The Night Hawks
A twisty mystery that will keep you reading through the night
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
When a body washes up on the beach along with a hoard of Bronze Age weapons, DCI Nelson and Dr Ruth Galloway are called in to investigate. A case of accidental drowning, or murder? It's up to them to find out the truth . . .
'INTENSELY ATMOSPHERIC AND GREAT' India Knight
'GALLOWAY NOW SEEMS AS REAL AS MARPLE AND MORSE' The Times
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, recently released from prison. Ruth is more interested in the treasure, a hoard of Bronze Age weapons. Nelson at first thinks that Taylor's death is accidental drowning, but a second death suggests murder.
Nelson is called to an apparent murder-suicide of a couple at the isolated Black Dog Farm. Local legend talks of the Black Shuck, a spectral hound that appears to people before they die. Nelson ignores this, even when the owner's suicide note includes the line, 'He's buried in the garden.' Ruth excavates and finds the body of a giant dog.
All roads lead back to this farm in the middle of nowhere, but the place spells serious danger for anyone who goes near. Ruth doesn't scare easily. Not until she finds herself at Black Dog Farm . . .
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What readers are saying about The Night Hawks
'Great characters, exciting story line . . . can't wait to read the next one' 5* reader review
'Elly Griffiths is a must-read' 5* reader review
'By far my favourite crime series' 5* reader review
'Compelling . . . difficult to put down' 5* reader review
'Another masterpiece . . . keeps you guessing until the end' 5* reader review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Early in Edgar winner Griffith's tightly plotted, well-paced 13th Ruth Galloway mystery (after 2020's The Lantern Men), Ruth, a forensic anthropologist who has just been appointed the head of the archaeology department at the University of North Norfolk, receives a call from Det. Chief Insp. Harry Nelson, her friend and former lover. Nelson asks her to come to Blakeney Point, where a group of "metal detectorists" known as the Night Hawks have found the body of a young man washed up on the beach. Her assistance is needed because the detectorists have also found what could be a hoard of Bronze Age artifacts and, after closer examination, another, much older body. Could either of these deaths be related to the apparent murder-suicide of a local doctor and his wife? The complex relationship between Ruth and the married Nelson, who's the father of Ruth's 10-year-old daughter, is handled intelligently, with no unnecessary melodrama, and serves as an intricate part of the finale. Police procedural fans will be more than satisfied.
