


The bones turn out to be modern-the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. When builders discover a human skeleton during a renovation of a café, they call in archeologist Dr. The discovery of a missing woman’s bones force Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings for each other as they desperately work to exonerate one of their own in this not-to-be-missed Ruth Galloway mystery from USA Today bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
