Quercus Books

'Griffiths is brilliant on the eerie landscape of the Norfolk coast' Sunday Times.

'After just two books in this gripping series the central characters have the allure of old friends and it's great to find that the third title is just as enthralling as its predecessors' Guardian.

'A palpable sense of evil ... perfect for dark winter evenings' Financial Times.

'The perfect ratio of anticipation, shock and surprise' Independent.

'Gripping drama' North Norfolk Living.

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.

But someone wants the truth of the past to stay buried, and will go to any lengths to keep it that way... even murder.

Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels take for their inspiration Elly's husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt who lives on the Norfolk coast and who filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area. Elly has two children and lives near Brighton.

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