Background
Elly Griffiths (born name Domenica de Rosa) was born in London in 1963 and lived there till the age of 5 when her family moved to Brighton.
Elly Griffiths, British crime novelist.
Signing books in St Peter’s, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
Signing books at Goldsboro Books in London, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
With the Dead Good Book awards winning the awards for Best Detective Duo and Most Recommended Book, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
Being interviewed by Diana Bach, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
At the Krimimessen Horsens presentation, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
Signing the poster at the Lindum books event, Lincoln, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
At Southwold books, 2018. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
Elly Griffiths with her new novel, photo is taken by Anthony Kelly, 2018.
After the event at St Peter's church, 2017. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
In the undercroft below the Guildhall in Norwich, 2017. (photo is taken from the Elly Griffiths`s facebook account).
Elly Griffiths, 2011.
Elly Griffiths, British crime novelist.
In 2016 Elly Griffiths was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.
(Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late th...)
Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants - not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine days of digging up bones and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Galloway for help, believing they are the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor continues to taunt him with bizarre letters containing references to ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible.
https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Places-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B003UV90G6/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson realize the house was onc...)
Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson realize the house was once a children’s home, they track down the Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports that two children did go missing from the home forty years before - a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that the child’s bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is trying very hard to put her off the trail by frightening her, and her unborn child, half to death. The Janus Stone is a riveting follow-up to Griffiths’s acclaimed The Crossing Places. It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life.
https://www.amazon.com/Janus-Stone-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B004GXB3AS/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of h...)
The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of her daughter, does not help. The bones, six men with their arms bound, turn out date back to World War II, a desperate time on this stretch of coastland. Home Guard veteran Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret the old soldiers have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What was Operation Lucifer?
https://www.amazon.com/House-Seas-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B005LVR6EG/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a ...)
When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop, she finds the museum’s curator lying dead on the floor. Soon after, the museum’s wealthy owner is also found dead, in his stables. These two deaths could be from natural causes, but once again Ruth and DCI Harry Nelson cross paths during the investigation. When threatening letters come to light, events take an even more sinister turn. But as Ruth’s friends become involved, where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested, Ruth and Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls, drug smuggling, and the mystery of “The Dreaming” hold the answers to these deaths, as well as the keys to their own survival.
https://www.amazon.com/Room-Full-Bones-Galloway-Mystery-ebook/dp/B005LVQZSO/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Ruth Galloway is shocked when she learns that her old uni...)
Ruth Galloway is shocked when she learns that her old university friend Dan Golding has died tragically in a house fire. But the death takes on a sinister cast when Ruth receives a letter from Dan written just before he died. The letter tells of a great archaeological discovery, but Dan also says that he is scared for his life. Was Dan’s death linked to his find? The only clue is his mention of the Raven King, an ancient name for King Arthur. Then Ruth is invited to examine the bones Dan found. Ruth travels to Lancashire - the hometown of DCI Nelson - with both her eighteen-month-old daughter, Kate, and her druid friend, Cathbad, in tow. She discovers a campus living in fear of a sinister right-wing group called the White Hand. She also finds that the bones revealed a shocking fact about King Arthur - and they’ve mysteriously vanished.
https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Fall-Ruth-Galloway-Mystery-ebook/dp/B008LQ19L4/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(This year’s proceedings hold special interest for forensi...)
This year’s proceedings hold special interest for forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who has just unearthed the notorious Mother Hook, hanged in 1867 at Norwich Castle for killing multiple children. Now Ruth is reluctantly starring in a TV special, working alongside the alluring historian Dr. Frank Barker. Nearby, DCI Harry Nelson is investigating the case of three children found dead in their home when another child is abducted. A kidnapper dubbed the Childminder claims responsibility, but is the Childminder behind the deaths too? The team races to find out - and after a child close to everyone involved disappears, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
https://www.amazon.com/Outcast-Dead-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B00E78ICZ6/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(The first three cases in Elly Griffiths' bestselling Dr R...)
The first three cases in Elly Griffiths' bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway mystery series. THE CROSSING PLACES. Ruth Galloway is called upon by DCI Nelson to investigate human remains found in the Norfolk marshes, thought to be those of a missing girl about whom the police having been receiving some very strange letters. THE JANUS STONE. Bones are unearthed on the site of an old children's home. Two children had gone missing from the home forty years previously.
https://www.amazon.com/Ruth-Galloway-Early-Mysteries-Collection-ebook/dp/B00J33SHUA/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the s...)
Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the skeleton couldn’t possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat long presumed dead — news that seems to frighten his descendants. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk’s deserted air force bases, the so-called ghost fields, which the Blackstocks have converted into a pig farm. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man loitering at Fred Blackstock’s memorial service. Then human bones are found on the family’s pig farm and the weather quickly turns. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find the killer?
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Fields-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B00LZ7GSTY/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detect...)
The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgar’s. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the traveling show circuit, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. He’s reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate, but advises him to identify the victim quickly - it takes a special sidekick to do the Zig Zag Girl. Those words come back to haunt Max when the dead girl turns out to be Ethel, one of his best assistants to date. He’s soon at Edgar’s side, hunting for Ethel’s killer.
https://www.amazon.com/Zig-Girl-Magic-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B00QPIGTOM/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(When Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in...)
When Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary. But then a woman wrapped in blue cloth is found dead the next day, and Ruth’s old friend Hilary, an Anglican priest, receives a series of hateful, threatening letters. Could these crimes be connected? When one of Hilary’s fellow female priests is murdered just before Little Walsingham’s annual Good Friday Passion Play, Ruth, Cathbad, and DCI Harry Nelson must team up to find the killer before he strikes again.
https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Blue-Ruth-Galloway-Book-ebook/dp/B011H55RHM/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz abo...)
