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Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. Ruth has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, which was 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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The Outcast Dead, Elly Griffiths
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- The Outcast Dead
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Elly Griffiths
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0857388932
- ISBN13
- 9780857388933
- Series
- Ruth Galloway
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Family, Suspense, Relationships, Murders, Detective Fiction, Children, British Literature, England, Archaeology, Police, Seas and Oceans, Beaches
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
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- Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. Ruth has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, which was 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.