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The Janus Stone

Pocket
Engelsk
The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
The Janus Stone
The Janus Stone
  • Forfatter: Elly Griffiths
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 352
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
  • EAN: 9781786482129
  • Utgivelsesår: 2016
  • Bidragsyter: Griffiths, Elly
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A gruesome discovery at an old children''s home lays bare terrible secret''s from Norwich''s past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway.

''The setting is enticingly atmospheric . . . a really intelligent murder story'' Independent

Dr Ruth Galloway''s forensic skills are called upon when builders, demolishing an old house in Norwich, uncover the bones of a child - minus the skull - beneath a doorway. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? Ruth links up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate.

The house was once a children''s home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the place. He tells him that two children did go missing forty years before - a boy and a girl. They were never found.

When carbon dating proves that the child''s bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer i