The Outcast Dead
- Published
- 1 January 2014
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780547792774
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Outcast Dead holds the sixth spot in the series, published in 2014, with Ruth Galloway once again called on for her expertise in ancient burials as a modern investigation unfolds around her. It runs 384 pages.
Key facts about The Outcast Dead
The Outcast Dead is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2014. It runs to 384 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Outcast Dead. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780547792774 to find the main one.
The Outcast Dead is book 7 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
The Outcast Dead is book 7 in the Ruth Galloway series. It follows A Dying Fall. It is followed by The Ghost Fields. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780547792774