The Crossing Places
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 303
- ISBN-13
- 9780547229898
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Crossing Places (2009) opens the series when bones surface on Norfolk's bleak Saltmarsh coast and DCI Harry Nelson calls in forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway to date them -- the start of a partnership, and a complicated on-and-off relationship, that runs through the next fifteen books. It runs 303 pages.
Key facts about The Crossing Places
The Crossing Places is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2009. It runs to 303 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Crossing Places. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780547229898 to find the main one.
The Crossing Places is book 1 of 16 in the Ruth Galloway series. The series has 16 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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 Crossing Places is book 1 in the Ruth Galloway series. It is followed by The Janus Stone. 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 9780547229898
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780547386065