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El 31 de octubre de 2009, la arqueóloga forense Ruth Galloway debe supervisar la apertura de un ataúd que contiene los huesos de un obispo medieval en King’s Lynn. Pero cuando llega al museo Smith, Ruth encuentra al curador del museo, Neil Topham inconsciente al lado del ataúd. Inmediatamente avisa a los servicios de emergencia, y así su camino se cruza de nuevo con el del inspector Harry Nelson.

Sirvientas desaparecidas, maestros sospechosos y una tormenta de nieve... Para una niña intrépida y superinteligente como Justina Jones es solo el comienzo de un primer trimestre en el escalofriante colegio Highbury House. Cuando la madre de Justina muere, su padre la envía a Highbury House, un colegio privado solo para chicas de la alta sociedad. Su padre es abogado, especializado en juicios por asesinato, y está demasiado ocupado para cuidar de ella él solo.

El trimestre de primavera ya ha llegado y Justina está de vuelta en el internado Highbury House. Cuando le asignan cuidar del señor Arthur en la Guarida del Contrabandista, una extraña casa al otro lado de las marismas que dicen está encantada, Justina enseguida se da cuenta de que no todo es lo que parece en ese lugar.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller SOME MURDERS CAN'T BE SOLVED IN JUST ONE LIFETIME. A mysterious death. A Victorian psychic. A case for Ali Dawson and the Frozen People. 'Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told' Ann Cleeves 'Truly wonderful, wildly atmospheric'...

A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WWII plane. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was - and who put him there. When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn't possibly...

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger”, left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the story lines of her favorite literature. 

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...

The murder of women priests in the shrine town of Walsingham sucks Dr Ruth Galloway into an unholy investigation. Ruth's friend Cathbad is house-sitting in Walsingham, a Norfolk village famous as a centre for pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary. One night, Cathbad sees a strange vision in the...

Brighton, 1950. When a girl's body is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar's. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men...

Elizabeth II's coronation is looming, but the murder of their wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, spoils the happy mood for DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. A playbill featuring another deceased comrade is found in Colonel Cartwright's possession, and a playing card, the ace of...

In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred. It’s the holiday season and Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby have landed a headlining gig at the Brighton...

Start right here! Discover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and become obsessed with one of the most popular crime series in Britain. 'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times 'I've never before read a crime novel in which archaeology and detection blend as successfully as in The...

A gruesome discovery at an old children's home lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. 'The setting is enticingly atmospheric . . . a really intelligent murder story' Independent Dr Ruth Galloway's forensic skills are called upon when...

“Another great series.” — San Jose Mercury News “A dazzlingly tricky mystery.” — Kirkus Reviews “A tremendous skein of red herrings, sharp and thorough police work, [and] mysterious connections.” — Bookgasm It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about magician...

A cosy, twisty mystery that reintroduces the glorious characters we met in the bestselling The Postscript Murders - shortlisted for the Gold Dagger. Natalka from Ukraine has quit her job as a carer and joined up with retiree, Edwin, to run a detective agency on England's south coast. Despite a...

Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and the Thursday Murder Club. Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable...

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. 'Recalls the best of Agatha Christie' Sunday Express Brighton, 1966. Max, now divorced and living in London, is on the way to visit Ruby and her new-born daughter when he is hailed by an old magician...

A murderer strikes at a school reunion—but the students are no strangers to death— in this propulsive, twisty thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries Is it possible to forget that you’ve committed a murder? When Cassie Fitzgerald was at school in...

A propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur from the author of the No 1 bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. A murderer hides in plain sight - in the police. DS Caitlin Fitzgerald has a secret - but it's one she's deleted from her memory. In the 1990s when she...

In einer mondhellen Nacht wird eine junge Frau auf den Feldern Norfolks erwürgt. Inspector Nelson und sein Team ermitteln fieberhaft, doch können einen zweiten Mord nicht verhindern. Eine Priesterin der englischen Kirche wird tot aufgefunden. Die polizeiliche Beraterin und Archäologin Dr. Ruth Galloway sieht sofort eine Verbindung zu einem Briefeschreiber, der mit anonymen Nachrichten Priesterinnen tyrannisiert. Ruth und Nelson graben in der Vergangenheit und stoßen auf alte Relikte und dunkle Geheimnisse. Dabei kommen sie dem Täter gefährlich nah auf die Spur.