Elly Griffiths

ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING REGIONAL CRIME FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE STRANGER DIARIES'My favourite current series' Val McDermid'Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction' Kate Mosse'Elly Griffiths writes with a sharp, smart eye and great elegance' Peter JamesEverything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this, and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried - but only if Ruth will do the digging. Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens, said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travellers to their deaths. Is Ivor March himself a lantern man, luring Ruth back to Norfolk? What is his plan, and why is she so crucial to it? And are the killings really over?

Glæd dig til femte bind i den populære serie om den herligt genkendelige og slagfærdige arkæolog Ruth Galloway, som denne gang bliver sat på en hård prøve, da hun får besked om et dødsfald, der rammer hende personligt. Ruth bliver dybt berørt, da hun får en meddelelse om, at hendes gamle ven Dan Golding har mistet livet i en brand. Men da Ruth modtager et brev fra Dan, afløses sorgen af mistænksomhed. Dan har nemlig sendt brevet, dagen før han omkom. Han havde angiveligt gjort et banebrydende fund, og han var skrækslagen for, hvilke konsekvenser det ville få. Kan fundet have forbindelse til hans død? Ruth tager til Blackpool for at undersøge sagen nærmere, selv om hun ikke er meget for at bevæge sig ind på Nelsons territorium. Inden længe er hun involveret i en sag, der har tråde til både en gruppe nynazister og heksedyrkere. Men for Ruth er det mest skræmmende måske, at hun samtidig bliver præsenteret for Nelsons mor … Det tavse vidne er femte bog i serien om Ruth Galloway. Hvert bind indeholder en selvstændig, afsluttet historie.

Ny fristående thriller av författaren till de bästäljande böckerna om Ruth GallowayUtsedd till ÅRETS BÄSTA KRIMINALROMAN av The Times! »Så oemotståndligt bra.« | Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter»Främlingen är skriven med Griffiths sedvanliga värme och lätta hand, men har en genuint läskig kvalitet som kryper under huden.« | Sunday Express »En mångfacetterad och magnifikt läskig gotisk spänningsroman.« | The Guardian Clare Cassidy är inte främmande för mord. Åtminstone inte i teorin: Hon undervisar i litteratur, med skräckförfattaren R. M. Holland som specialintresse. En gång om året håller hon en kurs för att dryga ut lönekuvertet, där studenterna djupdyker i det mörka, sällsamma författarskapet. En dag förenas teori och verklighet på ett brutalt sätt när en av Cassidys kollegor hittas död. Intill offret hittas en lapp meden rad av R. M. Holland. Polisen är övertygad: lösningen till det makabra mordet finns i böckerna. Clare är skräckslagen över tanken på att mördaren skulle vara någon som hon känner -och konfronterar alla sina rädslor i sin privata dagbok. Anteckningarna blir ett sätt att härda ut. Men så upptäcker hon en dag ett par okända rader i dag­boken, skrivna med en handstil som inte är hennes: »Hej Clare. Du känner inte mig.«I svensk översättning av Carla Wiberg. ELLY GRIFFITHS [f. 1963] är en pseudonym för den brittiska kriminalförfattaren Domenica de Rosa, som belönats med bland annat Mary Higgins Clark Award och CWA Dagger in the Library Award. Hon debuterade med den hyllade romanen Flickan under jorden, som blev startskottet på serien om rättsarkeologen Ruth Galloway som nu sålt i över 3 miljoner exemplar. Främlingen [The Stranger Diaries] är Elly Griffiths första helt fristående spänningsroman. »Gåshudsframkallande, smart och uppslukande... Jag älskar den!« Louise Penny »Fullkomligt förtrollande. Lika oförglömlig som originell.« A. J. Finn »En fullkomligt hypnotiserande thriller. Läs den!« | Washington Book Review

Ruth Galloway -sarjan kolmas mysteeri! Elly Griffithsin Jyrkänteen reunalla paljastaa salaisuuden toisen maailmansodan ajoilta. Armoton meri kaivertaa Norfolkin rantoja vuodesta toiseen, ja eräänä päivänä jyrkänteiden alta paljastuu luita. Poliisi kutsuu arkeologi Ruth Gallowayn paikalle, ja pian käy selväksi, että kyseessä ei voi olla onnettomuus. Jäljet johtavat toisen maailmansodan vuosiin, jolloin Britanniassa pelättiin natsi-Saksan maihinnousua. Mitä Norfolkissa tuolloin tapahtui, ja miksi se on haluttu kätkeä ikuisiksi ajoiksi? Ja voiko joku asiaan sekaantuneista olla vielä elossa? Mysteeri vetää äitiyslomalta palaavaa Ruthia vastustamattomasti puoleensa, vaikka yhteistyö poliisi Harry Nelsonin kanssa ei sujukaan ongelmitta. "Loistavaa että sarjan kolmas osa on yhtä kiehtova kuin edellisetkin." - The Guardian"Täydellinen sekoitus jännitteitä, järkytyksiä ja yllätyksiä." - The IndependentElly Griffiths (s.1963) on englantilainen kirjailija, joka tunnetaan parhaiten arkeologi Ruth Gallowaysta kertovasta suositusta dekkarisarjasta. Ennen kirjailijanuraansa Griffiths työskenteli lastenkirjallisuuden parissa kustannusalalla. Idea Ruth Galloway -sarjaan syntyi lomalla Norfolkissa, kun kirjailijan aviomies oli juuri vaihtanut alaa arkeologiksi. Griffithsin dekkarien suomentaja Anna Lönnroth on myös koulutukseltaan arkeologi.

