Ruth Galloway mystery

Forensic anthropologist Ruth Galloway, is shocked when she finds out her old friend, Dan Golding, has died unexpectedly, but when she receives a letter from Dan dated before his death, he states that he has discovered an extraordinary archeological find but he fears for his life, but when Ruth is asked to examine the bones Dan had found, they disappear.

When a child's bones are found near an ancient henge in the saltmarshes of Norfolk's north coast, Ruth Galloway, a university lecturer in forensic archaeology, is asked to date them by DCI Harry Nelson.

An old friend's death sends Ruth to Lancaster to investigate an important archeological discovery, but what she finds is a mystery that may have gotten her friend murdered.