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The Stone Circle
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 10 hrs
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The Lantern Men
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- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer North Norfolk police’s resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor 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.
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Good series
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Another excellent Ruth Galloway
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Ruth and Nelson investigate a string of murders and disappearances deep within the abandoned tunnels hidden far beneath the streets of Norwich. Norwich is riddled with old chalk-mining tunnels, but no one's sure exactly how many. When Ruth is called in to investigate a set of human remains found 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.
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Great series!
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Excellent read!
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Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate when builders, demolishing a large old house in Norwich to make way for a housing development, uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway - minus the skull. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? DCI Harry Nelson would like to find out - and fast.
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Not as engaging as first
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The Lantern Men
- Written by: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer North Norfolk police’s resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor 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.
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Good series
- By Raven on 2021-02-26
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The Dark Angel
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- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying?
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Another excellent Ruth Galloway
- By Anonymous User on 2022-11-02
Written by: Elly Griffiths
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The Chalk Pit
- Written by: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 10 hrs
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Ruth and Nelson investigate a string of murders and disappearances deep within the abandoned tunnels hidden far beneath the streets of Norwich. Norwich is riddled with old chalk-mining tunnels, but no one's sure exactly how many. When Ruth is called in to investigate a set of human remains found 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.
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A team of archaeologists, investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast, unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff. How long have they been there? What could have happened to them? Forensics expert Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson are drawn together again 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.
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Great series!
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Excellent read!
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Not as engaging as first
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BLOODY BRILLIANT
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Classic British Spy Story set in Modern Times
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Very entertaining
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The one that got away
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Publisher's Summary
Dr. Ruth Galloway returns to North Norfolk in her latest chilling adventure. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous yet somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of the Crossing Places and to Ruth.
But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they?
The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
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- Pamela
- 2019-12-30
As always, a great story
I've been listening to the series and have enjoyed all the books. I feel like I know the characters and enjoy the lives and the relationships between all the characters.
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- Wendy
- 2023-01-13
Great story
I did not guess the solution to the mystery in this well crafted story. I have been reading the Ruth Galloway mysteries with great enthusiasm and realizing sadly that I only have a few left in the series. This series has ticked all my boxes and this one was particularly strong with the continuing romance between Ruth and Nelson and the important side characters feeling like old friends.
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- PCR
- 2022-04-10
Buy your own obscene phone calls?
Good story, but performance marred by having every phone call sounding like whispers. HATED that! WHoever thought this was a good idea?
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- RubysMother
- 2022-04-08
Fantastic Ruth Galloway Mystery
If you like forensic archaeology mixed with a murder or two - this series is for you. It’s easy to listen to and keep track of details, and keeps you listening right until the end. Thank you Elly Griffiths
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- Budb
- 2022-04-05
Difficult to follow
For me, the mostly flat tone of the narrator made it difficult for me to recognize the different characters. There were a lot of characters that were often interrelated but I never got to know any of them well.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-04-02
Audio barely audible
For some reason the production allowed the phone conversation to be so faint as to be impossible to hear. This may have run a good story but the production didn’t allow it to be heard.
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- Sires
- 2019-05-09
Mystery Is Intriguing
I almost didn't buy this book. In some of the last books in the Ruth Galloway series the personal drama had almost taken over the story. However this book had a better than decent mystery with some characters that hark back to the earlier books in the series.
Not a spoiler but honestly the drama from the last book in this series ended up as a bit of damp squib. I really liked her early books that concentrated on the archaeology and this one was a nice call back to those books.
The performance was first rate.
12 people found this helpful
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- Lynne F
- 2019-05-09
Never disappoints
Once again Elly Griffiths artfully weaves various storylines, with teasing red herrings, to create mysteries within the mystery. No sugar coated characters- everyone has their flaws (as long as they are over 12 years old!). Best of all the main protagonists are all well rounded and very interesting! Archeological discovery and new age thinking wrapped up in a police procedural- delightful!
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- Norma garcia
- 2019-05-10
great book
loved it I love all the books in the series can't wait for the next one
8 people found this helpful
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- wreader
- 2019-05-24
Great story—bad direction?
Loved the story, but whomever decided that phone calls should be performed in a whisper should be fired. Also some accents really need work. If they don’t sound authentic, let me use my imagination. Can’t wait for the next Ruth story.
6 people found this helpful
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- Syd
- 2020-11-07
Too many characters!
Who the hell are all these people and why? Horrible book, too confusing trying to figure out who and why all these characters are being brought into the story. The story gets lost and I’m giving up trying to listen to this drivel!
5 people found this helpful
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- Gail S.
- 2022-04-18
Too much like a soap opera
It was hard to keep everyone straight with all the affairs and mismatched children. Could have been a good who done it without all the drama of the characters. Didn’t really care who was guilty of what in the end.
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- cdo
- 2019-05-13
Full Circle
Another enjoyable story from Elly Griffiths with all the characters we've come to know so well.
Kate is now seven years old. Ruth and Nelson continue their on and off dance. Kate meets her half sisters, and Judy solves the mystery of "sea horses" helping Nelson finally close a cold case. Ruth meets Eric's son and goes on a misfortunate trip to ancient stones. If you have read other Elly Griffiths mysteries, this one doesn't disappoint
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- Kenneth C. Thompson
- 2019-05-10
Highlight of the Series
I really enjoyed this story. I like the ruminations on feminism and gender stereotypes woven into the story. Finally everyone knows Kate is Harry's daughter.
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- Sue Giannotta
- 2019-12-20
Poor presentation, repetitious plot elements.
Our narrator has competent, posh voice. Yet removed and as icy as the East Anglia setting. Most objectionable, however, was the fabricated phone sound effect. Boosting the mid-range to try to emulate decades old phone calls was both annoying and difficult to hear. Truly, phones haven't sounded like that since Bell called Watson.
I like Ruth and the anthropology/archaeology settings. So much of this book is given to referring to previous, dragging story lines that just kills the drama. Maybe Ms. Griffiths could publish a version that did not repeat so many old plot points. I rarely return or exchange a book, but this one is going back.
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- rose
- 2019-10-09
Good Plot. Main Characters.....Meh
Like the preceding books in the series, the mystery is engrossing. Twists and turns, questions with multiple possible answers. The down side for me was the lack of character development in Ruth and Nelson. Other characters appear to have logically matured and expanded leaving the focus characters, Ruth and Nelson, mired in confused inaction. These are the very ones who suss out the clues, showing intelligence and pragmatic action. I myself let down by the continued responses by both, often resulting in "eye-rolling with exasperated sighs".
Non-the-less this remains Ms Griffith's very enjoyable contribution to the genre. I do recommend it.
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