{"product_id":"the-crossing-places-the-first-ruth-galloway-mystery","title":"The Crossing Places: The First Ruth Galloway Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first entry in the acclaimed Ruth Galloway series follows the \"captivating\"* archaeologist as she investigates a child's bones found on a nearby beach, thought to be the remains of a little girl who went missing ten years before.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants--not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter--exactly like the ones about Lucy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Louise Penny \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943790117095,"sku":"9780547386065","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a25a4a65-c75e-4c26-aabf-0f60e9940211.jpg?v=1775336962","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-crossing-places-the-first-ruth-galloway-mystery","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}