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The Ghost Fields
(2015)(The seventh book in the Ruth Galloway Mysteries series)
A novel by Elly Griffiths
2016 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist)
A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, must discover who the victim was, and who put him there.
'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times
When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn't possibly be the pilot. DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea.
Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk's deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger remaining Blackstocks.
Then human bones are found on the farm and, as the greatest storm Norfolk has seen for decades brews in the distance, another Blackstock is attacked. Can the team outrace the rising flood to find the killer?
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What readers are saying about The Ghost Fields
'Wonderful characters . . . A must read' 5* Reader Review
'Such a great series' 5* Reader Review
'Elly Griffiths is my favourite author' 5* Reader Review
'A real page-turner . . . an exciting read' 5* Reader Review
'Thoroughly recommended' 5* Reader Review
Genre: Mystery
'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times
When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn't possibly be the pilot. DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea.
Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk's deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger remaining Blackstocks.
Then human bones are found on the farm and, as the greatest storm Norfolk has seen for decades brews in the distance, another Blackstock is attacked. Can the team outrace the rising flood to find the killer?
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What readers are saying about The Ghost Fields
'Wonderful characters . . . A must read' 5* Reader Review
'Such a great series' 5* Reader Review
'Elly Griffiths is my favourite author' 5* Reader Review
'A real page-turner . . . an exciting read' 5* Reader Review
'Thoroughly recommended' 5* Reader Review
Genre: Mystery
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