{"product_id":"the-crossing-places-the-first-ruth-galloway-mystery-9781328622372","title":"The Crossing Places: The First Ruth Galloway Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and \"captivating amateur sleuth\" Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before--\"an inspired creation\" (Louise Penny).\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants--not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter--exactly like the ones about Lucy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELLY GRIFFITHS is the author of the Ruth Galloway and Magic Men mystery series, and the standalone novel \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a recipient of the Mary Higgins Clark Award and the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630013485330,"sku":"9781328622372","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c642e19b-1eab-4625-b227-74b413390c8e.jpg?v=1732740506","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-crossing-places-the-first-ruth-galloway-mystery-9781328622372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}