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Apr 08, 2013
The latest installment in the Ruth Galloway series is entertaining but was a little disappointing because 1. Little happens to advance the story arc with the recurring characters and 2. Ruth actually does almost no forensic archeology. Ruth, with Kate and Cathbad in tow, is in the north of England after an old friend makes a discovery and asks her to provide an opinion on some bones. Unfortunately the friend has been murdered and the bones are nowhere to be found. Kate's father, DCI Harry Nelson who is from the area is visiting family and an old copper friend at the same time. Not too many encounters between the two, but a bit of suspense towards the end. Unfortunately for me, a fact in the murder makes no sense. A man dies in a fire because he can't get out of his house. The door has been locked from the outside. Okaaaay. So why couldn't he unlock and open it from the inside? It's never explained and no matter how much I try to ignore it, it just keeps popping up in my mind.