• The Ghost Fields

  • Ruth Galloway, Book 7
  • By: Elly Griffiths
  • Narrated by: Clare Corbett
  • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (577 ratings)

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The Ghost Fields

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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Publisher's summary

Norfolk is experiencing a July heat wave when a construction crew unearths a macabre discovery - a buried World War II plane with the pilot still inside. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway quickly realizes that the skeleton couldn't possibly be the pilot, and DNA tests identify the man as Fred Blackstock, a local aristocrat who had been reported dead at sea.

When the remaining members of the Blackstock family learn about the discovery, they seem strangely frightened by the news. Events are further complicated by a TV company that wants to make a film about Norfolk's deserted air force bases, the so-called Ghost Fields, which have been partially converted into a pig farm run by one of the younger Blackstocks. As production begins, Ruth notices a mysterious man lurking close to the Blackstocks' family home. Then human bones are found on the family's pig farm.

Can the team outrace a looming flood to find a killer?

©2015 Elly Griffiths (P)2015 Quercus Editions Ltd

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All in all, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

This was not my favorite in the series, to say the least. Perhaps I would like it more if I had read it, as I did any of the previous books. I do give credit to the narrator for her gift with accents (although why can't they ever "do" American) and her female voices are good but the male characters are all are very poorly interpreted, which is quite off putting. Nelson sounds like a dolt and Cathbad's dreamy, mystical sound is trite.
I look forward to each new Elly Griffiths mystery but in this one, I identified the killer very early on...not satisfying at all. Also, I am kind of bored with the whole Ruth/Nelson thing....fish or cut bait, already!
(Oh, nuts, I'm sounding like quite a curmudgeon!) Read the series in order...I loved the early books!

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I'm sorry I bought this one

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No, I wouldn't. It was tedious. As a stand-alone book, it is impossible, and as part of a series it is hackneyed, filled with inanities, and just mind-numbingly boring. I couldn't keep my mind on it. I kept having to rewind and re-listen.

What could Elly Griffiths have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Write an honest book. This is obviously a poor imitation of the books she started out to write. She's turning them out like penny postcards. The first one was really good, but unfortunately, they have gone downhill dismally since then. I'm so sick of all of the characters.

Did Clare Corbett do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

NO! NO, no, no. I didn't even like Kate, although I could tell it was her because her voice is so piercingly loud and obnoxious.

Was The Ghost Fields worth the listening time?

No it wasn't. It was a badly formed plot, stupid behavior by supposedly smart people, and extremely unsatisfactory.

Any additional comments?

I wanted to like it.

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Another winner!

Always difficult for me to put down Elly's mysteries. More Ruth Galloway mysteries for us please!

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Did not disappoint! - Loved it!

I have enjoyed all the Ruth Galloway stories and this one was excellent! As always the narration is exceptional and very enjoyable. I hope their are still more in this series to come. Thank you Ms. Griffith for another job well done!

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Love Ruth series

Always learn something and enjoy characters and mystery. This reader is so enjoyable. Story keeps getting better

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Elly does it yet again!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes I would recommend this audiobook to a friend. The writer Domenica de Rosa, writing as Elly Griffiths pens one great book after another. I have purchased and read all of them and am just now starting on her newest series, The Zig Zag girl. I have not doubt this series will not disappoint either. History, archeology, a little bit of romance, or maybe I should say love, no graphic sordid sex scenes, good mystery and human interactions.

What did you like best about this story?

In this series, Elly weaves story lines based on archeological/ historical events. Two of my interests. She does not preach using these lines of a story though. Informative Her characters, come alive. You can imagine each of them living their lives long after you finish the latest story. Louise Penny's characters and a few other authors characters are people I think about when not in the book as well, even though I know they are fictional. That to me is a mark of a good book.

The character development, I would say is what I liked best about this book and her others as well. They become old friends you want to visit in the next book in the series.

Which scene was your favorite?

The scene when Frank shows Ruth the mural on the wall of what is now a pig farm barn, but was a US air force building during WWII. That mural depicts one air man or really the Army Air Core at that time still, I would think, view of the war, and Ruth's thoughts bring it to life.

You wonder about the men and woman who did leave their homes to go to a foreign soil to in this case was probably going to end in their death, but they fought because they felt they had to.

My own father was in the Army Air Core during WWII and overseas, although I was not yet alive. He never liked to speak of the war, and this book brings it to life in a good way.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both at different times. Elly always brings the book to a stunning climax the reader of her books, knows will come. Then she leaves you with a little personal tidbit about a characters life line and maybe what is to come! In this ending Ruth comes to an important decision, the reader really can't predict which way she will go until you read it.

Her familial interactions make you think as well.

Any additional comments?

Just that the narrator is wonderful too. Easy to listen too, great diction, good pace etc. Some books and authors are great, but the narration ruins it, not in this case.

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Not as good as previous Ruth stories

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

This was not as good as the earlier ones, but I am sure the author runs
out of ideas. I love the characters, Ruth, Nelson, Cathbad, but there needs
to be more plot.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

OK.

Which character – as performed by Clare Corbett – was your favorite?

She does a good job on the narration.

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Accents

I very much enjoyed this story. The new reader (CC) performed well except for Cathbad's accent! Quite disconcerting considering his background. It would have been helpful if the character's voice could have been portrayed in a manner closer to that used by the previous reader (JMcD).
That said, the reader for the Northern Irish character's lines did a wonderful job, she is obviously a native!

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Wonderful Book

The Ruth Galloway books have everything I like - good stories, forensic archeology, well developed characters that continue through the series, druids, families, loyalty, police procedural, atmospheric locations…
Ruth is a complex, real character.

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Not my fav book

This wasn’t as good as the other stories. I don’t understand her point of where Ruth’s life is going. I’m hooked but the ending of this last boom was not impressive

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