A question for Elly Griffiths fans

Be warned these become addictive. I've read through them and am awaiting the publication of the final book this year.

The final book The Last Remains was published on January 31st looploo. The Crossing Places is the first one canadiangran and it is worth reading them in order to enjoy how the characters develop. They are more addictive than her Brighton ones, but they are very readable.

After recommendations on here I’m half way through the first book. So far it is only ok.

I think it's being released in August.

The last book in the series was released at the end of January.
This series is brilliant and well worth reading.

Sorry... back to the beginning of the series. Was The Crossing laces indeed the first book? The author referenced a previous case with Ruth and Cathbad involved, and I'm sure I read it!

Places, not laces.

The Crossing Places is the first book in the series. Perhaps you’ve read a later one that refers back to the dig that is referenced in the Crossing Places, or an article or interview about a later book. .

The first book The Crossing Places, refers to the history of some of the characters to explain how they know each other. It does suggest that there is a previous book but there isn't one.

I have just finished The Last Remains which is the latest in the Ruth Galloway series which I got from the library. As others have said, it was released in January.

The Crossing Places is indeed the first book in the series.

Her last book in this series has been published this month but the paperback comes out in August. You can get it on Kindle for £13.99 now.

Great series 👍

The Crossng Places was first published on 6 Aug 2009, so perhaps you read that ages ago and forgot the title, although you remember the plot and characters? Or maybe you had read something elsewhere about the wood henges that pre-dated the stone ones? Or - magic - perhaps Cathbad sneaked it into your memory as a deja vue? Not his style, but who knows . . .

NanKate

Her last book in this series has been published this month but the paperback comes out in August. You can get it on Kindle for £13.99 now.

Great series 👍

I got the actual book in Sainsburys for £12.

Yes great series and sadly the last book in it, have only just started it so am savouring it.

The Crossing Places is the first in the series. A previous dig had involved the main characters in this book and is referred to in subsequent books. The dig had revealed the remains of a wooden 'henge' on a nearby beach, revealed by the shifting coastline of North West Norfolk. Cathbad had wanted to leave it in situ, but it had been removed to a King's Lynn Museum.

Thanks Terribull I’ll see if my Sainsbury’s has a copy.

I think Cathbad is great and I love how Nelson is so non-pc.

Ok, thank you. Yes the reference to the previous dig of the henge made me believe there was a previous book that I had missed.

I know I have read one of her later books, because she had a daughter in the book, which she didn't in The Crossing Places, in fact, she has just discovered she is pregnant at the end.

So I will look up the titles in order, and work my way through them. I believe most are available at the library.

Doing the same with The Brittany Murder series by Jean-Luc Bannelec.

They are great to listen to as well and the narrator Clare Corbett brings North Norfolk to life. Am going to start again a The Crossing Places and indulge in a magnificent Elly Fest and hear them all!

Just an observation on the Ruth Galloway character.

None of us seem to mind that she has had an ongoing affair with Nelson for years, and had a daughter by him. Do any of us feel sympathy for Nelson’s wife Michelle? I know she had a fling with Tim? was it, who sadly died, but that was after she discovered the affair.

And no, the Ruth/Nelson pairing never seemed wrong to me, though always felt that actually he had his cake and ate it as well.

It was all on his terms.

YesCalendargirl we all seem not to mind Nelson and his trying to keep Michelle and Ruth too, but have you read The Last Remains yet? No spoilers from me😉

eGJ

YesCalendargirl we all seem not to mind Nelson and his trying to keep Michelle and Ruth too, but have you read The Last Remains yet? No spoilers from me😉

Yes, have read it, but my lips are sealed!

For anyone unsure about the sequence of a series of books, can I suggest that you use the website " Fantastic Fiction". If you type in an author's name you will find a bit about the author and all the books they have written. If the books are part of a series you will see them listed in the correct order.

And Lizbethann you can see the coming books on Fantastic Fiction and pre- order them from the library and get ahead of the game!

I enjoy the Ruth Galloway books enormously. I like the ke characters, I’m interested in their lives and relationships.
Sainsbury has the latest book in hard back for £12. I was tempted but I’m hoping it’s in the large airport paper back when I fly next week. If not, it’s being downloaded on kindle

I’ve enjoyed the entire Ruth Galloway series. However, if you know north Norfolk well you do have to suspend your knowledge of the geography as she takes a lot of licence with places and distances. Ruth travels the oddest routes between places and seems to cover distances in record time.