroine in a crime tinged by occult forces. On Halloween night, the Smith Museum in King's Lynn is preparing for an unusual event -- the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop... more

  • Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway #4.5)
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    Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway #4.5)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2012

    It is three days before Christmas and a bitter wind is blowing across Norfolk.Until her daughter was born, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway didn’t do Christmas, but now that Kate is a year old, she wants it to be special.She must get a tree, shop for food, clean the house, buy presents, including one for her new boyfriend—who she isn’t even sure is her boyfriend—and remember to get the turkey out of the freezer.But time is rushing by and the best-laid plans don’t always work out …

  • A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5)
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    A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2012

    Ruth’s old friend Dan Golding dies in a house fire. But before he died Dan wrote to Ruth telling her that he had made a ground-breaking archaeological discovery. Could this find be linked to his death and who are the sinister neo-Nazi group who were threatening Dan? Ruth makes the trip to Blackpool to investigate, wary of encroaching on DCI Harry Nelson’s home ground. Soon Ruth is embroiled in a mystery that involves the Pendle Witches, King Arthur and – scariest of all – Nelson’s mother... more

  • The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway #6)
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    The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway #6)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2014

    Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of what might be a notorious Victorian child murderess and a baby snatcher known as "The Childminder" threatens modern-day Norfolk in the latest irresistible mystery from Elly Griffiths.Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of a Victorian murderess while a baby snatcher threatens modern-day Norfolk in this exciting new entry in a beloved series... more

  • The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway #7)
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    The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway #7)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2015

    The chilling discovery of a downed World War II plane with a body inside leads Ruth and DCI Nelson to uncover a wealthy family’s secrets in the seventh Ruth Galloway mystery. Norfolk is suffering from record summer heat when a construction crew unearths a macabre discovery—a downed World War II plane with the pilot still inside... more

  • The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway #8)
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    The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway #8)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2016

    In the next Ruth Galloway mystery, a vision of the Virgin Mary foreshadows a string of cold-blooded murders, revealing a dark current of religious fanaticism in an old medieval town. Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. So when Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary... more

  • The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)
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    The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2017

    Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they are recent - the boiling not the medieval curiosity she thought - DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands.Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is investigating the disappearance of a local rough sleeper. The only trace of her is the rumour that she's gone 'underground'... more

  • The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway #10)
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    The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway #10)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2018

    In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway—“a captivating amateur sleuth” (Louise Penny)—and DCI Nelson investigate a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones... more

  • Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries #6-10 (Ruth Galloway #6-10)
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    Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries #6-10 (Ruth Galloway #6-10)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2026

    Dr ruth galloway mysteries (6-10) 5 books collection set by elly griffiths includes titles in this set:- The Outcast Dead, The Ghost Fields, The Women in blue, The Chalk Pit, The Dark Angel. Description:- The Outcast Dead Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves... more

  • The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway #11)
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    The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway #11)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2019

    In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that’s haunted him for years... more

  • The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway #12)
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    The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway #12)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2020

    Everything has changed for Dr. Ruth Galloway.She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Amyas March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this, and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried - but only if Ruth will do the digging.Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees... more

  • The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13)
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    The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2021

    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... more

  • The Locked Room: A Mystery (Ruth Galloway #14)
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    The Locked Room: A Mystery (Ruth Galloway #14)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2022

    Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor--until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer, in USA Today Elly Griffiths' penultimate novel in the beloved series.Three years after her mother's death, Ruth is finally sorting through her things when she finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of her own Norfolk cottage--before she lived there--with a peculiar inscription on the back... more

  • The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway #15)
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    The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway #15)

    Elly Griffiths

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2023

    The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings for each other as they desperately work to exonerate one of their own.When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a café, they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson... more

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