Ruth's First Christmas Tree
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 24
- ISBN-13
- 9780544147775
- Type
- short
About this book
Ruth's First Christmas Tree (2012) is a short novella slotting in around book 4, A Room Full of Bones, in the series' publication order -- a light holiday-set extra rather than essential reading, running just 24 pages.
Key facts about Ruth's First Christmas Tree
Ruth's First Christmas Tree is a short story by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2012. It runs to 24 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Ruth's First Christmas Tree. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780544147775 to find the main one.
Ruth's First Christmas Tree is book 5 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
Ruth's First Christmas Tree is book 5 in the Ruth Galloway series. It follows A Room Full of Bones. It is followed by A Dying Fall. 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 9780544147775