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The Night Hawks

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A USA Today Bestseller
There's nothing Ruth Galloway hates more than amateur archaeologists, but when a group of them stumble upon Bronze Age artifacts alongside a dead body, she finds herself thrust into their midst—and into the crosshairs of a string of murders circling ever closer.

Ruth is back as head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk when a group of local metal detectorists—the so-called Night Hawks—uncovers Bronze Age artifacts on the beach, alongside a recently deceased body, just washed ashore. Not long after, the same detectorists uncover a murder-suicide—a scientist and his wife found at their farmhouse, long thought to be haunted by the Black Shuck, a humongous black dog, a harbinger of death. The further DCI Nelson probes into both cases, the more intertwined they become, and the closer they circle to David Brown, the new lecturer Ruth has recently hired, who seems always to turn up wherever Ruth goes.
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    • Library Journal

      January 1, 2021

      As head of archaeology at the University of North Norfolk, Ruth Galloway is understandably angered by the Night Hawks, those obsessive metal detectorists, who can disrupt archaeological sites and even plunder key findings. Here, though, they assist the police by discovering a dead body and subsequently a murder-suicide. From Edgar Award winner Griffiths; with a 25,000-copy first printing.

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 26, 2021
      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. Agent: Kirby Kim, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc.

    • Booklist

      May 1, 2021
      Winner of a 2020 Edgar for her stand-alone The Stranger Diaries (2019), Griffiths returns to her Ruth Galloway series (after The Lantern Men, 2020), with Ruth back in Norfolk as the newly appointed head of archaeology at the local university. Ever the consummate professional--nothing bothers her more than amateur archaeologists--Ruth finds herself, at the request of DCI Nelson, the father of Ruth's daughter, Kate, investigating a group of metal ""detectorists,"" called the Night Hawks after they uncover Bronze Age artifacts along with a body that has washed ashore. The body count climbs with the discovery of a murder-suicide at a spooky old farmhouse long associated with the enormous, red-eyed Black Shuck, a dog who augurs death. Meanwhile, Kate, now 10, is more eager than ever to take on the world. This thirteenth time out for these characters brings a dramatic ending that leaves Ruth and Nelson's relationship even more complicated. Not to be missed by fans of two UK television series, Detectorists and Time Team, the latter of which is nothing short of a British institution.

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    • Library Journal

      June 1, 2021

      Forensic anthropologist Ruth Galloway finds herself in the midst of three investigations in the 13th entry in this series (after The Lantern Men). A group of metal detectorists calling themselves the Night Hawks stumble across both a corpse and a skeleton along the Norfolk coastline. Galloway and her university colleague David Brown are called in to study the skeleton. The next evening, the Night Hawks are at the scene of a murder-suicide at a country home; shortly afterward, one of the detectorists is murdered. As DCI Harry Nelson and his team work to find the links among the three incidents, Brown's name keeps coming up as a connection. Brown is also meddling in Ruth's life and her longstanding relationship with Harry, so Ruth is inevitably drawn into the investigations. Griffiths once again presents a well-plotted mystery, nicely blending historical elements with a contemporary take on the classic whodunit. There's enough background about the web of characters, so newcomers to the series can catch up. The denouement further raises the stakes in Ruth and Harry's will-they-or-won't-they relationship. VERDICT A strong addition to the series; recommended for readers who enjoy a mystery investigated by relatable characters.--Anitra Gates, Erie Cty. P.L., PA

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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