It is Halloween night in King’s Lynn, and Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum – the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop. But what Ruth finds is the body of the museum’s curator lying besid … The Ruth Galloway Series is a great read for anyone interested in the crime and mystery genre. These books are filled with great action, great dialogue and, most of all, great characters. Another great thing about these books is that they do not go too far deep that young adults cannot read them. Mature teenagers will enjoy these books over a long summer vacation and even adults enjoy these books, too. The tenth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series sees Ruth wanting to escape from Norfolk and from her complicated relationship with DCI Nelson, at least for a while. Her chance arrives with an invitation from Dr Angelo Morelli at Rome University. Morell … 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 day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery - and was petrified of the consequences. Ruth is compelled to travel north to investigate further; alongside DCI Harry Nelson who is also drawn into the case. But where Ruth goes; so does her young daughter; Kate. This time; the risks are even higher. The Night Hawks, a group of metal detectorists, are searching for buried treasure when they find a body on the beach in North Norfolk. At first Nelson thinks that the dead man might be an asylum seeker but he turns out to be a local boy, Jem Taylor, re …

All across the USA, people are showing up dead. The deaths don't appear to be connected in any way until one particular death occurs and gets the Secretary of Defense's attention. He arranges for a task force to investigate. Ruth is a woman that wants to be a hero and do whatever she can to solve all crimes that come before her. It kills Ruth when she cannot solve a murder or some other mystery. She loves her peaceful life but she could never give up the rush of fighting crime, bringing all clues together and discovering things from long ago. Ruth Galloway is the type to never give up until she is the winner but she is also the type that does not know when she has met her match…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 dra …

A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was; and who put him there; in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves. The murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure. Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know!

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It is Halloween in King's Lynn; and forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum - the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop. But then Ruth finds the body of the museum's curator lying beside the coffin. Soon the museum's wealthy owner lies dead in his stables too. 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. When threatening letters come to light; events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth's friends become involved; where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested; she and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls; drug smuggling and the Aboriginal ritual of The Dreaming may hold the answer to these deaths - and be the key to their own survival.