The woman in blue

by Elly Griffiths

358 pages

English language

Published March 31, 2016

ISBN:: 978-1-78429-237-9
OCLC Number:: 947107316

(5 reviews)

Ruth's friend, Cathbad, is housesitting in Walsingham, a Norfolk village famous as a centre for pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary. One night, Cathbad sees a strange vision in the graveyard beside the cottage: a young woman dressed in blue. Cathbad thinks that he may have seen the Madonna herself, but the next morning the woman's body, dressed in a white nightdress and blue dressing gown, is found in a ditch outside Walsingham.

2 editions

sarah reviewed The woman in blue by Elly Griffiths (The Ruth Galloway series)

too much Mary cult, not enough archaeology

3 stars

Somehow I jumped from #7 to #9 so I went back to #8 because I'm a completist that way, plus the increasingly convoluted and soapy aspects of Ruth's life mean that I needed to catch up on those details. I always like the ones that feature Cathbad, and this had some but not enough. Also not enough archaeology. But, still. I fully expect I will read all of this series until there are no more.