The Outcast Dead - Griffiths, Elly
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Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, once a prison. The body may be that of Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called Mother Hook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged for the murder of five children.
DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-ago killers. Investigating the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home, he's convinced that their mother is responsible.
Then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook? Ruth is pulled into the case, and back towards Nelson. …mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, once a prison. The body may be that of Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called Mother Hook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged for the murder of five children.

DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-ago killers. Investigating the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home, he's convinced that their mother is responsible.

Then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook? Ruth is pulled into the case, and back towards Nelson.
Autorenporträt
Elly Griffiths ist Autorin. Sie lebt mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Brighton. Die Idee zur Figur von Ruth Galloway hatte sie, als ihr Mann seinen Job als Banker aufgab, um Archäologe zu werden. Dazu kamen die Mythen und Legenden, die ihre in Norfolk lebende Tante früher immer erzählte.
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'A compassionate novel that raises questions about parental love and guilt' Sunday Times . Sunday Times