

Throughout these ongoing investigations, we follow the rather complicated personal relationships of our main characters. All that knowledge, available for anyone to use. “Libraries are the cathedrals of the modern age. There is a great reference to libraries that I must share: Could this be where the missing women have gone? The discovery of some not-so-old bones opens up surprising possibilities of a mysterious underground world.

There are rumours of a secret community living underground, in a tradition that is said to occur all over the world: complex networks reflecting the cities above. by Elly Griffiths RELEASE DATE: May 30, 2017. Griffiths explores the world of rough sleepers with empathy and humanity, and I think readers will feel very differently next time they pass a homeless person in their city.

Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is leading an investigation into a missing local ‘rough sleeper’. When Ruth reveals that they are recent, DCI Nelson is heading a murder investigation. The Chalk Pit is the ninth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths, and it ticks all the boxes! It has just the right mix of mystery, archaeology and character-driven plot.īones are discovered (of course) in a tunnel under Norwich, and Ruth is called in to determine their age.
