"Elly Griffiths draws us all the way back to prehistoric times . . . Highly atmospheric." —New York Times Book Review   "Galloway is an everywoman, smart, successful and a little bit unsure of herself." —USA Today   "A must-read for fans of crime and mystery fiction." —Associated Press 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.  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.