It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about magician Max Mephisto’s star turn in Aladdin. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He’s investigating the murder of two children, Annie and Mark, who were found in the woods alongside a trail of candy - a horrifying scene eerily reminiscent of “Hansel and Gretel.” Edgar has plenty of leads. Annie, a dark child, wrote gruesome plays based on the Grimms’ fairy tales. Does the key to the case lie in her final script? Or does the macabre staging of the bodies point to the theater and the capricious cast of Aladdin?
https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mirrors-Magic-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B01912P01Q/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human re...)
When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human remains in one of them, she notices the bones are almost translucent, a sign they were boiled soon after death. Once more, she’s at the helm of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, DCI Nelson is looking for a homeless woman who he hears has gone “underground.” Could she have disappeared into the labyrinth? And if so, is she connected to the body Ruth found? As Ruth and Nelson investigate the tunnels, they hear rumors of secret societies, cannibalism, and ritual killings.
https://www.amazon.com/Chalk-Pit-Ruth-Galloway-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B01I4FPO1W/?tag=2022091-20
2017
(Elizabeth II’s coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephe...)
Elizabeth II’s coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephens is busy investigating the death of a local fortune-teller. Meanwhile, his old pal, the magician Max Mephisto, is rehearsing for his television debut, a coronation day variety show. But upon hearing that their wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, has been found dead in his flat, the two men join forces to find out what happened.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Card-Magic-Men-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B01MXXZZFU/?tag=2022091-20
2017
(It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian co...)
It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying?
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Angel-Ruth-Galloway-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B073XC4HTN/?tag=2022091-20
2018
(In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway se...)
In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that’s haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person - her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he?
https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Circle-Ruth-Galloway-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07FKCPP5N/?tag=2022091-20
2019
(Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school Eng...)
Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger,” left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the storylines of her favorite literature. To make matters worse, the police suspect the killer is someone Clare knows.
https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Diaries-Elly-Griffiths/dp/1328577856/?tag=2022091-20
2019
(In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar S...)
In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred. It’s the holiday season, and Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby have landed a headlining gig at the Brighton Hippodrome, the biggest theater in the city, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than-savory supporting act: a tableau show of naked “living statues.” But when one of the girls goes missing and turns up dead not long after, Max and Ruby realize there’s something far more sinister than obscenity afoot in the theater.
https://www.amazon.com/Vanishing-Box-Magic-Men-Mysteries/dp/0358108462/?tag=2022091-20
2019
(The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his g...)
The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his good friend the magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is happily married, with children, and promoted to Superintendent. Max has found fame and stardom in America, though is now back in England for a funeral, and a prospective movie job. Edgar’s new wife, though - former detective Emma - is restless and frustrated at home, knowing she was the best detective on the team. But when an investigation into a string of disappearing girls begins, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action. She begins her own hunt, determined to prove, once and for all that she’s better than the boys.
https://www.amazon.com/Now-You-See-Magic-Mysteries/dp/1328971597/?tag=2022091-20
2019
(Dr. Ruth Galloway has a new job, home, and partner, and i...)
Dr. Ruth Galloway has a new job, home, and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is until convicted murderer Amyas March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried - but only if Ruth will do the digging.
https://www.amazon.com/Lantern-Men-Ruth-Galloway-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07P8S9J7C/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Elly Griffiths (born name Domenica de Rosa) was born in London in 1963 and lived there till the age of 5 when her family moved to Brighton.
She graduated with the Master’s degree in Victorian literature.
After earning a master’s degree in Victorian literature, Elly Griffiths went to work in publishing at HarperCollins and ended up as an editorial director for children’s fiction. While on maternity leave, she wrote her first book, a memoir about her Italian immigrant father. After four more books written under her real name, Domenica de Rosa, she transitioned into crime fiction. After reading English at King's College London, Griffiths worked in publishing for many years.
When her husband became an archaeologist, the idea of Griffiths’ main character Ruth Galloway was born. With her move to crime fiction, she also started using the name Elly Griffiths. She is currently working on two series – The Ruth Galloway series set in Norfolk and the Max Mephisto and DI Stephens series set in Brighton.
As of today, she lives in Brighton, England.
(It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian co...)
2018(Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway determines that the s...)
2015(This year’s proceedings hold special interest for forensi...)
2014(When Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in...)
2016(In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar S...)
2019(When Ruth Galloway is called to examine a set of human re...)
2017(In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway se...)
2019(When Ruth Galloway arrives to supervise the opening of a ...)
2012(Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson realize the house was onc...)
2011(Ruth Galloway is shocked when she learns that her old uni...)
2013(Elizabeth II’s coronation is looming, but DI Edgar Stephe...)
2017(It’s Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz abo...)
2016(The new decade is going well for Edgar Stephens and his g...)
2019(The first three cases in Elly Griffiths' bestselling Dr R...)
2014(The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of h...)
2012(The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detect...)
2015(Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school Eng...)
2019(Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway is in her late th...)
2010(Dr. Ruth Galloway has a new job, home, and partner, and i...)
2019Physical Characteristics: “I’m five foot two-and-a-half,” says Domenica, “but Elly is definitely taller.”
Elly Griffiths lives in Rottingdean near Brighton with her husband Andrew and two children. Her Ruth Galloway novels take for their inspiration Elly's husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist, and her aunt who lives on the Norfolk coast and who filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area.