As Walsingham prepares for its annual Easter re-enactment of the Crucifixion, the race is on to unmask the killer before they strike again. Then another woman is murdered - a priest. The Woman in Blue Elly Griffiths 3.98 16,295 ratings1,347 reviews In the next Ruth Galloway mystery, a vision of the Virgin Mary foreshadows a string of cold-blooded murders, revealing a dark current of religious fanaticism in an old medieval town. She has been receiving vitriolic anonymous letters targeting women priests - letters containing references to local archaeology and a striking phrase about a woman 'clad in blue, weeping for the world'. But then an old university friend asks to meet her in the village, and Ruth is amazed to discover that she is now a priest. Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her seventeen years in Norfolk. But when the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead the next day in a nearby ditch, it is clear that a horrible crime has been committed, and DCI Nelson and his team are called in for what is now a murder investigation. Walsingham has strong connections to Mary, and Cathbad is a druid after all visions come with the job. When Ruth's friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in Walsingham's graveyard, he takes it in his stride. 'Ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place' The Times "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.The murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure. “An uncommon, down-to-earth heroine whose acute insight, wry humor, and depth of feeling make her a thoroughly engaging companion.” - Erin Hart Could these crimes be connected? When one of Hilary’s fellow female priests is murdered just before Little Walsingham’s annual Good Friday Passion Play, Ruth, Cathbad, and DCI Harry Nelson must team up to find the killer before he strikes again. But then a woman wrapped in blue cloth is found dead the next day, and Ruth’s old friend Hilary, an Anglican priest, receives a series of hateful, threatening letters. So when Ruth Galloway’s druid friend Cathbad sees a woman in a white dress and a dark blue cloak standing alone in the local cemetery one night, he takes her as a vision of the Virgin Mary. Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparitions. “Ruth is a terrific character: unglamorous, smart, down-to-earth and completely believable.” - San Jose Mercury News
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