A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

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These two deaths could be from natural causes but DCI Harry Nelson isn't convinced, and it is only a matter of time before Ruth and Nelson cross paths once more. With Nelson keeping his distance, Ruth finds herself torn between being relieved, yet also missing their connection.

The mystery was a little different in this outing, with Ruth, the forensic archaeologist, more removed from the central action than in prior books.All this completely put me off writing and it wasn’t until I was on maternity leave in 1998 that I wrote what would become my first published novel, The Italian Quarter. Coincidentally (or not) Ruth discovers she has a new neighbour, a native Australian, Bob Woonunga who is seeking to repatriate the bones, and then of course Cathbad her druid friend seems to be at the centre of it all. In a bid to save his marriage Nelson has agreed to stop seeing Kate and only to encounter Ruth when work makes this inevitable.

It was a chance remark of my husband's that gave me the idea for the first in the series, The Crossing Places. Besides, the camera is meant to put ten pounds on you, which Ruth, at nearly thirteen stone, can well do without. Griffiths applies a light touch, her Norfolk setting is admirably gloomy and Galloway is appealingly unglamorous. I am thinking about creating a new shelf for the Galloway series - "coronavirus escapes," which will include anything I have read since March 2020 that helps me avoid the present reality.For example you can't be in a hospital with a person that just got well and out of ICU and talk about sexual tension or make a baby say "dada" to every male she meets.

There is something odd going on at Danforth-Smith's racing stables, besides the oddness of the family members themselves. As an Aussie I may have a greater connection than some who’ve reviewed here but it was both accurate and respectful in the telling. As her convictions are tested, Ruth and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling, and the mystery of “The Dreaming” hold the answer to these deaths, as well as the keys to their own survival.Book Three in this series ended with a bit of a cliffhanger and at the beginning of book four, it’s resolved. This fourth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series is once again a hugely satisfying affair which manages to combine a well constructed mystery with another slice of personal drama in the lives of the quirky cast who surround our forensic archaeologist.