The Outcast Dead

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.

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Product details

• Authors: Elly Griffiths
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2014
• EAN: 9780857388919
• ISBN: 978-0-85738-891-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Ruth Galloway; Ein Fall für Dr. Ruth Galloway; Ruth Galloway; The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries; Ein Fall für Dr. Ruth Galloway / The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense