A Dying Fall: A Mystery: 5 (Ruth Galloway Mysteries)

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There are some other anomalies in the plot – at one stage Ruth reflects on how an old friend of hers had forgotten Ruth had a child (and what this says about Ruth) – which would be interesting if we had not just been told that the two had been out of contact for three years (Ruth’s child is two).

One of the most cinematic finales in recent crime fiction' Daily Telegraph Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a lot of time looking at death. As this series continues you get to know more about these characters who are all wonderful and interesting to read about. I’m eager to get to know her as she grows and matures and becomes even more verbal and able to express herself. If not for my Goodreads friend (artist) Laura telling me something that included future books, I might have thought something had happened that did not, though another true possibility would have also been in my mind. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter.

A fatal car accident that was anything but accidental has jarred loose a stash of methamphetamines and cash that’s become the center of a battle between the Sons of Freedom, Bakken County’s traditional drug sellers, and MS-13, the Salvadorian upstarts who are muscling in on their territory.

The case draws in DCI Nelson, determined to protect Ruth and their eighteen-month-old daughter, Kate. The lightbox here shows the 19 decibel drop in the sound at the prison as voices were forced into silence, the increasing quietude correlating directly with the rising violence, and marking the shift of Saydnaya from prison to death camp.

This is Elly Griffiths at her best, unfortunately at is ruined by one thing; the narrator's characterisation of Cathbad's voice. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. for a stand-alone about a police detective, a developmentally delayed boy, and a package everyone in North Dakota wants to grab.