Ruth Galloway · Book 4

A Room Full of Bones

Published
1 January 2012
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9780771036033
Type
novel
Cover of A Room Full of Bones

About this book

A Room Full of Bones came out in 2012, holding the fourth spot in the series, part of Elly Griffiths' ongoing build-out of the supporting cast around Ruth Galloway -- Druid and TV personality Cathbad among them.

Key facts about A Room Full of Bones

A Room Full of Bones is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2012. It runs to 352 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of A Room Full of Bones. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780771036033 to find the main one.

A Room Full of Bones is book 4 of 16 in the Ruth Galloway series. The series has 16 published books. However, the series starts with The Crossing Places (2009).

Additionally, Elly Griffiths writes The Brighton Mysteries (Stephens & Mephisto), Harbinder Kaur and A Girl Called Justice, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our mystery, middle grade and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Case of the Christmas Card is the latest published Elly Griffiths book on file, from 8 October 2026.

About Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths is the pen name of British novelist Domenica de Rosa, who worked in publishing and wrote several novels under her own name before turning to crime fiction. See every Elly Griffiths book in order.

Its place in Ruth Galloway

A Room Full of Bones is book 4 in the Ruth Galloway series. It follows The House at Sea's End. It is followed by Ruth's First Christmas Tree. See the full Ruth Galloway reading order.

Dr. Ruth Galloway is a forensic archaeologist at the fictional University of North Norfolk, more comfortable with bones in a dig site than with people, whose expertise in ancient burials keeps drawing her into distinctly modern murder investigations. When bones surface on the bleak Saltmarsh coast in The Crossing Places (2009), DCI Harry Nelson calls her in to date them — and finds himself relying on her again and again as the marshland around Norfolk's Iron Age past keeps yielding contemporary bodies. Elly…

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