A Room Full of Bones: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 4

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I'm not expecting her to get a degree in forensic sciences or anything, but at least get your facts straight and don't simplify things for the sake of a plot twist. The series has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, and has been shortlisted three times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

The story opens just before Halloween, whilst much of the investigation takes place all the way up until Christmas so makes for a perfect wintery read. Erik Anderssen, Erik the Viking, Ruth’s tutor at university and for many years afterwards her mentor and role model.Michelle's deep love for Nelson is shown near the end of the book when she demonstrates how far she is willing to go to save his life.

It reads like the kind of cosy, middle-class crime drama (with emphasis on the drama rather than the crime) that you’d watch with half your brain engaged on ITV on a Sunday night – and probably that’s what it’s aiming to be one day. Ruth's story with Nelson continues and we wonder what will happen in subsequent books now that Michelle knows that Kate is Nelson's daughter. As Ruth races past the soft drinks aisle, she becomes aware for the first time that the supermarket has been taken over by the forces of darkness.I loved working in publishing and eventually became Editorial Director for children’s books at HarperCollins. In some ways this edition feels less structured or perhaps more far flung with plot, but I didn't mind. There are a couple of life changing moments but most things are just the day to day stuff that happens to regular people. If you work with human remains you get past that phase really quickly; or you never go through it, I never did.