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Brighton, 1965. When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the post-mortem reveals that he was poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-music hall star Verity Malone. Frustrated by the police response to Bert's death and determined to prove her innocence, Verity calls in private detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins.

Justice and her friends are third years now and there's an intriguing new girl in Barnowls. Letitia has never been to school before and doesn't care for the rules - and the teachers don't seem to mind! She decides that Justice is her particular friend, much to Stella and Dorothy's distress. But Letitia just isn't the kind of girl you say no to. Then, after a midnight feast in the barn, and a terrifying ghost-sighting in the garden, a girl disappears. Soon ransom notes appear, and they're torn from the pages of a crime novel.

When Justice returns for spring term at Highbury House, it's not long before murder is back on her mind. Assigned to look after the elderly Mr Arthur in Smugglers' Lodge on the other side of the marshes from school, Justice is initially dismayed. But dismay quickly gives way to intrigue as she finds herself drawn to Mr Arthur and his stories of piloting in the First World War - and especially when Dorothy, who lives nearby, tells her that the lodge is haunted.

Ruth is in London clearing out her mother's belongings when she makes a surprising discovery: a photograph of her Norfolk cottage taken before Ruth lived there. Her mother always hated the cottage, so why does she have a picture of the place? The only clue is written on the back of the photo: dawn, 1963. Ruth returns to Norfolk determined to solve the mystery, but then COVID rears its ugly head. Ruth and her daughter are locked down in their cottage, attempting to continue with work and home-schooling.

Newly minted PI Emma Holmes and her partner Sam Collins are just settling into their business when they’re chosen for a high-profile case: retired music-hall star Verity Malone hires them to find out who poisoned her husband, a theater impresario. Verity herself has been accused of the crime. The only hitch—the Brighton police are already on the case, putting Emma in direct competition with her husband, police superintendent Edgar Stephens.

The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy’s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith’s passing. But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy’s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy. And each psychological thriller included a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS.

Eine Leiche in einem vergrabenen Kampflugzeug - das hat die forensische Archäologin Ruth Galloway auch noch nicht gesehen. Laut DNA-Test handelt es sich bei dem Toten um Fred Blackstock, einen Aristokraten, der im 2. Weltkrieg über dem Ärmelkanal abgeschossen wurde und starb - jedoch in einem anderen Flugzeug! Die Ermittlungen führen die Polizei und Ruth zum Anwesen der Blackstocks.

DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead....

Das Meer gibt alles wieder her, auch die Wahrheit? Sechs Leichen. An Händen und Füßen gefesselt. Eine hält einen Rosenkranz. Die forensische Archäologin Dr. Ruth Galloway untersucht die Skelette und findet heraus, dass sie aus der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs stammen. Damals soll eine Heimwehr die Küste Norfolks verteidigt haben. Die ehemaligen Mitglieder schweigen - doch nach der Vernehmung sterben sie. Einer nach dem anderen. Ein Zufall kann das kaum sein.

Das ist kein Haus mehr, das ist ein Grab. In einer Baugrube in Norfolk liegen die Knochen eines Kindes, nur der Schädel fehlt. Für die forensische Archäologin Dr. Ruth Galloway sieht alles nach einer rituellen Opfergabe aus römischer Zeit aus. Damals begrub man Menschenopfer unter Türschwellen, als Geschenk an den Gott Janus. Die Analyse jedoch ergibt: Die Knochen stammen aus der Gegenwart. Ein harter Fall für die hochschwangere Ruth.

"Ich habe die Knochen des Rabenkönigs gefunden, Ruth. Diese Entdeckung wird alles verändern. Trotzdem fürchte ich mich." Wenige Tage nach dem Verfassen dieser Zeilen ist Ruth Galloways Studienfreund Dan Golding tot. Kurzerhand reist die forensische Archäologin mit Töchterchen Kate zur Ausgrabungsstätte in den Norden Englands - ausgerechnet dorthin, wo ihre große Liebe DCI Nelson gerade mit seiner Familie Urlaub macht.

Manche Geheimnisse lassen sich nicht begraben. Die forensische Archäologin und alleinerziehende Mutter Ruth Galloway nimmt an der feierlichen Öffnung des Sarges eines legendären Bischofs im Museum von King's Lynn teil. Als sie den Ausstellungsraum betritt, findet sie den Museumsdirektor: tot neben dem Sarg. Schon steckt Ruth mitten in den Ermittlungen, obwohl sie doch eigentlich den Geburtstag ihrer Tochter vorbereiten muss.

Christmas 1953. Max Mephisto, and his daughter, Ruby, are headlining Brighton Hippodrome, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than-savoury support act: a tableau show of naked 'living statues'. This might appear to have nothing in common with DI Edgar Stephens's investigation into the death of a quiet flower seller, but if there's one thing the old comrades have learned it's that, in Brighton, the line between art and life - and death - is all too easily blurred.

Brighton, 1950: When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick: the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar's. When the dead girl turns out to be known to him, Max decides to help Edgar investigate.

Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, a forbidding edifice that was once a prison. She believes the body may be that of infamous Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called Mother Hook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children in her care. DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-dead killers.

Ihr sechster Fall führt die forensische Archäologin Dr. Ruth Galloway auf die Spur der grausamsten Kindesmörderin des 19. Jahrhunderts. Beste britische Krimikost für alle Leser von Minette Walters, Val McDermid und Ann Cleeves. Die Arme auf dem Rücken gefesselt, ein rostiger Eisenhaken statt der linken Hand, so liegt die Tote in ihrem Grab. Als Dr. Ruth Galloway unter dem Gemäuer einer Burg ein Skelett aus viktorianischer Zeit freilegt, glaubt sie, die Gebeine der berüchtigsten Mörderin von Norfolk gefunden zu haben.

Dr. Ruth Galloway, forensische Archäologin, liebt Katzen und alte Knochen. Vor zehn Jahren verschwand die fünfjährige Lucy Downey. Seitdem schreibt ein Unbekannter verstörende Briefe, die Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson von der Norfolk Police um den Schlaf bringen. Als an einem nebligen Herbsttag in den Salzwiesen nahe der Küste Mädchenknochen gefunden werden, ist er sich sicher, dass es Lucys sind.

Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library. Ruth Galloway receives a phone call that bears shocking news. A friend of hers from college, Dan Golding, has been killed in a fire at his Lancashire home. Her shock turns to alarm when she gets a letter from Dan. He has made a discovery that will change archaeology forever but he needs Ruth's advice. Even more alarming, he sounds vulnerable and frightened. DCI Harry Nelson is also rediscovering his past. Up north for a holiday, he meets his former colleague Sandy MacLeod, now at Blackpool CID.

Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity - now it suggests a much more sinister purpose. Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is investigating the disappearance of a local rough sleeper. The only trace of her is the rumour that she's gone 'underground'.

Dr Ruth Galloway is flattered when she receives a letter from Italian archaeologist Dr Angelo Morelli, asking for her help. He's discovered a group of bones in a tiny hilltop village near Rome but doesn't know what to make of them. It's years since Ruth has had a holiday, and even a working holiday to Italy is very welcome!