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The Frozen People
SOME MURDERS CAN'T BE SOLVED IN JUST ONE LIFETIME.A brand new series from No 1 bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. If you're missing Ruth and Nelson, wait till you meet Ali and Cain.Ali Dawson is a police officer working on crimes so old, the joke goes, that they are not only cold but frozen. What most people don't know is that the team travels back in time to complete their research - a process pioneered by the mysterious Italian physicist, Serafina Pelligrini.So far the team has only ventured a few years back but Ali's boss has a new assignment for her. He wants her to step back to 1850, the heart of the Victorian Age, to clear the name of Cain Templeton, the eccentric great-grandfather of Tory MP Isaac Templeton.To prepare for the challenge ahead, Ali researches the Victorian era. She learns that Cain Templeton was part of a sinister group called The Collectors, the rumour being that you had to kill a woman to become a member. Duly prepared, she arrives in London in January 1850, at the peak of the so-called mini ice age, to start her journey in a house used by artists, with a dead woman at her feet. Soon she finds herself in extreme danger. Even worse - she appears to be stuck, unable to make her way back to the present, to her life and to her son, Finn.
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The Man in Black and Other Stories
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail'The perfect holiday treat' GuardianThis collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved characters: Dr Ruth Galloway, Harry Nelson, Max Mephisto, Detective Harbinder Kaur and more. It features several stories never published before, including a brand new Ruth and Nelson story. A must for all her fans. Have you been wondering what happened to your favourite characters Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson? Dive into this fabulous collection of stories and find out.Here are stories to suit all tastes. There are ghost stories and mini cosy mysteries; tales of psychological suspense and poignant vignettes of love and loss. There's a creepy horror story to make you shiver and a tale narrated by Flint, Ruth Galloway's cat, to make you smile.There is truly something for everyone in this collection of bite-sized morsels for all thriller fans.A Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 24/06/2024
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A Dying Fall
When murder strikes close to home, Dr Ruth Galloway is determined to find justice - without ending up in the firing line herself.'One of the most cinematic finales in recent crime fiction' Daily TelegraphDr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a lot of time looking at death. But now death has found her, with the news that her long-time friend and ex-colleague Dan Golding has been killed in a house fire.Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion of arson when she receives a desperate letter from Dan, sent the day before he died. He had made a ground-breaking discovery that he was sure would change archaeology forever - and was petrified of the consequences. Ruth feels compelled to travel north to investigate further, alongside DCI Harry Nelson who is also drawn into the case. But where Ruth goes, so does her young daughter, Kate. This time, the risks are even higher.
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The Great Deceiver
the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The Dr Ruth Galloway MysteriesThe next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
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The Ghost Fields
The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 7WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must discover who the victim was, and who put him there, in this atmospheric mystery for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.
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The Postscript Murders
a gripping mystery that will keep you guessing from first page to lastThe ultimate gripping murder mystery to curl up with, from the bestselling author of The Stranger Diaries and the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
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The Lantern Men
Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 12Acclaimed and bestselling regional crime from the author of The Stranger Diaries. 'My favourite current series' Val McDermid
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The Case of the Christmas Card
A festive murder mystery novella featuring Ali DawsonNo-one is more surprised than time-travelling detective Ali Dawson when Charles Dickens suddenly turns up on her doorstep a few days before Christmas. The Great Writer is as baffled as she is as to how he got there. Ali takes him in, despite being preoccupied with a new cold case around the murdered artist Sylvester Strong.Dickens is a rather demanding house guest. However, as a detective, he shows distinct promise and together they embark on finding the truth behind the appearance of new paintings by the deceased artist. On top of that Nell, the daughter of Ali's best friend Meg, has vanished without a trace.As the whole of London is in full festive swing and preparing for the most special day of the year, Ali and Dickens are exploring the town, desperate to solve not just one but two crime cases. Will they succeed before Christmas Day arrives and more importantly, will Charles find a way back home?PRAISE FOR THE ALI DAWSON MYSTERIES'Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told' Ann Cleeves'Ali Dawson is a delight - a detective you'll want to spend more time with' JP Delaney'Elly Griffiths has done it again. Warm, witty and outrageously believable. I loved it' Sarah Hilary'Here's a paradox: a thriller that is full of zest and joy' Nicci French'Ali Dawson could be the most fun time-travelling detective since Dirk Gently' Chris Brookmyre
