I do love to start the New Year with a murder mystery, especially one in a favourite series. Ruth Galloway never disappoints. Or is that Elly Griffiths?
Time has passed since the last book. Katie is five and starting preschool. Ruth has told her it's okay to call Nelson Daddy. Nelson’s wife, Michelle, has apparently decided that what's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose and she's flirting hard with a younger guy. Judy is heavily pregnant with Cathbad's child. Cathbad is still in the Druid business, but he seems like a pretty good dad and uncle despite that, although he seems to slipping in the prophecy department. Clough is just Clough, eating pies, drinking beer, and playing football. Frank, the American TV presenter is back, wanting to return to Ruth's good graces. She likes him, but how much? Does she want a permanent relationship?
Ruth gets the call when a WWII plane is found with a pilot in the cockpit. But the pilot is known to have bailed before the crash and this body shows signs of being buried elsewhere and posed dramatically just to be discovered. Who is he, why does he have a bullet hole in his forehead, and who is running around creating tableaux with corpses? Can Ruth figure any of this out?
Between a convoluted personal life and a twisty case of maybe-murder, there's a lot of ground to cover. I find these books to be compulsively readable. My only regret is that I will now have to control myself for a while instead of immediately grabbing book eight. I truly do want this series to last!
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