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Title details for The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths - Available

The Dark Angel

#10 in series

by Elly Griffiths
Jane McDowell
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It's not every day that you're summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway's help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri's strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she's been studying? Ruth is just beginning to get her footing in the dig when she's thrown off-guard by the appearance of DCI Nelson. And when Ruth's findings lead them to a modern-day murder, their holidays are both turned upside down, and they race to find out what darkness is lurking in this seemingly picturesque town.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Ruth Galloway Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 15, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781501906299
      • File size: 284794 KB
      • Duration: 09:53:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 19, 2018
      Mary Higgins Clark Award–winner Griffths’s uneven 10th Ruth Galloway mystery (after 2017’s The Chalk Pit) takes forensic archeologist Ruth and her daughter, Kate, to Castello degli Angeli, a little Italian town, to help colleague Angelo Morelli, who hosts an archeology-based TV show, analyze a Roman-era skeleton. When Ruth finds a hostile message at her lodging, and Angelo tells her he’s received death threats, they assume someone wants to stop their work. The subsequent murder of the kindly local priest in his church raises the stakes. Meanwhile, alarmed by news of an earthquake in the region, Det. Chief Insp. Harry Nelson, Ruth’s sometime lover and Kate’s father, flies to Italy, leaving his pregnant wife, Michelle, home in Norfolk, England. Subplots involving Michelle’s affair with another police officer, uncertainty about her baby’s father’s identity, and a newly released criminal determined to seek vengeance converge in a dramatic but contrived finale. Rich details about the Italian countryside, gastronomy, and history make up only in part for the underdeveloped mystery plot. Agent: Rebecca Carter, Janklow & Nesbit (U.K.).

    • AudioFile Magazine
      They're back! Listeners can once again enjoy the adventures of Ruth Galloway, the pudgy forensic archaeologist; her sometime lover, DCI Nelson; her Druid friend, and others who have charmed us in the previous nine books in this series. Narrator Jane McDowell's gentle, refined voice takes us on a trip to a picturesque town in the Liri Valley of Italy. Here Ruth examines Roman bones, imbibes great wine, makes love with Nelson, and, of course, solves a murder. While McDowell's portrayal of Ruth may be too genteel and calm, she conveys the ambiance of the setting very well. Followers of the series will love this audiobook. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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