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Where The Janus Stone sits
- Series
- Book 2 of Ruth Galloway. See all Ruth Galloway books in order
- The book before
- The Crossing Places
- The book after
- The House at Sea's End
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against ellygriffiths.co.uk
- Place in the series
- It is book 2 of the Ruth Galloway series. (ellygriffiths.co.uk; read November 6, 2026)
Ruth Galloway ... The Crossing Places ... The Janus Stone
- Next book
- Book 3 is The House at Sea's End. (ellygriffiths.co.uk; read November 6, 2026)
The Janus Stone ... The House at Sea's End
What The Janus Stone is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Builders knocking down a big old Norwich house to make room for new homes find a child's bones under a doorway, and the skull is missing. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
demolishing a large old house in Norwich ... the bones of a child beneath a doorway
- Ruth Galloway is brought in, and DCI Harry Nelson wants to know quickly whether it was a ritual sacrifice or plain murder. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate ... DCI Harry Nelson would like to find out
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Children
- Women archaeologists
Places
- Norwich (England)
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in Ruth Galloway
15 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Crossing Places
- Book 3: The House at Sea's End
- Book 4: A Room Full of Bones
- Book 5: A Dying Fall
- Book 6: The Outcast Dead
- Book 7: The Ghost Fields
- Book 8: The Woman in Blue
- Book 9: The Chalk Pit
- Book 10: The Dark Angel
- Book 11: The Stone Circle
- Book 12: The Lantern Men
- Book 13: The Night Hawks
- Book 14: The Locked Room
- Book 15: The Last Remains
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