The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths

The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)

by Elly Griffiths

'My favourite series' Val McDermid

DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that first drew him into the case of The Crossing Places, and to Ruth. But the author of those letters is dead. Or are they?

Meanwhile Ruth is working on a dig in the Saltmarsh - another henge, known by the archaeologists as the stone circle - trying not to think about the baby. Then bones are found on the site, and identified as those of Margaret Lacey, a twelve-year-old girl who disappeared thirty years ago.

As the Margaret Lacey case progresses, more and more aspects of it begin to hark back to that first case of The Crossing Places, and to Scarlett Henderson, the girl Nelson couldn't save. The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.

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4 of 5 stars

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This is one of my favorite series, not only are the plots suspenseful and satisfying, but I'm totally caught up in the Ruth/Nelson drama. I was really happy I was able to get this on Overdrive right when it came out!

There were several plots within this one book, an investigation into the bones of a teenage girl who went missing over 30 years ago, to the current day mystery of a kidnapped infant to the on-going saga of the Ruth/Nelson/Michelle love triangle. I really enjoyed how this book brought the series full circle with the addition of Erik's son, Leif and wrapped up/resolved a lot of elements from each.

I always expect a lot from this series and this book didn't let me down and left me with one of those book hangovers where you can't start a new book because the book you just finished is still haunting you. A great book in a great series!

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