So I didn't actually finish this book yesterday, I read it some time last year, but it's my book of the day for last weekend, so I'm writing about it now.I really enjoyed this series, this was the last one I read, and I see that #6 was just released, so I should definitely pick up the rest. Ther...
I really like this series. Ruth is such an unique character and her supporting characters are interesting in their own right. This one does not really involve Ruth's skills as a forensic archeologist but two different mysteries twine themselves throughout the story. Kate, Ruth's daughter, is one ...
Ruth’s First Christmas Tree is a short story free download in the Ruth Galloway series by British author, Elly Griffiths. While Ruth doesn’t believe in Christmas, her daughter, Kate is now a year old and she realises she will have to do something to mark the holiday in the way of gifts and decora...
I’m a firm fan of Elly Griffiths’ series featuring the wonderful character of Ruth Galloway and always compare approaching a new book by her as being akin to pulling on those old faithful slippers, grabbing a mug of hot chocolate and stuffing yourself with delicious cake. Although, I admit to bei...
The AA have towed his car away and he gets a lift in a squad car. He’s grateful that the driver is the taciturn sort who doesn’t like to chat. ‘You can stop here,’ he says, at the entrance to the cul-de-sac. ‘Save you turning round. Goodnight.’ The lights are on downstairs. His heart sinks and he...
‘You,’ she says at last. The man, Frank Barker, is looking equally stunned. He glances down at the scarf and then back to Ruth as if wondering how the two came to be in the same room. ‘My God,’ he says. ‘It was you …’ Phil, who has been looking rather put-out (he doesn’t approve of tension unless...
This one has a rather nice inlaid cross in the middle. Very popular with Catholics.’ ‘My husband wasn’t a Catholic,’ says Romilly Smith. Though the Smiths must have been Catholic once, she thinks, remembering Bishop Augustine. Dan had been so intrigued by that whole business with the coffin. It w...
He had commandeered the Wolsey again and had steeled himself to call in on his mother on the way to Bill’s. He knew he had to do it like this: a quick visit with a limited time frame, otherwise he’d find himself sucked into Esher Time, an endless Sunday afternoon with no hope of redemption. It wa...
Ruth is ragingly hungry once again. She has torn open a packet of crisps (plain) and is having to force herself even to put up a pretence of sharing them with Max.'No thanks.' Max waves the crisps away and takes a gulp of beer. In celebration, Ruth puts four into her mouth.'I'd like you to have a...
One street of houses, a phone box and a shop that is only open for two hours in the afternoon. Scarlet’s family live in a big modern bungalow built of ugly brown brick slightly redeemed by ivy. Ruth parks behind Nelson’s Mercedes and two police vans. The police presence has not gone unnoticed in ...
In their red, yellow and orange wrappers they looked innocent and festive, recalling the pre-war days when sweets could appear in this sort of profusion, the products of a visit from a favourite relative or a particularly fruitful Christmas stocking. Edgar saw Bob staring hungrily at the hoard, a...
Kate has been left with Sandra for the morning. ‘It’s no trouble,’ said Sandra but Ruth feels that it is. Weekdays are all right because that is the arrangement but weekends are an imposition. Ruth also has an absolute dread of asking for favours. She hates ringing up and saying, in that special ...
Although his mother, Maureen, is a proud Irishwoman, this is the first time that he has visited the land of his ancestors. Patrick lived in Belfast, which Maureen would have considered suspicious for a start, but Nelson is surprised to find himself in a vibrant and attractive city; his taxi takes...