What Fiction are you reading this week, May 23, 2021?

[Polly Hennessey]

28. Ruth Galloway is a forensic archeologist teaching

at Cambridge. She is writing a book on Neolithic stone circles. Most of her work takes place in North Norfolk. She is often called upon to help when human bones are found. The Lantern Men are supposedly creatures who use strange lights to lure people to the marshes/bogs where they disappear. You could say they are historic attempts to try and explain lights that occur in the musty/misty bogs. The story is really about a serial killer, Ivor Marsh, who lures young women into his van and ...... well, you know the rest. The Lantern Men are an historical oddity of the region. The legend adds local color. The book and characters are compelling and interesting. Oh, and definitely not a Cozy mystery.