Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events, from Tuesday/First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea Every Tuesday, Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the opening paragraph (sometime two) of a book she decided to read based on the opening. Feel free to grab the banner and play along.
My post this week is book seven from a series that I love featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway; The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths.
Blurb
Norfolk is experiencing a July heatwave when a construction crew unearths a macabre discovery – a buried WWII plane with the pilot still inside. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn’t possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea. When the remaining members of the Blackstock family learn about the discovery, they seem strangely frightened by the news.
Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk’s deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger Blackstocks. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man lurking close to the Blackstocks’ family home.
Then human bones are found on the family’s pig farm. Can the team outrace a looming flood to find a killer? NetGalley
First Chapter ~ First Paragraph ~ Intro
July 2013
It is the hottest summer for years. A proper heatwave, the papers say. But Barry West doesn’t pay much attention to weather forecasts. He wears the same clothes winter and summer, jeans and an England t-shirt. It’s sweaty in the cab of the digger, but he doesn’t really mind. Being a man is all about sweat; anyone who washes too much is either a foreign or worse. It doesn’t occur to him that women don’t exactly find his odour enticing. He’s forty and hasn’t had a girlfriend for years.
But he’s content, this July day. The Norfolk sky is a hot, hard blue and the earth, when exposed in the jaws of his digger, is pale, almost white. The yellow vehicle moves steadily to and fro, churning up stones and coarse grass. Barry doesn’t know, and he certainly doesn’t care, that people have fought hard over this patch of land, now scheduled for development by Edward Spens and Co.
Please note the quote is from a proof copy, the book is due to be published on 26 March 2015
Do you want to know more? Would you keep reading?
Yes, I would – but I’m a bit behind with the Ruth Galloway series, there are a few earlier ones for me to read first. Barry West is not a very attractive figure is he?
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Not someone who I’d like to be in close proximity to that’s for sure 😉
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Not so sure about this one Cleo, but I might try a bit more.
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Thank you for visiting 🙂
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Oh, I’m keen to read this one, Cleo. I’m an Elly Griffiths/Ruth Galloway fan. And what an interesting mystery, too! Can’t wait to read your full review.
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It is nice to pick up a book and instantly feel ‘at home’ and this series does this for me – a great mystery and some interesting developments in the story arc too
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I like mysteries with forensics, so I’d likely keep going.
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Thank you for visiting Beth – I’m enjoying it.
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I’m about 2/3 of the way through THE OUTCAST DEAD, the previous book and, of course, I absolutely will be reading THE GHOST FIELDS. I love this series. Interesting that I just finished reading the 3rd Peter May book set on the Isle of Lewis. There was a dead person found in a plane there too. I often find little links like that as I go from book to book. Love it.
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Oh you sound just like me finding links between books! I really loved The Chessmen (and the whole of this trilogy) I really enjoy this series and The Ghost Fields is no exception.
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The blurb and intro make me want to read more – enjoy!
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Thank you 🙂
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I would definitely keep reading. This series is new to me, and sounds like one I would enjoy. Of course I’ll be taking a look at book one–you can never read too many series, lol.
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This sounds intriguing! I definitely want to read this one. Adding it to my wish list right now.
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Oh that’s excellent news, I do hope you enjoy it!
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I am definitely curious! He sounds like someone who marches to his own drummer…LOL.
Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
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Indeed, wouldn’t want him marching too close to me though 😉
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This looks intriguing, so I’d keep reading!
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Thanks for visiting.
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I’m not sure I would continue reading from the intro alone but the blurb does make it sound interesting
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Thank you for visiting 🙂
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Sounds like an intriguing book. Thanks for sharing – always nice to get a little teaser. 🙂
-Lauren
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I love the color and details in the writing in that first paragraph. I hope it holds up tot the rest of the series.
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I would definitely keep reading. This sounds really good.
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I would definitely keep reading. I like these kinds of books. Girl Who Reads
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This is a new to me series. I do like the sound of the opening.
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