Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, has been shortlisted five times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for The Lantern Men. Her new series featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur began with The Stranger Diaries, which was a Richard and Judy book club pick and won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA. It was followed by The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Bleeding Heart Yard. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband.
As ever, Griffiths skilfully blends complex plotting with a cast of wonderfully vivid characters * Mail on Sunday * This standalone thriller is a page-turner with an engaging cast of characters. It provides an enjoyable take on the classic killer-at-a-school-reunion, horror-movie trope, before delivering a jaw-dropping twist * Sunday Express * Witty takes on life, love and relationships pepper the novel and make the plot all the more appealing * Belfast Telegraph * The third outing for Detective Harbinder Kaur, this is an easy-to-read, rewarding mystery * Best * Filled with Griffiths's trademark good humour, this is not only a well-researched police procedural but also a very comforting novel * Literary Review * Once again Elly Griffiths has created an ingenious mystery with hidden depths * The Times * A tightly paced, character-driven book * Woman & Home * A cleverly plotted page-turner that's well up to Griffiths's vertiginously high standard * Guardian *