The Woman In Blue: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 8

The Murder Of Women Priests In Norfolk's Spooky Shrine Town Of Walsingham Draws Forensic Archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway Into A Thrilling New Adventure. 'ever-more Ingenious Detective Stories With A Powerful Sense Of Place' The Times When Ruth's Friend Cathbad Sees A Vision Of The Virgin Mary, In A White Gown And Blue Cloak, In Walsingham's Graveyard, He Takes It In His Stride. Walsingham Has Strong Connections To Mary, And Cathbad Is A Druid After All; Visions Come With The Job. But When The Body Of A Woman In A Blue Dressing-gown Is Found Dead The Next Day In A Nearby Ditch, It Is Clear That A Horrible Crime Has Been Committed, And Dci Nelson And His Team Are Called In For What Is Now A Murder Investigation. Ruth, A Devout Atheist, Has Managed To Avoid Walsingham During Her Seventeen Years In Norfolk. But Then An Old University Friend Asks To Meet Her In The Village, And Ruth Is Amazed To Discover That She Is Now A Priest. She Has Been Receiving Vitriolic Anonymous Letters Targeting Women Priests - Letters Containing References To Local Archaeology And A Striking Phrase About A Woman 'clad In Blue, Weeping For The World'. Then Another Woman Is Murdered - A Priest. As Walsingham Prepares For Its Annual Easter Re-enactment Of The Crucifixion, The Race Is On To Unmask The Killer Before They Strike Again... Little Walsingham has always been famous for religious visions, so when Cathbad, now living with Judy, sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, no one is too shocked. But then a woman dressed in a blue cloak is found dead, and people begin to see the apparition in a different light. The woman is identified as a patient in a local psychiatric hospital. DCI Nelson investigates and finds that staff and patients in the small, privately run hospital seem reluctant to speak to him. Then Ruth, digging in the hospital grounds for a TV programme, makes a chilling discovery - the body of a woman wrapped in a blue cloth. The hospital is run by an order of nuns. Ruth asks Father Hennessey for help, but even he seems reluctant to become involved. As Easter approaches, a great event is planned in Little Walsingham - the re-enactment of the Crucifixion. But preparations come to a halt when another body is discovered - in the church itself. Is someone planning their own re-enactment of the more gruesome events in the bible? Ruth - who is allergic to religion - seems to have found herself involved in a grisly mystery play .. The murder of women priests in the shrine town of Walsingham sucks Dr Ruth Galloway into an unholy investigation. Ruth's friend Cathbad is house-sitting in Walsingham, a Norfolk village famous as a centre for pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary. One night, Cathbad sees a strange vision in the graveyard beside the cottage: a young woman dressed in blue. Cathbad thinks that he may have seen the Madonna herself but, the next morning, the woman's body, dressed in white nightdress and blue dressing-gown, is found in a ditch outside Walsingham. DCI Nelson and his team are called in and establish that the dead woman was a recovering addict being treated at a nearby private hospital. Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her seventeen years in Norfolk. But then an old university friend, Hilary Smithson, asks to meet her in the village, ad Ruth is amazed to discover that her friend is now a priest "In the next Ruth Galloway mystery, a vision of the Virgin Mary foreshadows a string of cold-blooded murders, revealing a dark current of religious fanaticism in an old medieval town. Known as England's Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. So 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"-- When Ruth's friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in the graveyard next to the cottage he is house-sitting, he takes it in his stride. Walsingham has strong connections to Mary, and Cathbad is a druid after all; visions come with the job. But when the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead the next day in a nearby ditch, it is clear Cathbad's vision was all too human, and that a horrible crime has been committed. DCI Nelson and his team are called in for the murder investigation, and soon establish that the dead woman was a recovering addict being treated at a nearby private hospital. Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her 17 years in Norfolk. But then an old university friend, Hilary Smithson, asks to meet her in the village, and Ruth is amazed to discover that her friend is now a priest Ruth's friend, Cathbad, is housesitting in Walsingham, a Norfolk village famous as a centre for pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary. One night, Cathbad sees a strange vision in the graveyard beside the cottage: a young woman dressed in blue. Cathbad thinks that he may have seen the Madonna herself, but the next morning the woman's body, dressed in a white nightdress and blue dressing gown, is found in a ditch outside Walsingham. Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway returns in a new thrilling mystery from the best-selling Elly Griffiths