ELLY GRIFFITHS
THE OUTCAST DEAD
The first time I have read one of her
books, though there is a detective, a murder and missing children I would not
class this as a detective novel. Not that fans of detective novels wouldn’t
enjoy it. It seems to be a bit of a catalogue of relationships that seem
modern. The archaeologist has a daughter to the Policeman who still lives with
his wife and children but seems obsessive about his daughter and interferes constantly,
the archaeologist still has a crush (to me an irrational crush) on the
detective. Another detective has a child fathered by a hippy friend of the archaeologist
who has an older daughter who wants to get involved with the hunt for the
kidnappers.
All this going on as well as a televised dig
examining a convicted, but probably innocent, child murderer, involving a good
looking American historian. It is a long time since I lived in Norfolk but I
doubt if the roads have improved to make the distances between the scenes of
action as short as they appear.
All said I will put Elly on my list of
authors to read even though I took a dislike to DCI Harry Nelson who I thought
had no redeeming traits whatsoever.
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