Elly Griffiths' "Ruth Galloway Mysteries"

A few weeks ago I reviewed the first two books that I had read in the new British murder mystery series created and written by Elly Griffiths: The Crossing Places and The Janus Stone.  I impatiently waited to get my hands on book #3 from the Vancouver Public Library and my reserve came up much quicker than I thought.  I  have finished reading it and found it just as absorbing as the first two.  It is a delight to get involved in the lives of so many characters on a continuing basis.

The third book is "House at Sea's End", and it continues with the adventures of Dr. Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist, who is called to assist in police cases which involve the discovery of human bones, and to work closely with DCI Harry Nelson, the investigating officer.

This book is set in a remote area of the Norfolk coast - the town of Broughton set on a cliff at the sea's edge, that is being eroded by the ocean and wind.  Elly Griffiths gives us the following picture on her website of an ocean side cliff that inspired Broughton Sea's End:

At the beginning of the story, bodies are found wedged into a deep recess in the cliff.  Forensic testing subsequently done by Dr. Galloway reveals quite a bit of information about them.  Secrets about the activities of the Home Guard during WWII are revealed through detective work, uniting Dr. Galloway and DCI Nelson yet again in solving the mystery.  An engrossing read.