{"product_id":"9781328622372","title":"The Crossing Places : The First Ruth Galloway Mystery (Ruth Galloway Mysteries)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and ';captivating amateur sleuth' Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before';an inspired creation' (Louise Penny).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitantsnot quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letterexactly like the ones about Lucy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home?","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49793234829560,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":17.6,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781328622372-1.jpg?v=1783683663","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781328622372","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}