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Oct 12, 2015gloryb rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Griffiths' writing reminded me of Louise Penny's with its reems of details about the ordinary life of her characters given through dialogue and repetitive info about the plot as characters inform each other and the reader of what is happening. The useful family tree of the Blackstock's helps to remind readers of how the characters are related and to distinguish several generations of Blackstocks who have named their only son, "George". Best not to leave too much time between reading intervals as the association of the names can be easily forgotten. The plotting finally picks up towards the end when the mystery of the dead brothers and attempted murders are all explained. In the meantime, Griffiths entertains readers with the personal intertwisted lives of her main characters. Her first book in this Ruth Galloway mystery series, "Crossing Places", won her the Mary Higgins Clark Award. "Ghost Fields" is the 7th title in this series, but it was the first book in this series that I have read. This novel can be read as a stand alone as I found it easy to pick up on the background of the characters without reading the previous novels. This novel deals with old bones found in a crashed and half buried WWII plane in a Norfolk farm field.