This is the 3rd book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series. I did enjoy it but not quite as much as the first two. Nevertheless these books a very well written and I do recommend them. I would also add that anyone wanting to read them should probably do so in numerical order as the main characters move on with their personal lives though the plots are different.

After reading the second book in this series, I questioned whether I wanted to go on to this one since I had a number of "issues" with The Janus Stone.Thankfully, those problems didn't show up in this book. Ruth does not repeatedly and illogically put herself in harm's way, and the overall tone is more consistent. And the plot, involving skeletons dating back to WWII, is well conceived and nestled nicely into the backdrop of the effects of coastal erosion in Norfolk.But I'm afraid I'm the type o...

Book three in the series starts with Ruth now the mother to a newborn. And she’s struggling with all the problems a single mother deals with. But her friends rally to help, including Michelle, Nelson’s wife. And poor Nelson is having a hard enough time adjusting to his new daughter without that!I found the actual mystery in this book more engaging than book two. Six skeletons are found buried in the sand, hands tied behind their backs. The skeletons date to WWII. And then, older men involved in

The third book in the Ruth Galloway series and it was every bit as good as the first two. Ruth is a very likeable character and it is easy to become involved in her life story!In The House at Sea's End human bones are discovered in a landslide on the beach and Ruth is called to get them dated. Thanks to the wonders of modern science they can be dated to the second World War and identified as being from persons of German origin. A police inquiry begins and people linked to this start dying myster...

This is the third book in this series. I enjoyed it less than the first two I read, so allow me to elaborate a bit on them.The first book, The Crossing Places, was very chilling, and included pagan lore, history, and archaeology. I fell in love with the descriptions of the freezing salt marshes, the birds, the lonely cottage. The Janus Stone included Roman history, which I'm very interested in. I think the real pull for me with these books was the inclusion of my interests in great mystery plots...

The discovery of six bodies in a gap in the cliffs by a group studying coastal erosion brings forensic archaelogist Dr Ruth Galloway into a new mystery. From the dating and mineral composition of the bones she determines these are much more modern bodies than those she usually deals with and are most likely those of German soldiers who came ashore during the early years of WW2. The unexpected death of two elderly men who were in the Home Guard at the time, leads DCI Nelson and his team to suspec...

This is the third in the Ruth Galloway series, but my first Elly Griffith read. I had seen good reviews of the series, but was avoiding them because they sounded little "dry" to me. Believe me, this book was anything but.This was easily read as stand a alone book - certainly I did not feel that I had missed out on anything by not reading the previous two. Although having said that, I am now going to go back and read them, having enjoyed this one so much.A team of archaeologists investigating coa...

This is the third book in the Ruth Galloway series by author Elly Griffith.Having just returned from maternity leave forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is struggling to cope with both work and being a mother. When six bodies are discovered buried at the foot of a cliff by a team from the University of North Norfolk, Ruth is asked to help with the case. DCI Nelson the father of Ruth's daughter Kate is investigating which causes extra complications. Tests show that the bodies are from Southern E...

This is the third book I’ve read in this series and I believe these are getting better as they progress. The interesting thing about these British mysteries are not the mysteries themselves but the use of an archeologist as the protagonist. In this latest story, little known WWII strategies are ‘uncovered’ along with aged bones. As usual, Ruth, the archeologist, is called in to analyze the bodies and aid in the police investigation. I love the usual cast of characters and I’m curious to see how

This was another satisfying instalment in Elly Griffiths's excellent forensic archaeology-themed Ruth Galloway series.In this outing, Ruth - now the mother of 4-month-old Kate - is called in to consult when the skeletonised remains of six people are found on a remote beach in Norfolk, following a cliff collapse. It quickly becomes clear that the remains date from the early years of the Second World War, when rumours of a planned German invasion on the British coast had the local communities on h...

I have so much love for this series! I was so pleased to start it, knowing I had many installments to come, but after the third, I already fear running out too soon!

First Sentence: Two people, a man and a woman, are walking along a hospital corridor.A team of archeologists studying coastal erosion uncover a number of skeletons neatly placed within a cleft of a cliff. Archeologist and forensic expert Ruth Galloway is brought in to work with DCI Harry Nelson, to determine the age and identity of the remains. The more they discover, the less someone wants them to find and others die trying to keep secrets buried.Every now and then there is a review which I fin...

This is the third and now my favorite in Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series. The characters continue to develop, both the primary and the many good and important secondary ones. I really like the windswept and somewhat bleak Norfolk setting that seems to add to the story. Here, the personal details of the protagonists' lives become as important as the mystery and as complicated. I don't want to give any plot points away for anyone who hasn't read any of the books yet, but I highly recommend it to m...

Sometimes I want to read a good story with characters I enjoy knowing, good plots that are devoid of all but the essential details of violence and death. One of the many series that I look to for such reading is Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels.Galloway is a forensic archeologist first and foremost, but also works with the local police in Serious Crimes in cases where her skills are useful to the investigation. Galloway is also a first-time single mother in this story, with the familiar stru...