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Elly Griffiths Biography & Facts
Elly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa (born 17 August 1963, in London), a British crime novelist. She has written three series as Griffiths, one featuring Ruth Galloway, one featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto, and the Harbinder Kaur series. Early life After reading English at King's College London, Griffiths worked in publishing for many years. Writing career Griffiths' first series features as a main character forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seaside cottage near King's Lynn in Norfolk and teaches at the University of North Norfolk. This character was inspired by Griffiths' husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt, "who lives on the Norfolk coast and filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area". Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1), in 2009. Griffiths' second series, set in 1950s Brighton, focuses on the duo of Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Zig Zag Girl, in 2014. In 2017, Griffiths was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, part of the Harrogate International Festivals portfolio. Griffiths won the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel for The Stranger Diaries. In 2021, The Postscript Murders was shortlisted in the Gold Dagger category at the Crime Writer's Association Awards, with the result to be announced in July 2021. Bibliography As Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway series The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, No.1). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. ISBN 978-0547229898. The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, No.2). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849161589. The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, No.3). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849163675. A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, No.4). Quercus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1849163668. Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway, #4.5). Quercus Publishing. 2012. A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, No.5). Quercus Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-0857388896. The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, No.6). Quercus Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-0857388902. The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, No.7). Quercus Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1848663305. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, No.8). Quercus Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-0544417854. The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway, No.9). Quercus Publishing. 2017. ISBN 978-1784296599. The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, No.10). Quercus Publishing. 2018. ISBN 978-1784296636. The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, No.11). Quercus Publishing. 2019. ISBN 978-1786487308. The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway, No.12). Quercus Publishing. 2020. ISBN 978-1787477537. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, No.13). Quercus Publishing. 2021. ISBN 978-1787477803. The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, No.14). Quercus Publishing. 2022. ISBN 978-1529409659. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, No.15). Quercus Publishing. 2023. ISBN 978-1529409710. The Brighton Mysteries series The Zig Zag Girl (2014) Smoke and Mirrors (2015) The Blood Card (2016) The Vanishing Box (2017) Now You See Them (2019) The Midnight Hour (2021) The Great Deceiver (2023) Harbinder Kaur series The Stranger Diaries (2018) The Postscript Murders (2020) Bleeding Heart Yard (2022) The Last Word (January 2024) A Girl Called Justice series A Girl Called Justice (2019) The Smugglers' Secret (2020) A Ghost in the Garden (2021) The Spy at the Window (2022) As Domenica de Rosa The Eternal City (2005) One Summer in Tuscany (2008) The Italian Quarter (2004) The Secret of Villa Serena (2007) Return to the Italian Quarter (2018) References External links "Official website". EllyGriffiths.co.uk. "Elly Griffiths". Quercus Books.. Discover the Elly Griffiths popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elly Griffiths books.
Best Seller Elly Griffiths Books of 2024
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Dirty Little Lies
John MackenThis compelling and gripping novel by bestselling author John Macken takes the forensic thriller to the next level. Perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter and Patricia C...
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The Puppet Show
M W CravenWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2019 FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR'Fantastic' Martina Cole'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks ...
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The Outcast Dead
Elly GriffithsRuth Galloway uncovers the bones of what might be a notorious Victorian child murderess and a baby snatcher known as "The Childminder" threatens modernday Norfolk in this irresisti...
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The Chessmen
Peter MayTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of ...
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Art in the Blood
Bonnie MacBirdLondon. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – u...
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Cast Iron
Peter MayTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusua...
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Her Last Breath
Alison BelshamA gripping new detective series set in Brighton for readers who enjoy Peter James' Roy Grace series.When a young woman is attacked and left fighting to survive in hospital, the pol...
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A Room Full Of Bones
Elly GriffithsIn this thrilling mystery, “brilliant, feisty, independent” forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson investigate a seemingly cursed collection of Aboriginal skulls...
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The Serpent Under
Bonnie MacBirdHolmes and Watson face treachery and danger in the latest fulllength thriller by Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock Holmes novel Art in the Blood.Murder, jealousy, ...
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The Shetland Poisonings
Marsali TaylorThe fifth book in Marsali Taylor's thrilling Shetland Sailing Mysteries series. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Val McDermid, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ R...
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The Face of Trespass
Ruth RendellTwo years ago he had been a promising young novelist. Now he survived you could hardly call it living in a near derelict cottage with only an unhooked telephone and his own obses...
