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It is a great pleasure to return to the forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway series with the ninth in the series. It begins with Ruth entering an underground chalk tunnel in Norwich where bones have been discovered. They turn out to be boiled and speak of a recent death. Grace Miller reports seeing a Jesus like figure whilst in a car where the student occupants are all under the influence of drink and drugs. This occurs at night when a hole appears in a road. Aftershave Eddie, a homeless man, tel...
Oh, I'm so disappointed that I finished already! I had planned to make The Chalk Pit last, but a few sunny days on the terrace had me turning the final page far too quickly. Now another year's wait to hear from my friends Ruth, Nelson and the rest again:-(The Chalk Pit centers around the death and disappearance of homeless people in the area around King's Lynn. Ruth, who discovers a number of bones underground is, as ever, drawn into the mystery, which puts her in frequent (though not unwanted)
From the very first Ruth Galloway book, The Crossing Places, I've been enchanted with this series. The settings are interesting, from a salt marsh to a World War II airfield to an old children’s home. The author uses local history to enrich her mysteries. As I’ve read through this series, the characters have become old friends.This book takes place in Norwich and features two things: the underground chalk tunnels and rough sleepers (homeless people). Ruth is called in to evaluate some bones foun...
I’m fast coming to the end of the Ruth Galloway series and it’s going to be an adjustment waiting for Elly Griffiths to write more. Ruth, Nelson and the whole gang are just delightful characters. Even Jo Archer, Nelson’s new boss, comes across as fully formed. And Griffiths uses the landscape of King's Lynn as if it’s another character. Here, it’s the chalk mine tunnels that run under the city. In this book, Johnson is investigating a female rough sleeper who has gone missing. I appreciated that...
I have enjoyed every book in this series so far but this one excels! The way the author is keeping Nelson and Ruth apart using every trick available just amazes me. In The Chalk Pit Ruth investigates some newly discovered bones which turn out to not be historic and which therefore involve the police. At the same time Nelson, Judy and Clough are investigating recent deaths and disappearances of homeless people. The tension really builds however when one of their own group disappears and panic set...
This is my favorite crime fiction series. It is one series that when it comes out, I purchase. I do not want to wait for a library book. So much has been said already in other reviews about the plot, that I just want to say what I like about this series so much.It is the characters. I feel that I have grown to know them through the books. I want to catch up with their lives and see what it happening. I like every one of the repeating characters. Ruth is a special protagonist. She is intelligent
4.5 stars. Read as a buddy read with Lisa Vegan. We raced through this one, I think we have developed a Ruth Galloway addiction problem, we are already feeling restless for the next, maybe there's a help group we can go to. Luckily this author seems to have written other books that rate highly with my GR friends!This mystery focuses on 3 missing women and 2 murdered men, the men are homeless and sleeping rough, one of the women are also in this situation but two of the missing women aren't, they...
Great mystery— I mean who doesn’t love the history of life underground? As always with Dr Ruth Galloway and her Norfolk friends, bones appear and murder is suspected. But in this case the bones aren’t really the main show— rather a teaser for the crimes to come. Murders, kidnappings and a grand chase scene!I totally didn’t guess the criminal and I was equally bowled over by the last few scenes. And that epilogue? It just made me sad. Life is rarely what you want. However, one door closes and may...
4.5 starsI'm trying to save 5 stars for classic books but I must say in the world of Ruth Galloway this is a 5 star classic.All the characters make an appearance. Dr. Ruth Galloway is called in to look at some bones discovered while excavating for a new restaurant. Ruth is sure the bones will prove to be medieval. Meanwhile, Harry Nelson and his team begin investigating the disappearance of a homeless woman (rough sleeper in British) reported by another rough sleeper Eddie. The community of roug...
Another wonderful book in the series.
I've enjoyed this series since "The Crossing Places" one of the most brilliant in the series. In my mind the highlights of this book revolved more around the characters and their relationships than the actual mystery.Ruth Galloway, a forensic anthropologist, is pulled in on a dig where she finds the boiled bones of someone who was fairly recently deceased. The police are called in to continue the dig. In the meantime one of the towns rough sleepers tells a trusted policeman that another homeless...
