Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor-until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer, in USA Today Elly Griffiths' penultimate novel in the beloved series. When he links the deaths to an archaeological discovery, he breaks curfew to visit the cottage where he finds Ruth chatting to her neighbour whom he remembers as a carer who was once tried for murdering her employer. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway Mysteries) Hardcover 28 Jun. Nelson, meanwhile, is investigating a series of deaths of women that may or may not be suicide. Happily, the house next door is rented by a nice woman called Zoe, who they become friendly with while standing on their doorsteps clapping for carers. Ruth and her daughter are locked down in their cottage, attempting. Ruth and her daughter are locked down in their cottage, attempting to continue with work and home-schooling. Ruth returns to Norfolk determined to solve the mystery, but then Covid rears its ugly head. Ruth returns to Norfolk determined to solve the mystery, but then Covid rears its ugly head. 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 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.
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