A gruesome discovery at an old childrens home lays bare terrible secrets from Norwichs past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway.The setting is enticingly atmospheric . . . a really intelligent murder story IndependentDr Ruth Galloways forensic skills are called upon when builders, demolishing an old house in Norwich, uncover the bones of a child minus the skull beneath a doorway. Is it some ritual sacrifice or just plain straightforward murder? Ruth links up with DCI Harry Nelson to investigate. The house was once a childrens home. Nelson traces the Catholic priest who used to run the place. He tells him that two children did go missing forty years before a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that the childs bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is desperate to put her off the scent by frightening her to death...

Binding: Paperback;242 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: FA; Weight: 370 g; Dimensions: 192 x 123 x 23

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