The Ghost Fields
2015 • 385 pages

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A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, must discover who the victim was, and who put him there. 'An almost gothic plot, involving family feuds and a crumbling stately home . . . one of the most vivid novels in a delightful series' Sunday Times When DCI Harry Nelson calls Ruth Galloway in to investigate a body found inside a buried fighter plane, she quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn't possibly be the pilot. DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk's deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger remaining Blackstocks. Then human bones are found on the farm and, as the greatest storm Norfolk has seen for decades brews in the distance, another Blackstock is attacked. Can the team outrace the rising flood to find the killer?

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14 primary books16 released books

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Ruth Galloway is a 16-book series with 14 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Elly Griffiths and Griffiths Elly.

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The Crossing Places
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The Janus Stone
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The House at Sea's End
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A Room Full of Bones
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Dying Fall
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The Outcast Dead
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The Ghost Fields
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The Woman in Blue
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The Chalk Pit
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The Dark Angel
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The Stone Circle

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Fun fact: Ruth Galloway has a poster of Indiana Jones hanging on the wall of her office.

September 14, 2023