The Janus Stone
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Pages
- 327
- ISBN-13
- 9780547237442
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Janus Stone holds the second spot in the series, published in 2010, continuing Ruth Galloway's forensic archaeology work for DCI Harry Nelson against the vividly rendered marsh and tide of the East Anglian coast. It runs 327 pages.
Key facts about The Janus Stone
The Janus Stone is a novel by Elly Griffiths. Readers have had it since 2010. It runs to 327 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Janus Stone. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780547237442 to find the main one.
The Janus Stone is book 2 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 Janus Stone is book 2 in the Ruth Galloway series. It follows The Crossing Places. It is followed by The House at Sea's End. 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 9780547237442
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780547577401