{"product_id":"2940191912783","title":"The Crossing Places: A Ruth Galloway Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and “captivating amateur sleuth” Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before-“an inspired creation” (Louise Penny).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is in her late thirties. She lives happily alone with her cats in a remote area near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants-not quite earth, not quite sea. But her routine is harshly upended when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach. Detective Chief Inspector Nelson calls Ruth for help, believing the bones to be the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing a decade ago and whose abductor taunts him with bizarre letters referencing ritual sacrifice, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Then a second girl goes missing and Nelson receives a new letter-exactly like the ones about Lucy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it the same killer? Or a copycat murderer, linked in some way to the site near Ruth's remote home?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46318118764785,"sku":"2940191912783","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940191912783_p0.jpg?v=1764967374","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940191912783","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}