Inhalt: Summoned to investigate a set of human remains discovered in one of Norwich's chalk-mining tunnels, Ruth teams up with DCI Nelson to search for a missing homeless person whose demise may be tied to Ruth's case and a string of murders. By the award-winning author of the Magic Men mysteries. Umfang: 368 S. ISBN: 978-0-544-75052-4
Inhalt: In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Gallowayâ?"whom #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny calls â??a captivating amateur sleuth"â?"has her summer vacation disrupted by a murder in a medieval Italian town where dark secrets are buried as deep as bones. When archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks Ruth Galloway to come to the Italian countryside to help identify bones found in picturesque Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to goâ?"and brings her daughter along for what she assumes will be a working vacation. Upon arriving, Ruth hears murmurs of Fontana Liriâ??s strong resistance movement during World War II, and begins to sense that the townspeople are harboring an age-old secret. But how, if at all, could this chapter in history be connected to the human remains that Angelo has unearthed? Just as sheâ??s getting her footing in the dig, DCI Nelson appears, unexpectedly and for no clear reason. When Ruthâ??s findings lead her and her crew to a modern-day murder, their holiday turns into anything but as they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly peaceful place. . .and who may be on their trail. Umfang: 352 S. ISBN: 978-0-544-75053-1
Inhalt: The chilling discovery of a downed World War II plane with a body inside leads Ruth and DCI Nelson to uncover a wealthy familyâ??s secrets in this Ruth Galloway mystery. Itâ??s a blazing hot summer in Norfolk when a construction crew unearths a downed American fighter plane from World War II with a body inside. Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the skeleton couldnâ??t possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat long presumed deadâ?"news that seems to frighten his descendants. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolkâ??s deserted air force bases, the so-called ghost fields, which the Blackstocks have converted into a pig farm. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man loitering at Fred Blackstockâ??s memorial service. Then human bones are found on the familyâ??s pig farm and the weather quickly turns. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find the killer? Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-0-544-33016-0
Inhalt: "Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of a Victorian murderess while a baby snatcher threatens modern-day Norfolk in this exciting new entry in a beloved series. Every year a ceremony is held in Norwich for the bodies in the paupers' graves: the Service for the Outcast Dead. Ruth has a particular interest in this year's proceedings. Her recent dig at Norwich Castle turned up the body of the notorious Mother Hook, who was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children. Now Ruth is the reluctant star of the TV series Women Who Kill, working alongside the program's alluring history expert, Professor Chet Bruce. DCI Harry Nelson is immersed in the case of three children found dead in their home. He is sure that the mother is responsible. Then another child is abducted and a kidnapper dubbed the Childminder claims responsibility. Are there two murderers afoot, or is the Childminder behind all the deaths? The team must race to find out--and the stakes couldn't be any higher when another child goes missing. "-- Umfang: 240 S. ISBN: 978-0-547-79280-4
Inhalt: In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, Ruth and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that's haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person-her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly. Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-1-328-97465-5
Inhalt: "In the next Ruth Galloway mystery, a vision of the Virgin Mary foreshadows a string of cold-blooded murders, revealing a dark current of religious fanaticism in an old medieval town. Known as England's Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. So when Ruth Galloway's druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary. But then a woman wrapped in blue cloth is found dead the next day, and Ruth's old friend Hilary, an Anglican priest, receives a series of hateful, threatening letters. Could these crimes be connected? When one of Hilary's fellow female priests is murdered just before Little Walsingham's annual Good Friday Passion Play, Ruth, Cathbad, and DCI Harry Nelson must team up to find the killer before he strikes again"-- Umfang: 384 S. ISBN: 978-0-544-41932-2
Inhalt: An der Küste Norfolks wird ein Massengrab entdeckt. Die Ermittlungen von Chief Inspector Harry Nelson und die forensischen Analysen der Archäologin Ruth Galloway ergeben, dass es sich um die Überreste von 6 deutschen Soldaten aus dem 2. Weltkrieg handeln muss. Schlagworte:Krimi Umfang: 398 S. : Kt. Standort: Gri ISBN: 978-3-8052-5023-8
Inhalt: Bei Fundamentarbeiten für ein Appartmenthaus entdeckt man Reste einer römischen Siedlung und findet das Skelett eines Kindes. Doch die Knochen stammen nicht aus der Antike, sondern sind jüngeren Datums. Ein neuer Fall für die forensische Archäologin Ruth Galloway und Inspector Harry Nelson. Schlagworte:Krimi Umfang: 347 S. Standort: Gri ISBN: 978-3-8052-0873-4
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