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The Case of the Christmas Card
A festive murder mystery novella featuring Ali DawsonNo-one is more surprised than time-travelling detective Ali Dawson when Charles Dickens suddenly turns up on her doorstep a few days before Christmas. The Great Writer is as baffled as she is as to how he got there. Ali takes him in, despite being preoccupied with a new cold case around the murdered artist Sylvester Strong.Dickens is a rather demanding house guest. However, as a detective, he shows distinct promise and together they embark on finding the truth behind the appearance of new paintings by the deceased artist. On top of that Nell, the daughter of Ali's best friend Meg, has vanished without a trace.As the whole of London is in full festive swing and preparing for the most special day of the year, Ali and Dickens are exploring the town, desperate to solve not just one but two crime cases. Will they succeed before Christmas Day arrives and more importantly, will Charles find a way back home?PRAISE FOR THE ALI DAWSON MYSTERIES'Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told' Ann Cleeves'Ali Dawson is a delight - a detective you'll want to spend more time with' JP Delaney'Elly Griffiths has done it again. Warm, witty and outrageously believable. I loved it' Sarah Hilary'Here's a paradox: a thriller that is full of zest and joy' Nicci French'Ali Dawson could be the most fun time-travelling detective since Dirk Gently' Chris Brookmyre
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The Killing Time
The instant Sunday Times bestseller SOME MURDERS CAN'T BE SOLVED IN JUST ONE LIFETIME.A mysterious death. A Victorian psychic. A case for Ali Dawson and the Frozen People.'Warm and engaging characters and a wildly brilliant story wittily told' Ann Cleeves'Truly wonderful, wildly atmospheric' Marian Keyes'A thriller that is full of zest and joy' Nicci FrenchAli Dawson is a police detective who leads a unit that investigates cases so cold her team must travel to the distant past to solve them. But Ali and the team haven't been allowed to time-travel ever since their technical expert, Jones, got stuck in Victorian London. To distract herself, Ali looks into a present-day case - an apparent suicide of a young man who fell to his death from a high building. She believes the death is linked to a psychic medium called Barry Power, who convinced the boy he could fly. Ali goes to one of Power's shows where he claims to be in contact with Jones. When Ali notices that evening that her cat, Terry, has gone missing, she decides to go back in time just long enough to prevent Terry from escaping through his open cat flap. A dangerous plan which backfires, and she finds herself once more in Victorian London, where she meets Jones, as well as Power . . .'Elly Griffiths has done it again. Warm, witty and outrageously believable' Sarah Hilary 'Ali Dawson is a delight - a detective you'll want to spend more time with' JP Delaney 'Ali Dawson could be the most fun time-travelling detective since Dirk Gently' Chris BrookmyreA Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16 Feb 2026
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The Crossing Places
START THE JOURNEY HERE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKEDDr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. Are they the remains of a local girl who disappeared ten years earlier - or are the bones much older?DCI Harry Nelson refuses to give up the hunt for the missing girl. Since she vanished, someone has been sending him bizarre anonymous notes about ritual sacrifice, quoting Shakespeare and the Bible. He knows that Ruth's expertise and experience could help him finally to put this case to rest.But when a second child goes missing, Ruth finds herself in danger from a killer who knows she's getting ever closer to the truth . . . 'Immensely atmospheric' INDIA KNIGHT'I couldn't put it down' 5* READER REVIEW'A great series' GUARDIAN'Loved this book so much' 5* READER REVIEW
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Manche Schuld vergeht nie
Ein Mord im viktorianischen London. Ein tödlicher Geheimbund. Und eine Ermittlerin, die auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit durch die Zeit reist. Kriminalbeamtin Ali Dawson arbeitet unter strengster Geheimhaltung. Mit ihrem Team reist sie in die Vergangenheit, um ungeklärte Mordfälle zu untersuchen. Ihr neuster Auftrag ist besonders brisant: Sie soll den Mord an einer jungen Frau im 19. Jahrhundert aufklären. Doch die Zeitreise geht schief, und während Ali in der Vergangenheit feststeckt, gerät ihr Leben in der Gegenwart außer Kontrolle. 'Von Anfang bis Ende ein Triumph.' Anthony Horowitz
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