From the Publisher "It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying?
Ruth is just beginning to get her footing in the dig when she’s thrown off-guard by the appearance of DCI Nelson. And when Ruth’s findings lead them to a modern-day murder, their holidays are both turned upside down, and they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly picturesque town."
I came upon Elly Griffiths' novels fairly recently but have devoured the Ruth Galloway series (although not in sequence- that is for later rereads). I have an Anthropology graduate
degree so I love the prehistory and examination of relics aspect of Ruth's career. I also very much enjoy how she is "seconded " to the local Major Crimes unit and meets DCI Harry Nelson, her polar opposite.
Ruth has a diverse group of friends and associates and is the most educated person in her small family of origin. Their distinctiveness is a reflection of her life choices and where they intersect with others. She lives in a small cottage on the Norfolk marsh land with two cats but also is a noted forensic Archaeologist.
Fast forwarding to Book #10
How then did Ruth, fortyish and plump, meet and have a child with DCI Harry Nelson? You will need to start on this amazingly well done series and find out.
Kate is now in school and quite advanced for her age, knows "Nelson" is her father, and he shares parts of her life. Why then is Harry Nelson still living with his glamorous wife and his two almost grown daughters? Life is complicated sometimes.
Ruth, as an internationally known forensics expert in bones, is invited to Italy by a former colleague. Nelson is self invited when he reads of an earthquake in the small mountain town in Italy and brings Cathbad with him and he rushes to check on Ruth and Kate.
How this tale ends is both mystifying and a bit terrifying, as a good mystery should be.
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