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Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novels take for their inspiration Elly's husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt who lives on the Norfolk coast and who filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area. Elly has two children and lives near Brighton. Though not her first novel, The Crossing Places is her first crime novel.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 622,467 ratings · 54,865 reviews · 78 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Crossing Places (Ruth G...

3.93 avg rating — 64,121 ratings — published 2009 — 96 editions
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The Stranger Diaries (Harbi...

3.87 avg rating — 42,697 ratings — published 2018 — 42 editions
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The Janus Stone (Ruth Gallo...

3.93 avg rating — 41,416 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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The House at Sea's End (Rut...

3.98 avg rating — 35,842 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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A Room Full of Bones (Ruth ...

3.92 avg rating — 30,165 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway...

4.06 avg rating — 29,038 ratings — published 2012 — 62 editions
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The Outcast Dead (Ruth Gall...

4.16 avg rating — 26,791 ratings — published 2014 — 38 editions
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The Ghost Fields (Ruth Gall...

4.11 avg rating — 25,025 ratings — published 2015 — 39 editions
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The Postscript Murders (Har...

3.93 avg rating — 25,197 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions
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The Night Hawks (Ruth Gallo...

4.27 avg rating — 22,925 ratings — published 2021
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“When she bought the cats her mother asked her straight out if they were 'baby substitutes'. 'No,' Ruth had answered, straight-faced. 'They're kittens. If I had a baby it would be a cat substitute.”
Elly Griffiths, The Crossing Places

“You know how thick I am. I don't even eat yoghurt because it's got culture in it.”
Elly Griffiths, The Janus Stone

“Maybe humans need animals to help them understand the world. Certainly it’s hard to see what else cats do for humans, aside from looking cute and killing the odd mouse.”
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