Friday Memes: The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

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Two people, a man and a woman, are walking along a hospital corridor. It is obvious that they have been here before.

Friday 56:

"Mmm." Shona looks unconvinced, "I saw the mad Irishman there," she says, "And that purple-haired bitch, Anyone else from the university?"

This week I'm spotlighting The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths. I've only recently discovered this series and am enjoying each episode. Here's the description from Amazon:

In “a wonderful, atmospheric mystery” featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson, six bodies of men killed during World War II turn up in Brighton—bringing with them a long-buried, nefarious secret (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

Just back from maternity leave, forensic archeologist Ruth is finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work when she is called in to investigate human bones that have surfaced on a remote Norfolk beach. The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of her daughter, does not help. The bones, six men with their arms bound, turn out to date back to World War II, a desperate time on this stretch of coastland.

As Ruth and Nelson investigate, Home Guard veteran Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret the old soldiers have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What was Operation Lucifer? And who is prepared to kill to keep its secret?