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Markov Chain Text Generator – the Mystery Novel!

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

October 27, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

This book seems like it has everything: Iron Age sacrificial burials! Dangerous saltwater marshes! Academics drawn into police investigations! Bird enthusiasts! New Age mysticism! Scary Biblical passages! Gruff but sensitive detectives! Murder! Cats! Bones! All of the things that would normally draw me into the depths of a novel- there was a promise of being sucked out to sea in the dangerous salt marshes, but I was left on shore squinting into the distance with an annoyed “is that it?” stuck in my craw. The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: abduction, bronze age britian, cliches, disappointment, Elly Griffiths, forensic archeology, internalized misogyny, iron age britain, murder, norfolk, Ruth Galloway, saltwater marsh, waste of premise

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: abduction, bronze age britian, cliches, disappointment, Elly Griffiths, forensic archeology, internalized misogyny, iron age britain, murder, norfolk, Ruth Galloway, saltwater marsh, waste of premise ·
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A little spoilier and crankier than I planned

June 19, 2018 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

I’m not sure what I thought of this one. It was a quick read, and a decent mystery, and I (mostly) liked the main character. But I didn’t love it, and I can’t explain why without spoilers, so be warned! Ruth Galloway is an archeology professor. When a skeleton is found at the local saltmarsh, a detective named Nelson asks for her help in identifying the remains. He’s hoping to finally close the case of Lucy Downey, a young girl who disappeared 10 years previously, […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: archeology, Elly Griffiths, Ruth Galloway

Bothari43's CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: archeology, Elly Griffiths, Ruth Galloway ·
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