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The Ghost Fields

By: Elly Griffiths


Booklist (May 15, 2015 (Online)) - A construction worker digs up the remains of a WWII plane, with a skeletal pilot still gripping the wheel, in a field in Norfolk, England. Enter the North Norfolk Serious Crimes Unit and Ruth Galloway, a forensic archaeologist. In this seventh in the series, the action centers on the “ghost fields,” abandoned airfields in Norfolk, left over from WWII. The discovery of the pilot escalates from an eerie event into a criminal one when Galloway notices that there’s a bullet hole in the middle of the pilot’s head. As usual in the series, Galloway is in an advisory role to Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson. Discoveries of the identity of the pilot and the fact that he was moved from another site deliver shock upon shock to the community. While there is a satisfying mystery here, we don’t see very much of Galloway’s forensic archaeology put to use. Most of the book focuses on her complicated personal life, adding a pleasing romantic angle for those who have followed the character, but taking away from the series’ strong point. Still, libraries with the previous titles will want this one.

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