The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s. The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar's new wife, though--former detective Emma--is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she's better than the boys. Though she's not the only one working toward that goal--there's a new woman on the force, and she's determined to make detective. When two more girls go missing, both with ties to the group, the stakes climb ever higher, and Max finds himself drawn into his own search. Who will find the girls first? And will they get there in time?

The fifth book in the Magic Men series, Now You See Them is a wild mystery with detective Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto, as they investigate a string of presumed kidnappings in the swinging 1960s. The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar's new wife, though--former detective Emma--is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she's better than the boys. Though she's not the only one working toward that goal--there's a new woman on the force, and she's determined to make detective. When two more girls go missing, both with ties to the group, the stakes climb ever higher, and Max finds himself drawn into his own search. Who will find the girls first? And will they get there in time?

Glæd dig til femte bind i den populære serie om den herligt genkendelige og slagfærdige arkæolog Ruth Galloway, som denne gang bliver sat på en hård prøve, da hun får besked om et dødsfald, der rammer hende personligt. Ruth bliver dybt berørt, da hun får en meddelelse om, at hendes gamle ven Dan Golding har mistet livet i en brand. Men da Ruth modtager et brev fra Dan, afløses sorgen af mistænksomhed. Dan har nemlig sendt brevet, dagen før han omkom. Han havde angiveligt gjort et banebrydende fund, og han var skrækslagen for, hvilke konsekvenser det ville få. Kan fundet have forbindelse til hans død? Ruth tager til Blackpool for at undersøge sagen nærmere, selv om hun ikke er meget for at bevæge sig ind på Nelsons territorium. Inden længe er hun involveret i en sag, der har tråde til både en gruppe nynazister og heksedyrkere. Men for Ruth er det mest skræmmende måske, at hun samtidig bliver præsenteret for Nelsons mor … Det tavse vidne er femte bog i serien om Ruth Galloway. Hvert bind indeholder en selvstændig, afsluttet historie.

In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred. It's the holiday season, and Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby have landed a headlining gig at the Brighton Hippodrome, the biggest theater in the city, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than-savory supporting act: a tableau show of naked "living statues." But when one of the girls goes missing and turns up dead not long after, Max and Ruby realize there's something far more sinister than obscenity afoot in the theater. DI Edgar Stephens is on the case. As he searches for the killer, he begins to suspect that her fatal vanishing act may well be related to another case, the death of a quiet local florist. But just as he's narrowing in on the missing link, Ruby goes missing, and he and Max must team up once again to find her.

International Bestseller Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel "This lively whodunit keeps you guessing until the end." --People Death lies between the lines when the events of a dark story start coming true in this haunting modern Gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House. Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she even teaches a course on him. But when one of Clare's colleagues is found dead, with a line from Holland's iconic story "The Stranger" left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with her favorite literature. The police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her diary, the only outlet for her suspicions and fears. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary: Hallo Clare. You don't know me. Clare becomes more certain than ever: "The Stranger" has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?

'My favourite series' Val McDermidDCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they? Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago. As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.

VANEDANNENDE’ RUTH GALLOWAY ER TILBAGE I FJERDE BOG I FAVORITSERIE Da Ruth Galloway bliver inddraget i opklaringen af mordet på en kurator på et lokalt museum i Norfolk, trækkes hun samtidig ind i et univers spækket med okkulte kræfter og skræmmende personligheder. Også privat har Ruth nok at se til som enlig mor til den datter, hun har med vicekriminalkommissær Nelson. Ruth Galloways støt voksende fanskare i Danmark kan se frem til endnu en spændende mordgåde med Ruth og Nelsons uafklarede forhold som baggrundstæppe.

