Very much enjoyed this last in the series. So many references to the previous books, this is a trip down memory lane to be sure. Due to all the references to Covid and social distancing, it's set very firmly at a specific point in time. I didn't even try to figure out whodunit, although there was one character that I was sure had to be a villain. The process of the team trying to track down all the movements in this cold case was very satisfying. But of course the main thing in all these books is not so much the mystery as it is the characters and the landscape. Griffiths wraps it up the way I expected so I could be happy for all of them. Oh and the re-appearance of someone from one of the earlier books was really nice. I have issues with remembering past books but I did remember this one. I'm sorry to see the series end but Griffiths is still writing other excellent books.

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When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a cafe they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn out to be modern--the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls on Emily's Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology enthusiast who was part of the group gathered the weekend before she disappeared--Ruth's friend Cathbad. As they investigate, Nelson and his team uncover a tangled web of relationships within the archaeology group and look for a link between them and the cafe where Emily's bones were found. Then, just when the team seem to be making progress, Cathbad disappears. The trail leads Ruth a to the Neolithic flint mines in Grimes Graves. The race is on, first to find Cathbad and then to exonerate him, but will Ruth and Nelson uncover the truth in time to save their friend? This is the last book in the Ruth Galloway series. Nelson and Michelle have split up and Ruth and Kate are moving to a new collage which is 10 miles from her old cottage. She will still have a view of the sea. The murder of Emily has been solved and Cathbad has been exonerated. This was one of my favorite series and now it is finally over. I'm looking forward to reading another series by Elly Griffiths - Brighton Mysteries or Harbinder Kaur.

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