Ruth Galloway · Book 8

The Ghost Fields

Published
1 January 2015
Pages
377
ISBN-13
9780544330146
Type
novel
Cover of The Ghost Fields

About this book

The Ghost Fields is the seventh entry, published in 2015, continuing the series' balance of genuine archaeological mystery with Ruth Galloway's long-running domestic and romantic story. It runs 377 pages.

Key facts about The Ghost Fields

Elly Griffiths wrote The Ghost Fields, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2015. The book has 377 pages.

We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780544330146 to find the main one.

The Ghost Fields is book 8 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 Ghost Fields is book 8 in the Ruth Galloway series. It follows The Outcast Dead. It is followed by The Woman in Blue. 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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