The Man in Black and Other Stories: includes the latest Ruth and Nelson story! | 
pickThe Man in Black: Prequel to our Deep Dive Podcast…
This collection of short stories featuring characters from Elly Griffiths‘s other books is an enjoyable read, but the quality of the stories is inconsistent. Some are truly captivating and stay with you after you finish reading, while others feel a bit underdeveloped...
The full Deep Dive review of this book can be watched from our YouTube channel...
https://youtu.be/1DsCwkiSfRg
pickShort stories are not my thing, but the Ruth Galloway mysteries are my favorite so I had to give this a try. Unsurprisingly my favorites are the stories about Ruth, especially the one that is set after the last book in the series. Some of these are novellas that are set earlier in the series but they were still fun to hear. I also liked the Max Mephisto and Harbinder Kaur stories. Some of the stand-alones ended kind of abruptly though.
pickI really like Elly‘s books. However haven‘t read any short stories in a long while. I‘ve always thought that there is a real art to writing a good one. She nailed it in some of these. Some not so much. A nice interlude before her next novel and I got to keep up with my favourite characters Ruth, Nelson and Kate.
In the middle of this lovely collection of stories from Elly Griffiths and enjoying the hell out of it.
