The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

Book Description
Ruth Galloway has just returned from maternity leave and is struggling to juggle work and motherhood. When a team from the University of North Norfolk, investigating coastal erosion, finds six bodies buried at the foot of the cliff, she is immediately put on the case. DCI Nelson is investigating, but Ruth finds this more hindrance than help - Nelson is the father of her daughter, Kate. Still, she remains professional and concentrates on the case at hand. Forensic tests prove that the bodies are from Southern Europe, killed sixty years ago. Police Investigations unearth records of Project Lucifer, a wartime plan to stop a German invasion. A further discovery reveals that members of the Broughton Sea's End Home Guard took a 'blood oath' to conceal some deadly wartime secret. The more information they uncover, the more elusive any explanation becomes. When a visiting German reporter is killed, Ruth and Nelson realize that someone is still alive who will kill to keep the secret of Broughton Sea's End's war years. Can they discover the truth in time to stop another murder?

My thoughts
Forensic Archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway has a new case regarding six skeletons found buried at the foot of a cliff. It is soon discovered that this case may involve murder and a secret that has been hidden for over sixty years. With this case and being a new mother, Ruth has a lot on her plate and then people are being murdered (to keep the secret a secret?).

I enjoyed the historic aspect of the story and the author is descriptive in her writing to make me feel the intensity of the surroundings and the characters are interesting. Since I haven’t read the first two installments in the series; I got to know a little of what is going on but am not up to speed in some of the backstory regarding the relationships). That’s okay, I was more into the story about the Home Guard and the German soldiers.

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