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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Excellently plotted multi-level mystery with a full cast of characters and a fresh viewpoint.
Will be reading more of Elly Griffiths/Ruth Galloway
i would genuinely enjoy this book if the main character would stop talking about how fat she thinks she is. what a terrible personality trait for your main character. what a weird choice.
Very well written, great characters, fabulous setting. But watered down with too many unbelievable happenings. I dislike when the author utterly fails to overcome the suspension of disbelief. If the whole plot hinges on something absurd, it really lets me down.
Not really my thing for various reasons, some of which are spoilers.
The Crossing Places takes place in a wet and marshy area of Norway, England. Archaeologist Ruth Galloway is asked to identify some bones that a detective believes may belong to a young girl who has been missing for ten years. Ruth judges the bones to be approximately 2000 years old – not those of the missing girl. Despite the bones being unrelated to the detective’s case, Ruth finds herself intrigued by both Detective Harry Nelson and the missing girl. Another child has gone missing in recent months and Detective Nelson believes that the cases could be connected. He confides to Ruth that he has been receiving letters that reference ancient rituals and sacrifices, taunting him for not finding the missing girls.
I usually like forensic and archaeology-centric mysteries and this series is no exception. I wish there had not been so many references to Ruth being overweight. I realize that it helps develop her character, but does her weight really matter that much? Alternatively, I really enjoyed the setting of a rainy saltmarsh. I am in Texas and it has been incredibly hot and dry. The Crossing Places felt like a nice, rainy escape. And the book ended with a great cliffhanger. I am excited that I have the next Ruth Galloway novel, The Janus Stone, ready to go!
I usually like forensic and archaeology-centric mysteries and this series is no exception. I wish there had not been so many references to Ruth being overweight. I realize that it helps develop her character, but does her weight really matter that much? Alternatively, I really enjoyed the setting of a rainy saltmarsh. I am in Texas and it has been incredibly hot and dry. The Crossing Places felt like a nice, rainy escape. And the book ended with a great cliffhanger. I am excited that I have the next Ruth Galloway novel, The Janus Stone, ready to go!
It lacked plot development in a few places but overall it was good.
Interesting enough to read the second one. Did not age well in many ways.
An excellent British mystery with an archaeological spin. Set in the eastern county of Norfolk in England, Ruth is an archeologist who gets called in my the local authorities to check the age of a skeleton that was found. This find leads to Ruth getting emerged in a whole web of mystery and murder. I so liked the chemistry between Ruth and the inspector who works with her...Nelson. And a surprise at the end of the book means that their relationship is only beginning. I will read more from Griffiths and look forward to where she leads Ruth and Nelson next!