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Violence
Some
A historical mass execution and its investigation; some present-day threat violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content; Ruth's personal situation grows more complicated
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific kind of historical violence that powerful people buried because acknowledging it would be inconvenient; Ruth's Norfolk landscape as a keeper of what was supposed to stay hidden
What this book is about
Cliff erosion on the Norfolk coast exposes six skeletons in a line — apparently men shot execution-style and buried during World War II. Ruth Galloway investigates the historical deaths while a current threat develops: someone doesn't want the story of these six men to come out. Elly Griffiths's third Ruth Galloway novel is her most historically focused, and the WWII mystery — the specific shameful thing the six men represent — is elegantly constructed.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
third of the Ruth Galloway series
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