Ali Dawson

Elly Griffiths: The Killing Time

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Ali Dawson #2

Since finishing up her beloved Ruth Galloway series, Elly Griffiths has been letting her freak flag fly with wonderful results.  In this latest series, her main character, Ali Dawson, is a detective in the cold crimes division: cases so cold, they’re frozen.  The unit operates out of a decrepit building in London on Eel Street, with a mysterious upper chamber called “Pevensie,” which, as every Narnia loving kid knows, was the last name of the family in the books. It’s into this air of slight unreality that the reader finds that the detectives in this cold case squad can time travel. read more

Elly Griffiths: The Frozen People

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Series Debut

I had decided to skip this book because of the time travel element, but what a huge mistake.  A friend and book club member listed it on her favorites of the year list, and since I trust her taste, I dove in.  I should also, of course, have trusted the great Elly Griffiths, who has one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary crime fiction, not to mention extraordinary storytelling skills.  She has a way of writing that draws the reader in.  Readers, I was all in with this book. read more