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The Last Remains

The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 15

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The Last Remains

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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The unmissable new audiobook in the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Ruth and Nelson are working on a murder case in which Cathbad emerges as the prime suspect. Can they uncover the truth in time to save their friend?

When builders renovating a café in King's Lynn find a human skeleton behind a wall, they call for DCI Harry Nelson and Dr Ruth Galloway, Head of Archaeology at the nearby University of North Norfolk. Ruth is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with Nelson. However, she agrees to look at the case.

Ruth sees at once that the bones are modern. They are identified as the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in the 1990s. Emily attended a course run by her Cambridge tutor. Suspicion falls on him and also on another course member - Ruth's friend Cathbad, who is still frail following his near death from Covid.

As they investigate, Nelson and his team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the student group and the adults leading them. What was the link between the group and the King's Lynn café where Emily's bones were found?

Then, just when the team seem to be making progress, Cathbad disappears. Was it guilt that led him to flee?

The trail leads Ruth and Nelson to the Neolithic flint mines in Grimes Graves which are as spooky as their name. The race is on, first to find Cathbad and then to exonerate him, but will Ruth and Nelson uncover the truth in time to save their friend?

'GALLOWAY NOW SEEMS AS REAL AS MARPLE AND MORSE' The Times

'SET IN DIVINE NORTH NORFOLK. INTENSELY ATMOSPHERIC AND GREAT' India Knight

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This brilliant series, brimming with comedy and compassion, has demonstrated that archaeology, just like the best crime fiction, is the study of everyday people . . . Elly Griffiths has honed her skills to become one of our very best writers. Bravo!
Griffiths has brought the series to such a satisfying conclusion
A satisfying read . . . one of Ruth's best investigations
The Last Remains does not disappoint . . . it will have you laughing, crying, gasping and staring wide eyed, because Griffiths delivers a thrilling roller-coaster ride
A typically intriguing Galloway case
Fast paced, with great characters . . . does not disappoint
An eerie, captivating read
All stars
Most relevant
If it has to end, then this - for me - is the only fitting ending.
I will miss the characters we have got to know so well very much, but all good things and all that jazz.
Another excellent installment in the lives and adventures of Ruth, Nelson, Cathbad, Judy et al. And what an adventure. Bravo.
Goodbye, old friends.

It couldn't have ended any other way.

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A fantastic finish to a great series of books. A good stand alone crime story but also a great wrapping up of loose ends and reconnecting to the Crossing Places.

The End

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Can’t believe this is the end for Ruth and Nelson I’ve listened in one sitting and love the way the threads come together- but heartbroken to say goodbye

Simply the best!

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I've loved every one of these books. Always waiting for the next one with such pleasurable anticipation. the characters have become like friends and I shall miss them. Still I so enjoyed the completion like a circle it had no ragged ends and questions. Sometimes our lives seem surrounded by so much sadness and disaster that it's wonderful to escape for a while into such a great series.
I've read all of Elly Griffiths books and hope there's many more to come.
Congratulations also to the reader who gave the characters personality and enhanced the stories. A great combination.

Really Excellent

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It’s always a joy when a new Ruth Galloway is released. The narrator did a great job and the story was well written, as always. This story ties up a lot of lose ends, so while that was very satisfying, I hope it doesn’t mean that’s the last we’ll hear of Ruth and Nelson.

So good

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