A local woman goes missing and the police are under attack. Local academic Martin Kellerman knows all about the tunnels and their history - but can his assertions of cannibalism and ritual killing possibly be true? As the weather gets hotter, tensions rise. This might be a figure of speech, but with the discovery of the bones and the rumours both Ruth and the police have heard that the network of old chalk-mining tunnels under Norwich is home to a vast community of rough sleepers, the clues point in only one direction. The only trace of her is the rumour that she's gone 'underground'. Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is investigating the disappearance of a local rough sleeper. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity - now it suggests a much more sinister purpose.
When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands. Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. a pleasure from start to finish' Val McDermid WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. one of my favourite current crime series. 'I refuse to apologise for being in love with Dr Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson.
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