The Lantern Men Audiobook By Elly Griffiths cover art

The Lantern Men

Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 12

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Lantern Men

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $20.03

Buy for $20.03

'My favourite current series' Val McDermid

Everything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway.

She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this, and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried - but only if Ruth will do the digging.

Curious, but wary, Ruth agrees. March tells Ruth that he killed four more women and that their bodies are buried near a village bordering the fens, said to be haunted by the Lantern Men, mysterious figures holding lights that lure travellers to their deaths.

Is Ivor March himself a lantern man, luring Ruth back to Norfolk? What is his plan, and why is she so crucial to it? And are the killings really over?

(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited©2020 Elly Griffiths Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Women Sleuths Forensics

Critic reviews

Like its predecessors, The Lantern Men has a great sense of place and an awareness of the remorseless passing of time. The climactic bicycle race across the fens, foregathering all the suspects, will take your breath away
As ever, creepy Norfolk folklore is skillfully blended with the ongoing saga of the personal lives of Ruth, her friends and colleagues (and now, their children). Warm, but never cloyingly cosy, this is the most lovable of current crime series
Once again, Elly Griffiths delivers witty, insightful and brilliant storytelling as the redoubtable Dr Galloway burrows away to expose the Lantern Men's dark secrets
Elly Griffiths's great achievement in her Dr Ruth Galloway series has been to create an atmosphere as comforting as that of any traditional detective story and yet introduce to it credible crimes and lifelike characters with convincing preoccupations
A deftly plotted thriller, and most likeable entertainment
The writing is excellent. It puts me in mind of the late, great Ruth Rendell ... the characterisation is perfect ... a cracker of a book
All stars
Most relevant
I’ve loved all the Dr Ruth Galloway books. If only I hadn’t listened to them all so quickly. This one is as good as all its predecessors.

Wonderful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Totally gripping. One of her best to date. Kept you guessing until the end. Highly recommend.

Fantastic story. A real edge of the seat story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
These books never seem to be long enough! I hope we have not heard the last of Ruth yet. As an instalment, I quite enjoyed the Lantern Men, although, as indicated, I thought it could be far longer. And I missed more archaeological involvement.

Never enough!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.