I den brittiska succéseriens elfte bok om rättsarkeologen Ruth Galloway hemsöks hon och kommissarie Harry Nelson av ett spöke från det förflutna. Samtidigt är deras gemensamma framtid osäkrare än någonsin, med tanke på att Nelsons fru ska föda barn när som helst. Nelson har fått en rad hotfulla brev. De är anonyma men påminner om brev han fick för länge sedan. Då ledde de till ett fall som har förföljt honom sedan dess, fallet som sammanförde honom och Ruth och gällde en flicka han inte kunde rädda. Ruth arbetar med en utgrävning i Norfolks saltängar och plötsligt hittas benrester i en cirkel av sten. De visar sig tillhöra en försvunnen tolvåring. Allt mer påminner om det gamla fallet, men mannen som skrev breven till Nelson är död. Eller?

Den mörka ängeln är tionde boken om rättsarkeologen Ruth Galloway i brittiska Norfolk, som alltid blir indragen i mystiska och spännande fall. Ruth blir smickrad när hon kontaktas av den italienska arkeologen Angelo Morelli som hon tillbringade en natt med för länge sedan. Han behöver hjälp med att uttolka ett fynd av benrester i en liten bergsby nära Rom. Det var åratal sedan Ruth hade semester, så en vistelse i Italien kan hon inte tacka nej till. Tillsammans med sin dotter reser Ruth till Castello degli Angeli, där det inte blir så rofyllt som hon hoppats på. I byn hittar hon en medeltida helgedom men också mörka hemligheter som leder tillbaka till krigsåren och motståndsrörelsen. Överraskande nog dyker dessutom hennes arbetspartner kommissarie Harry Nelson upp, vilket kommer väl till pass när ett mord sker. Vad är det Ruth är på spåren som någon i byn är beredd att mörda för att hålla hemligt?

Suosikkiarkeologin tutkimukset jatkuvatArkeologi Ruth Galloway joutuu jälleen mukaan rikostutkintaan Elly Griffithsin suositun brittidekkarisarjan toisessa osassa. Norwichilaisen talon purkutyömaalta löytyy lapsen luita kynnyksen alta. Talo on aiemmin ollut katolisen papin johtama lastenkoti, mutta kuinka vanhoja luut ovatkaan? Luita tutkiva Ruth tietää hyvin, että muinaiset roomalaiset muurasivat uhrinsa ovenpieliin ja kynnyksiin lepyttääkseen Janusta, alkujen ja loppujen kaksikasvoista jumalaa. Etsivä Harry Nelson uskoo kuitenkin syyllisen löytyvän nykyhetkestä. Ja Ruthillakin on salaisuus, jota hän ei haluaisi paljastaa.

Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for... For a fearless girl called Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, it's just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. When Justice's mother dies, her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone. Having previously been home-schooled, the transition is a shock. Can it really be the case that blondes rule the corridors? Are all uniforms such a charming shade of brown? And do schools normally hide dangerous secrets about the murder of a chamber maid? Justice takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. (Mainly about the murder, but perhaps she can figure out her new nemesis - the angelic Rose - at the same time.) But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world, the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late ...

In this highly atmospheric mystery, Ruth Galloway--whom #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny calls "a captivating amateur sleuth"--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 go--and brings her daughter along for what she assumes will be a working vacation. Upon arriving, Ruth hears murmurs of Fontana Liri'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 she's getting her footing in the dig, DCI Nelson appears, unexpectedly and for no clear reason. When Ruth'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.

Ruth Galloway tilkaldes, da et hold arkæologer afdækker et lig ved foden af en klippe, men Ruth har svært ved at fokusere på sagen. Dels er hun netop vendt tilbage fra barselsorlov, dels er det Harry Nelson, der leder efterforskningen, og han og Ruth har et mildest talt uafklaret forhold til hinanden. Knoglerne viser sig at have ligget skjult i sandet længe – formodentlig siden Anden Verdenskrig. Men da et lig skylles op på stranden, går det op for Ruth og Nelson, at der muligvis er en morder på spil, der forsøger at skjule en grusom hemmelighed fra krigens tid – og snart er de selv i livsfare … Huset på klippen er tredje bog i serien om Ruth Galloway. Hver bog indeholder en selvstændig, afsluttet historie.

International Bestseller Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel "This lively whodunit keeps you guessing until the end." --People "Utterly bewitching... As unforgettable as it is original." --A. J. Finn "Goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting... I loved this book " --Louise Penny Death lies between the lines when the events of a dark story start coming true in this haunting modern gothic mystery, perfect for fans of Magpie Murders and The Lake House. Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare's colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland's most famous story, "The Stranger," left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature. To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows. Unsure whom to trust, she turns to her closest confidant, her diary, the only outlet she has for her darkest suspicions and fears about the case. Then one day she notices something odd. Writing that isn't hers, left on the page of an old diary: Hallo Clare. You don't know me. Clare becomes more certain than ever: "The Stranger" has come to terrifying life. But can the ending be rewritten in time?

An atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and "captivating amateur sleuth" Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before--"an inspired creation" (Louise Penny). Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants--not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter--exactly like the ones about Lucy. Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home?