I really love Kate. I’m eager to get to know her as she grows and matures and becomes even more verbal and able to express herself.

I love Cathbad too.

I still really enjoy and love Ruth but I’m getting incredibly tired of main characters in mysteries that over & over & over again stupidly unnecessarily put themselves in danger. I’m really, really not okay when/if Kate is put in danger or even a chance that she’s in danger. Nope, I don’t like it.

I do not appreciate how my emotions were played with at the end. If not for my Goodreads friend (artist) Laura telling me something that included future books, I might have thought something had happened that did not, though another true possibility would have also been in my mind. I am so glad my worst fears did not come to pass, but I hate being emotionally manipulated, even though I know it’s a mystery series and I know that’s often par for the course.

I hope the Disneyland mentioned is the one in Paris because I don’t think that the original Disneyland in California has/had a ride like the one described.

One thing about this series is it’s best to guess the culprit is someone about who the reader might least suspect, but I know that now.

I can’t give this book or any of the books in the series so far less than 4 stars. Most are 4-1/2 for me. The characters are some of the best I’ve gotten to know in any book I’ve ever read. I guess it’s sort of like a soap opera at times but it has depth and it works for me. I am happy that it looks as though Tim will be in future books. I like that new characters are introduced and we see new layers in all the characters as the books go on. Also, the humor is great. There isn’t a huge amount of it but what there is sometimes makes me laugh out loud and I enjoy all of it. Also, I care too deeply about too almost all of the characters. They definitely seem like real people and I’m invested in them.

This one takes place mostly in the Blackpool area so that was new and not quite as interesting as remote Norfolk, but still engrossing ( do love roller coasters and learning about different places in the U.K.) and there were actually a few settings and all had my interest, and maybe it was nice to have a complete change of scenery in book 5.

Another enjoyable mystery. I still love the key characters and believe in them utterly. Kept me guessing but a pretty firm hunch allowed me to be suitable smug. Possibly a little heavy on the signalling of the big climax. Possibly too many references to the old cases - redundant for those who have read them and probably annoying close to a hard sell for those who haven't. Overall, though, another instalment in a great series. Must be bought for tv soon, surely.

Another great entry in the series.

I love this series and the settings and characters. Ruth is a great heroine and the archeological settings are always fun. I have one complaint-I am so tired of Ruth obsessing over her weight every time she meets another woman. I groaned every time it happened in this book.I hope the author either downplays this or allows Ruth to gain some self-esteem. That is the only reason I did not give the book 5 stars.

I love this clever little series.

Good installment of this series which a really like because of the main character and the fact that she is a forensic archaeologist.

More classic Ruth Galloway. I really enjoyed this one - although the new Audible narrator took a bit of getting used to (since when was Clough Australian?!)!