I refuse to apologise for being in love with Dr Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson . . one of
my favourite current crime series . . . a pleasure from start to finish' Val McDermid WINNER
OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of
underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried DCI Nelson has
a murder enquiry on his hands. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity - now it
suggests a much more sinister purpose. Meanwhile DS Judy Johnson is investigating the
disappearance of a local rough sleeper. The only trace of her is the rumour that she's gone
'underground'. 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.
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. A local woman goes missing and the police are under attack. Ruth and Nelson must
unravel the dark secrets of The Underground and discover just what gruesome secrets lurk at its
heart - before it claims another victim.
