Bones, Secrets and Ancient Gods
Title: The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 336 Pages Genre: Mystery Suspense I received this book as an electronic galley from the publisher via netgalley . This title will be released January 2011 . Synopsis: It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand? Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast. When they realize the house was once a children’s home, they track down the Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports that two children did go missing from the home forty years before—a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that...