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Elly’s February 2020 tour
Posted on: 14/01/20
To support the launch of The Lantern Men in hardback, audiobook and ebook, Elly is going on tour throughout the month of February. Take a look at the upcoming events below, and you can find more details on Elly’s Facebook page.
Elly Griffiths on tour, Spring 2019
Posted on: 01/02/19
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Stone Circle. Schedule at present: Wednesday 6th February An Evening with Elly Griffiths Jarrold Department Store, Norwich 6:30pm for 7pm The Pantry Restaurant, floor 3 Thursday 7th February Coffe …
Elly Griffiths on tour, Autumn 2018
Posted on: 11/10/18
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Stranger Diaries. Schedule at present: 16th October, 6pm Rochdale Literature and Ideas Festival Rochdale Parish Church of St. Chad With Isabelle Grey and William Shaw 18th October, 7:30pm Frinton …
The Stranger Diaries is out on 1st November
Posted on: 10/10/18
I’m very excited because my first stand-alone crime novel The Stranger Diaries will be published in the UK on 1st November 2018. Talgarth School in Sussex used to be the home of a Victorian writer called RM Holland, famous for a ghost story called The …
An update from Elly
Posted on: 15/06/17
Well, it’s been a busy six months. I finished writing Stephens and Mephisto 4, The Vanishing Box, on New Year’s Eve (also a good way of avoiding helping with the cooking for the party we had rashly decided on giving) and started Ruth 10, The Dark Angel …
Elly Griffiths on tour
Posted on: 10/02/17
I’m really excited to be going on tour to publicise The Chalk Pit. Schedule at present: Wednesday 22nd February 7.30pm Topping & Co, Ely For tickets: https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/elly-griffiths-6/ 9 High Street, Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 …
My Latest Books
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Standalone novels
The Postscript Murders
PS: Thanks for the murders. The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should absolutely not be suspicious. DS Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing to concern her in carer Natalka’s account of Peggy Smith’s death. But when Natalka rev …
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The Ruth Galloway Novels
The Last Remains
When builders renovating a café in King’s Lynn find a human skeleton behind a wall, they call for DCI Harry Nelson and Dr Ruth Galloway, Head of Archaeology at the nearby University of North Norfolk. Ruth is preoccupied with the threatened closure of h …
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The Brighton Mysteries
The Midnight Hour
When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the postmortem reveals that he was poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-Music Hall star Verity Malone. Frustrated by the …
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The Justice Series
A Girl Called Justice
Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for… For a fearless girl called Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, it’s just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. …
Research
Background Research
I love doing research, which is just as well really. All the Ruth books feature a particular archaeological discovery, and for the Stephens and Mephisto books, I got to explore my home town of Brighton. Read more >
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Some valid approaches: Tom Gauld’s tips on how to protect your local library from cuts – cartoon
SATURDAY DRAW: Enter to win The Last Word by @ellygriffiths hardback - https://www.facebook.com/CrimeFictionLover
This will be a popular one!
Great to do an event @BromleyHouseLib where I’m currently president! Also the first time of signing this book and with *this* signature…
Can’t wait!
This is such a pretty line - especially in the snow ❄️
I almost missed this! The highest mainline train station in England…