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Violence
Some
A suspicious death and archaeological investigation; some thriller danger
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Some adult romantic content — Ruth's personal life is complicated throughout the series
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The passion of archaeological discovery and the academic ambition that can turn it dangerous; the specific grief of an old friendship
What this book is about
Dan Golding — a friend of Ruth's from her student days — contacts her with an exciting find: bones that might be connected to Arthurian legend. Before Ruth can see them, Dan is dead, apparently in an accident. Ruth travels to Blackpool to investigate both the bones and the death. Elly Griffiths's fifth Ruth Galloway mystery is the series' most overtly about academic rivalry and the specific passions — and dangers — of archaeological discovery. The Arthurian angle is handled with the series' characteristic interest in how myth and reality interact.
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fifth of the Ruth Galloway series
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