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Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies buried at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case. DCI Nelson is investigating, but Ruth finds this more hindrance than help - Nelson is the father of her daughter, Kate. Still, she remains professional and concentrates on the case at hand. Forensic tests prove that the bodies are from Southern Europe, killed sixty years ago. Police Investigations unearth records of Project Lucifer, a wartime plan to stop a German invasion. A further discovery reveals that members of the Broughton Sea's End Home Guard took a 'blood oath' to conceal some deadly wartime secret. The more information they uncover, the more elusive any explanation becomes. When a visiting German reporter is killed, Ruth and Nelson realise that someone is still alive who will kill to keep the secret of Broughton Sea's End's war years. Can they discover the truth in time to stop another murder?
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Elly Griffiths was born in London. She worked in publishing for many years. Her bestselling series of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring a forensic archaeologist, are set in Norfolk. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her Stephens and Mephisto series is based in 1950s Brighton. She lives near Brighton with her husband, an archaeologist, and their two children.
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When a team of archaeologists investigating coastal erosion unearths six bodies buried at the foot of a north Norfolk cliff, forensics expert Ruth Galloway is immediately put on the case. Just back from maternity leave, Ruth finds it hard to focus, and even harder when she learns that DCI Nelson is the investigating officer - Ruth and Nelson have unfinished business.
Forensic tests show that the bodies have lain hidden in the sand for fifty, even sixty years. Further discovery reveals that members of the local wartime Home Guard may be concealing a hideous crime.
When a body washes up on the beach, Ruth and Nelson realise that someone is still alive who will kill to keep hidden the gruesome secrets of the war years. Can they uncover the truth in time to stop another murder?
Elly Griffiths weaves a gripping tale combining fascinating forensic detail with action-packed scenes of terror. Add one of the most engaging characters to have appeared in recent crime fiction, plus an evocative and unusual setting, and you have a crime thriller that will keep you glued to the very edge of your seat.
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