Book #77 The House at Sea's End

The House at Sea's End: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 3 by Elly Griffiths
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This really is an excellent series; Elly Griffiths has pulled off another gripping mystery featuring her protagonist Dr. Ruth Galloway and the impatient and quick-tempered DCI Harry Nelson. Apart from the intriguing plot there are threads running through this series (this is #3) that are tantalising; but I cannot mention them for fear of spoiling the ongoing drama for anyone who has not yet embarked on this journey set on the eerie landscape of the Norfolk coast.

Bones unearthed at the foot of a north Norfolk cliff; the skeletons might have lain there since the Second World War - has a dreadful crime been concealed all these years? As events unfurl it becomes evident that someone wants the truth of the past to stay buried when a body washes up on the beach. Does the owner of Sea's End House know something, or a member of his family?

The characters already seem like old friends: Michelle Nelson, wife of Harry and a dedicated wife and mother; Michael Malone (aka Cathbad), born in Ireland, raised as a Catholic and now thinks of himself as a Druid and shaman; Shona Maclean, one of Ruth's closest friends and a lecturer in English Literature and Phil Trent, Ruth's head of department at the University of North Norfolk.

The ending once again is unbearably tense and that last, short paragraph - another cliffhanger - a real teaser! Guaranteed to make you read on in the series. I am waiting for numbers 4, 5 and 6 to arrive from Waterstones....

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