A friend of mine recommended The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths. She said that since I like mystery series, I would enjoy Elly Griffiths' amateur sleuth, Ruth Galloway. I did enjoy the mystery, the writing, the plot, the setting, the pace, but I did not enjoy the fact that the characters have no moral standards when it comes to sex. It seems that chastity isn't a consideration. In fact, one of Ruth Galloway's best friends prefers to have affairs with married men, because then there would be no chance that they would want to get entangled with her. Ruth, herself, has a fling with the police detective investigating the crime. Isn't that unethical?
Besides, that flagrant behavior, the mystery is good. I kept guessing wrong perpetrators. Ruth is an archeologist, living on a desolate marsh. She becomes involved because bone identification is her specialty. Detective Nelson has been investigating a kidnapping for ten years. Recently, another little girl has been kidnapped. However, the bones that Ruth uncovered in her marsh are too old to be the victims.
There are notes taunting the police with archeological terms. Ruth helps with that. When she gets too close, she's endangered, also.
This is the author's first, in the series. I enjoyed the story. Too bad, everyone is sleeping with everyone's spouse and boyfriend. The story didn't need the sex. I think it detracted from the plot. The mystery could stand on its own.
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