<div><b>&quot;Elly Griffiths draws us all the way back to prehistoric times . . . Highly atmospheric.&quot; —<i>New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>&quot;Galloway is an everywoman, smart, successful and a little bit unsure of herself.&quot; —<i>USA Today</i><br><br>&quot;A must-read for fans of crime and mystery fiction.&quot; —<i>Associated Press</i></b><br><br>It’s a blazing hot summer in Norfolk when a construction crew unearths a downed World War II plane with a body inside. Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway realizes that the skeleton couldn’t be the pilot, and DNA tests match Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat long thought dead. When the rest of the Blackstock family learns about the discovery, they seem frightened by the news.<div><div>Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk’s deserted air force bases, the Ghost Fields, which have been converted into a pig farm run by the Blackstocks. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man loitering at Fred Blackstock’s memorial service. Then human bones are found on the family’s pig farm and the weather quickly turns. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find the killer?</div></div></div>