Elly Griffiths was born in London in 1963. Her first crime novel The Crossing Places is set on the Norfolk coast where she spent holidays as a child and where her aunt still lives. Her interest in archaeology comes from her husband, Andrew, who gave up his city job to retrain as an archaeologist. She lives in Brighton, on the south coast of England, with her husband and two children.
Series
Ruth Galloway Mystery
1. The Crossing Places (2009)
2. The Janus Stone (2010)
3. The House at Sea's End (2011)
4. A Room Full of Bones (2011)
4.5. Ruth's First Christmas Tree (2012)
5. A Dying Fall (2012)
6. The Outcast Dead (2014)
7. The Ghost Fields (2015)
8. The Woman in Blue (2016)
9. The Chalk Pit (2017)
10. The Dark Angel (2018)
11. The Stone Circle (2019)
Ruth Galloway: The Early Cases (omnibus) (2014)
Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels (omnibus) (2015)
1. The Crossing Places (2009)
2. The Janus Stone (2010)
3. The House at Sea's End (2011)
4. A Room Full of Bones (2011)
4.5. Ruth's First Christmas Tree (2012)
5. A Dying Fall (2012)
6. The Outcast Dead (2014)
7. The Ghost Fields (2015)
8. The Woman in Blue (2016)
9. The Chalk Pit (2017)
10. The Dark Angel (2018)
11. The Stone Circle (2019)
Ruth Galloway: The Early Cases (omnibus) (2014)
Ruth Galloway Series: The First Three Novels (omnibus) (2015)
Stephens and Mephisto Mystery
1. The Zig Zag Girl (2014)
2. Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
3. The Blood Card (2016)
4. The Vanishing Box (2017)
1. The Zig Zag Girl (2014)
2. Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
3. The Blood Card (2016)
4. The Vanishing Box (2017)
Novels
Collections
Killer Women Crime Club Anthology 2 (2017) (with Rachel Abbott, Tammy Cohen, Julia Crouch, Sarah Hilary, Amanda Jennings, Erin Kelly, Colette McBeth, Mel McGrath, Kate Medina, Louise Millar, Helen Smith, Louise Voss and Laura Wilson)
Elly Griffiths recommends
Can Anybody Help Me? (2014)
(DS Claire Boyle, book 1)
Sinéad Crowley
"Believable characters combined with escalating tension make this an edge-of-your-seat read."
Midnight At the Bright Ideas Bookstore (2017)
Matthew Sullivan
"This book ticked all the boxes for me: an engaging heroine, an intriguing premise, interesting characters and a plot that involved books, readers and the very darkest human passions. A fantastic, assured debut."
The Favourite (2017)
S V Berlin
"I don't think I've ever read a more assured or compelling debut. This is beautifully written, sometimes sad, often funny."
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