New to me.....

 the author...Elly Griffiths. 

Quite a few bloggers recommend this author so as this book was offered for only 99p for kindles, I decided to give it a try.

I quite enjoyed it; it was the first in the Dr Ruth Galloway series, and I was pleasantly surprised as to how good the book was.

The story starts with the discovery of some small bones, and being an archeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is called in for her advice by DI Harry Nelson.

I must say I liked Ruth from the very beginning, age 40, socially inept, over weight and living on the wind swept Norfolk salt marshes, with her cats; she is not the usual picture of a main character in a book.  Set in such a wild place, this was a brilliant location for murder, tension and excitement.

Ruth had no idea what a profound effect this case would have on her life. The bones turned out to be centuries old, but DI Nelson initially thought the bones were of a child who had gone missing 10 years previously with no trace of her or her body. Then a new young girl goes missing and letters are sent to the police with quotes from the Bible and Shakespeare 

It is very well written with twists and turns, which will keep you guessing and the author ably captures and uses the atmosphere of the Norfolk marshes to add to the mystery. 

I did really enjoy it, enough to read the next book in the series, where things develop between Dr Ruth and DI Nelson. Although I won't write about that book here, 'The Janus Stone,' so you can find out for yourself what happens and like me you might be surprised!

Chrisxx