The Woman in Blue

Resumen del libro

Little Walsingham has always been famous for religious visions, so when Ruth's druid friend Cathbad, now living with police officer Judy, sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, no one is too shocked. But then a woman dressed in a blue cloak is found dead, and people begin to see the apparition in a different light.

The woman is identified as a patient in a local psychiatric hospital. DCI Nelson investigates and finds that staff and patients in the small, privately run hospital seem reluctant to speak to him. Then Ruth, digging in the hospital grounds for a TV programme, makes a chilling discovery - the body of a woman wrapped in a blue cloth.

The hospital is run by an order of nuns. Ruth asks Father Hennessey for help, but even he seems reluctant to become involved. As Easter approaches, a great event is planned in Little Walsingham - the re-enactment of the Crucifixion. But preparations come to a halt when another body is discovered - in the church itself. Is someone planning their own re-enactment of the more gruesome events in the Bible? Ruth - who is allergic to religion - seems to have found herself involved in a grisly mystery play . . .

Biografía del autor

Elly Griffiths nació en Londres y trabajó en el mundo editorial durante varios años. Decidió dedicarse a la escritura cuando su esposo comenzó a estudiar Arqueología. Para su exitosa serie, con la arqueóloga Ruth Galloway como protagonista, también contó con la inspiración de su tía, que le contaba leyendas y mitos de Norfolk. Los ecos del pantano y El umbral de la mentira se han publicado con gran éxito en nuestro país.Con Los misterios de Justina Jones la autora se introduce en las novelas de misterio juveniles con una protagonista atrevida e inteligente.