A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

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A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

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Nothing wrong with that but it falls down on characterisation which has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Lord Smith's love of the natural world is shown in his magnificent collection of animals and birds, most of which he shot and stuffed himself. Ruth doesn’t believe in an afterlife which, in her opinion, is all the more reason to treat human relics with respect. Another case for DI Nelson and it is not long before the dead body of the museum's owner lies dead in his stables too. The coffin was discovered during the construction of a supermarket and was brought to the museum for an official opening.

If you're wondering if you need to have read the other books in the series, the answer is no: however if you haven't read them, they're better books than this one! Perhaps because there were many disparate threads running through it to fully engage me but maybe because there wasn't an archaeological mystery at the heart of it. Two years ago, when Time Team came to a nearby Roman dig, Phil muscled his way in front of the cameras while Ruth lurked in a trench. It's a sensitive issue and a very interesting one, and I heard about it for the first time during the last year of my BA. Thoroughly enjoyed the intricately woven tale involving the Elginists repatriating the bones of Indigenous Australian back to their homes.I suppose it may not make a difference to most readers, but having started a biological anthropology course just 3 months before reading this book I had enough knowledge to get infuriated at how superficial Griffith's presentation of forensic archaeology is. Because it’s neither land nor sea, but something in-between, they saw it as a kind of bridge to the afterlife. Here we have mysterious deaths, drug smuggling, mysticism and enough horses to make a Dick Francis fan neigh with glee; but the actual mystery is almost incidental to the various inter-personal relationships between this circle of characters and I never felt particularly gripped by these relationships.

We revisit old characters and meet some new ones, and the complicated lives and relationships continue to unfold. With an empty nest and walking on eggshells around Michelle, Nelson is weighed down by guilt whilst a hurt Ruth attempts to convince herself that she wasn't slightly disappointed by his decision to save his marriage.The investigation leads Sergeants Judy Johnson and Dave Clough to the nearby racing stables owned by Lord Danforth Smith, whose aristocratic ancestor is celebrated by the museum in which the body was found. This review and others are also published on Twitter, Instagram and my webpage https://sandysbookaday.



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