DCI Harry Nelson has just received an enigmatic note from someone about a
stone circle. It brings back memories of a past case, yet seems to
have been written by someone who knows him and is known to be dead. He
talks to his friend Dr. Ruth Galloway about it. The following Sunday
morning there is a bag on his front step with another note and a small
stone in it.
Out at a dig Ruth is surprised to find that it is supervised by the son
of her former mentor. Shortly after leaving, she is called back because
bones have been discovered. It doesn’t take her long to realise that
they are the bones of a child and that they are recent.
Two weeks later, DNA evidence helps identify the bones as belonging to a
twelve year old girl who had gone missing over thirty years earlier.
Shortly afterwards Ruth receives an enigmatic letter, in this case about
the body she had excavated. Nelson is sure that the letter has come
from the same person who sent his.
Who is the threat coming from? Author Elly Griffiths slowly builds up
the tension in this murder mystery including another and a baby
abduction. Naturally there is much mystery regarding stone circles
including one across the country. Griffiths leaves the reader on the
edge of their seat before releasing the tension. A very good quick
read.
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