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A review by carlylottsofbookz
The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
3.0
This book is the 8th or so in a series, but it stands alone as well.
This is a complicated story with several plot points. You have a professor of archaeology who is a single mom of a 5 year old who works on large digs at the same time she teaches as well as is on call as a police inspector. She also strangely has enough time to be interviewed for many tv shows. She's not a particularly like able character, even though she is the protagonist. She's in love with a policeman who is her daughter's dad, but he's married...so she kind of just pines for him.
There's also a body found that seems to be a cold case murder, a creepy old castle, a rich secretive family, a woman about to have a baby, a long lost love, man eating pigs, distant relatives, illegitimate children, DNA testing, affairs, WWII fighter planes, and a family reunion.
Sound like a lot for a 370 page book? It was. It was very plot driven, without character development, but ultimately an easy read.
This is a complicated story with several plot points. You have a professor of archaeology who is a single mom of a 5 year old who works on large digs at the same time she teaches as well as is on call as a police inspector. She also strangely has enough time to be interviewed for many tv shows. She's not a particularly like able character, even though she is the protagonist. She's in love with a policeman who is her daughter's dad, but he's married...so she kind of just pines for him.
There's also a body found that seems to be a cold case murder, a creepy old castle, a rich secretive family, a woman about to have a baby, a long lost love, man eating pigs, distant relatives, illegitimate children, DNA testing, affairs, WWII fighter planes, and a family reunion.
Sound like a lot for a 370 page book? It was. It was very plot driven, without character development, but ultimately an easy read.