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The 1st crime book in the series staring archaeologist Ruth Calloway

When the remains of a child is discovered in the salt marches, the police hopes that it‘s a 4 yr old that disappeared 10 yrs ago, but the remains turns out to be over 1000 yr.

Then police inspector Harry Nelson shows Ruth some letters he received back in the day, and an other young girl is missing. Are all these cases linked?

I would have wanted to know more about the

According to the author, this was her first published whodunit,(1986) which she wrote while she & her husband were living on the tidal island of Hibre, in the Dee.She was pregnant with her first child, so she thought she might write. George Palmer-Jones,retired Home Office agent,& his wife Molly, an ex-social worker, heed the call to see rare bird. P-J a “twitcher”goes to the birding site. A murder occurs early on. I had no idea who to suspect.

Sunday morning coffee & a book. Immersing myself in the Norfolk coast,& the Scottish Scilly Isles & its birdwatching world, with a little murder & mystery thrown in the mix. #shelfsweeper #4Elizabeth #serieslove2024

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Saturday morning coffee & a book. #coffeeandbooks

Dr. Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist, is asked by the police to identify some bones uncovered in the marsh near her home. They turn out to be those of an Iron Age girl but the police nevertheless consult her on ritual elments that seem to be part of a present-day crime.

I enjoyed this very atmospheric story with a very exciting climax that I had to put down several times just to remember to breathe.

Jessie Childs draws Henry Howard for us, complete with his strengths as and weaknesses, neither hero nor villain. And in so doing she illustrates the terrifying times of Henrican England. Henry VIII‘s tyranny, paranoia, megalomania, and hubris are all too familiar in our age. An appropriate read just prior to the upcoming inauguration.#bookedintime @Cuilin

Who knew that Henry, Earl of Surrey, invented the “Shakespearean Sonnet!

I picked this up because I heard the author on a panel about the Tudor era, and so far it doesn‘t disappoint.