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Extraordinary People
Peter MayIn the first book of the Enzo Files, ex forensic scientist Enzo Macleod makes a daring wager and attempts to solve the tenyearold case of a vanished man.An old mystery.As midnight ...
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Cambridge Black
Alison Bruce'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily MailA cold case waits to be solved . . . and a killer waits in the wings.Amy was seven ye...
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Deceive Me
Karen ColeYOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FIND HER?'The ending was nothing short of brilliant!' Amazon reviewer'An ending that left me gasping' Amazon reviewer'An explosive...
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An Unhallowed Grave
Kate EllisA twisted murder mirrors a dark legend . . . When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a local graveyard, DS Wesley Peterson immediately suspects foul play...
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Ruth Galloway Series
Elly GriffithsLooking for a new mystery series to suck you in? Dive into the inaugural novels of the captivating Ruth Galloway mysteries with this starter pack. Archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway t...
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Someone You Know
Erin KinsleySOMEONE KILLED YOUR DAUGHTER.SOMEONE YOU KNOW... SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, from the bestselling author of FOUND'The unravelling of a family are brilliantly portrayed in...
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The Unwanted Dead
Chris Lloyd'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.' ANDREW TAYLORWINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE ...
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The Lewis Man
Peter MayTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of ...
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Freeze Frame
Peter MayTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusua...
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The Chalk Pit
Elly GriffithsRuth Gallowaywhom #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny calls “a captivating amateur sleuth”investigates a string of murders deep within the abandoned tunnels of Norwic...
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Severed
Simon KernickAn unputdownable, edgeofyourseat thriller full of twists and turns from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick the UK's answer to Harlan Coben. Guaranteed to keep you gripp...
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Target
Simon KernickSunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, brings us this spinetingling, compelling and captivating thriller that you won't be able to put down...
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Elle Croft'Utterly absorbing and thoughtprovoking' Caz Frear'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then ...
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The Burial Circle
Kate EllisA skeleton discovered. A murder to be solved . . . On a stormy night in December, a tree is blown down on an isolated Devon farm. When the fallen tree is dragged away, a rucksack i...
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Christmas at Thrush Green
Miss ReadA brand new Miss Read novel, set in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green at Christmas.The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly chan...
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We Can See You
Simon KernickIf you like David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, you'll love this frighteningly tense, spinetingling thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick the UK...
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Smoke And Mirrors
Elly Griffiths“Another great series.” San Jose Mercury News“A dazzlingly tricky mystery.” Kirkus Reviews “A tremendous skein of red herrings, sharp and thorough police work, [and] myste...
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The First Lie
A. J. ParkThe most gripping psychological thriller you'll read this year perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan, TM Logan and KL Slater...'This is a real page turner....
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A Demon in My View
Ruth RendellArthur Johnson doesn't look like a murderous psychopath; he is a mildmannered man who has never known how to talk to women. Years of loneliness has warped his mind, turning his des...
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The Blood Card
Elly GriffithsElizabeth II’s coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephens is busy investigating the death of a local fortuneteller. Meanwhile, his old pal, the magician Max Mephisto, is rehearsi...
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Unquiet Spirits
Bonnie MacBirdThe new novel from the author of Art in the Blood. December 1889. Fresh from debunking a “ghostly” hound in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, only to find himself t...
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Day of the Accident
Nuala EllwoodWHAT DID YOU SEE? WHAT DID YOU DO? 'Gripping, poignant...I read it in one sitting' ROSAMUND LUPTON'Brilliantly compulsive and with one hell of a twist!' CLAIRE DOUGLASSixty seconds...
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The Mercy Chair
M W CravenAre you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .Washington Poe has a story to tell.And he needs you to listen.You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of t...
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The Blackhouse
Peter May & Peter ForbesTHE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of ...
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The Mechanical Devil
Kate EllisSecrets never stay buried for long . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a longburied mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind t...
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Down to the Woods
M. J. ArlidgeIf you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone . . .FROM THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGEThe last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Fore...
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Dead Ground
M W CravenWinner of the prestigious CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2022Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2022'Heartpounding, hilarious, sharp and shocking...
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The Woman on the Bridge
Holly Seddon'Strangers On A Train meets The Pact in this high concept thriller: daring, dramatic and totally original, I loved it.' Gillian McAllisterHow far would you go to save a perfect str...
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The Final Minute
Simon KernickSimon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, has written a thriller jampacked withaction, tension and twists and turns. A heartstopping read from page one, this is perfect for f...
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The Payback
Simon KernickA gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Pace, pace pace is what Kernick...