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Elly’s February 2020 tour
Posted on: 14/01/20
To support the launch of The Lantern Men in hardback, audiobook and ebook, Elly is going on tour throughout the month of February. Take a look at the upcoming events below, and you can find more details on Elly’s Facebook page.
Elly Griffiths on tour, Spring 2019
Posted on: 01/02/19
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Stone Circle. Schedule at present: Wednesday 6th February An Evening with Elly Griffiths Jarrold Department Store, Norwich 6:30pm for 7pm The Pantry Restaurant, floor 3 Thursday 7th February Coffe …
Elly Griffiths on tour, Autumn 2018
Posted on: 11/10/18
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Stranger Diaries. Schedule at present: 16th October, 6pm Rochdale Literature and Ideas Festival Rochdale Parish Church of St. Chad With Isabelle Grey and William Shaw 18th October, 7:30pm Frinton …
The Stranger Diaries is out on 1st November
Posted on: 10/10/18
I’m very excited because my first stand-alone crime novel The Stranger Diaries will be published in the UK on 1st November 2018. Talgarth School in Sussex used to be the home of a Victorian writer called RM Holland, famous for a ghost story called The …
An update from Elly
Posted on: 15/06/17
Well, it’s been a busy six months. I finished writing Stephens and Mephisto 4, The Vanishing Box, on New Year’s Eve (also a good way of avoiding helping with the cooking for the party we had rashly decided on giving) and started Ruth 10, The Dark Angel …
Elly Griffiths on tour
Posted on: 10/02/17
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Chalk Pit. Schedule at present: Wednesday 22nd February 7.30pm Topping & Co, Ely For tickets: https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/elly-griffiths-6/ 9 High Street, Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 …
The Chalk Pit is out on 23rd February
Posted on: 10/02/17
WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich’s web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands. The boiling might have be …
Dagger in the Library
Posted on: 10/02/17
I was delighted to win the CWA Dagger in the Library award in October 2016. Thank you all for your fantastic support.
The Woman in Blue is Out Now!
Posted on: 09/02/16
The Woman in Blue is out on February 4th 2016. It’s the eighth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series and is set in Walsingham, a medieval pilgrimage site in Norfolk. Cathbad, the druid, is cat-sitting for a friend when he sees a mysterious woman in the …
Events February 2016
Posted on: 01/02/16
Here are some forthcoming events. Would be great to see you! St Peter’s Church Ely When: Wednesday 10 February 7.30pm Tickets: £7 Link: Elly Griffiths at Topping Books Ely Bookmark, Spalding When: Thursday 11 February 7.15pm Tickets: £3.50 (includes wi …
My Latest Books
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Standalone novels
The Postscript Murders
PS: Thanks for the murders. The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should absolutely not be suspicious. DS Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing to concern her in carer Natalka’s account of Peggy Smith’s death. But when Natalka rev …
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The Ruth Galloway Novels
The Night Hawks
The Night Hawks, a group of metal detectorists, are searching for buried treasure when they find a body on the beach in North Norfolk. At first Nelson thinks that the dead man might be an asylum seeker but he turns out to be a local boy, Jem Taylor, re …
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The Brighton Mysteries
Now You See Them
Three girls have left. None have come back. Brighton, 1963. Edgar Stephens has been promoted to Superintendent and is married to his former sergeant, Emma Holmes. Edgar’s wartime partner in arms, magician Max Mephisto, is a movie star in Hollywood, whi …
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Research
Background Research
I love doing research, which is just as well really. All the Ruth books feature a particular archaeological discovery, and for the Stephens and Mephisto books, I got to explore my home town of Brighton. Read more >