Recently the
Sunday Times (London) picked its one hundred favorite crime and spy novels published since 1945. Only titles were by women.
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In response, the
Guardian "asked some of the UK’s best female crime writers for further suggestions, just to get us up to 50 and even the scales." One title from the list:
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway investigates the discovery of a child’s bones near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes.
Read about
another entry on the list.
The Page 69 Test: The Crossing Places.
--Marshal Zeringue