The Outcast Dead: A Ruth Galloway Investigation

Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the groundsof Norwich Castle, a forbidding edifice that was once a prison. She believes thebody may be that of infamous Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called MotherHook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged in 1867 for the murder of fivechildren in her care.DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-dead killers. Immersed in the case ofthree infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home, he'sconvinced that a family member is responsible, though others on his team thinkdifferently.Then a child goes missing.