The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

January 22, 2021

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

Ruth Galloway is a forensic archaeologist, studying old bones from the Iron Age. She is 40-ish, overweight, and frumpy, living in a remote cottage with her two cats, living a quiet, orderly life. When a child's bones are found in the sand of a beach near her home, the local police suspect they are the bones of a child who disappeared about ten years earlier. But to Ruth's delight, the bones are much older, about 2,000 years old from the Iron Age. But then another child disappears and Ruth begins receiving threatening letters similar to the letters that the police received when the first child disappeared. 

This is the first book in the Ruth Galloway series.  It's a creepy mystery, very atmospheric, lots of dark and fog with the tide coming in and cutting off escape routes. Although Ruth describes herself as dumpy and unattractive, there are several men who are interested in her. I didn't care for this series enough to continue reading any more of the books, but many people enjoy it.