The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 10 Books Box Set By Elly Griffiths

Titles in the Set are:

• The Crossing Places
• The Janus Stone
• The House at Sea End
• A Room Full of Bones
• A Dying Fall
• The Outcast Dead
• The Ghost Fields
• The Woman In Blue
• The Chalk Pit
• The Dark Angel

The Crossing Places
Dr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a pre-historic 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...

The Janus Stone
Dr Ruth Galloway's forensic skills are called upon when builders; demolishing an old house in Norwich; uncover the bones of a child - minus the skull - beneath a doorway. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? Ruth links up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate. The house was once a children's home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the place. He tells him that two children did go missing forty years before - a boy and a girl. They were never found. 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 ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is trying hard to put her off the scent

The House at Sea's End
Dr Ruth Galloway is called in by a team of archaeologists investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast; when they unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff. They seem to have been there a very long time. Ruth must help discover how long; and how on earth they got there. Ruth and DCI Nelson are drawn together once more to unravel the past. Tests reveal that the bodies have lain; preserved in the sand; for sixty years. The mystery of their deaths stretches back to the Second World War; a time when Great Britain was threatened by invasion. But someone wants the truth to stay buried; and will go to any lengths to keep it that way

A Room Full of Bones
It is Halloween in King's Lynn; and forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum - the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop. But then Ruth finds the body of the museum's curator lying beside the coffin. Soon the museum's wealthy owner lies dead in his stables too. These two deaths could be from natural causes but DCI Harry Nelson isn't convinced; and it is only a matter of time before Ruth and Nelson cross paths once more. When threatening letters come to light; events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth's friends become involved; where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested; she and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls; drug smuggling and the Aboriginal ritual of The Dreaming may hold the answer to these deaths - and be the key to their own survival.

A Dying Fall
Dr Ruth Galloway; forensic archaeologist; spends a lot of time looking at death. But now death has found her; with the news that her long-time friend Dan Golding has been killed in a house fire. Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion of arson when she receives a desperate letter from Dan; sent the day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery - and was petrified of the consequences. Ruth is compelled to travel north to investigate further; alongside DCI Harry Nelson who is also drawn into the case. But where Ruth goes; so does her young daughter; Kate. This time; the risks are even higher.

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.

The Ghost Fields
A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was; and who put him there; in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.

The Woman In Blue
The murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure.


The Chalk Pit
Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway discovers the bones aren't as old as originally thought; it's time for DCI Nelson to launch a murder inquiry. What was initially just a medieval curiosity has taken a much more sinister nature..

The Dark Angel
Dr Ruth Galloway is flattered when she receives a letter from Italian archaeologist Dr Angelo Morelli; asking for her help. He's discovered a group of bones in a tiny hilltop village near Rome but doesn't know what to make of them. It's years since Ruth has had a holiday; and even a working holiday to Italy is very welcome So Ruth travels to Castello degli Angeli; accompanied by her daughter Kate and friend Shona. In the town she finds a baffling Roman mystery and a dark secret involving the war years and the Resistance. To her amazement she also soon finds Harry Nelson; with Cathbad in tow. But there is no time to overcome their mutual shock - the ancient bones spark a modern murder; and Ruth must discover what secrets there are in Castello degli Angeli that someone would kill to protect