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

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One could imagine a competent history teacher penning this who's favourite clothes are worn sandals and jumpers. Griffiths has an excellent eye for characterisation and as well her regular cast she involves several others who provide an injection of humour, most notably in didgeridoo playing Australian neighbour, Bob Woonunga and the eclectic Smith family.

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. I think in future books she’ll be even more fun as she ages and can even more fully express herself, but I do already love her character.His son, Randolph, usually to be found draped around an American actress or Russian tennis player, is more relaxed about being in the public eye and is a regular feature of the gossip columns. The coffin was discovered during the construction of a supermarket and was brought to the museum for an official opening. As her convictions are tested, Ruth and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling, and the mystery of "The Dreaming" hold the answer to these deaths, as well as the keys to their own survival. Broomsticks and cauldrons jostle for shelf space with plastic pumpkins and glow-in-the-dark vampire fangs.

Doctor Ruth Galloway, Head of Forensic Archaeology at the University of North Norfolk, is not thinking about coffins or journalists or even about whether she will encounter DCI Harry Nelson at the Smith Museum. This latest entry for me and the 4th in the Ruth Galloway series had me riveted to the sensational climax which kept building with the turning of each page.I'm not expecting her to get a degree in forensic sciences or anything, but at least get your facts straight and don't simplify things for the sake of a plot twist. This book had so many different scenarios and plot lines going on that I marveled that Griffiths was able to tie them up so seamlessly at the end.

A stag's head looms over a painted fireplace and a man sits at a desk, frowning fiercely as he dips his quill into an inkwell. Most of the exhibits in this museum were acquired by Lord Smith in the course of a fascinating life. Add into this the mysterious foreigner - who happens to be tall and handsome - and odd - and you have pretty much collected all of the characters you would expect to see on a BBC drama. She has dug up the bones of a girl who died over two thousand years ago, an Iron Age girl whose perfectly preserved arm still wore its bracelet of dried grass.There is something odd going on at Danforth-Smith's racing stables, besides the oddness of the family members themselves.