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The Man in Black and Other Stories

By: Elly Griffiths
Narrated by: Imogen Wilde, Jane McDowell, Juliette Burton, Luke Thompson, Nina Wadia, Esther Wane, Beth Eyre
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Summary

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Criminally clever' Daily Mail

'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian

This collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved characters: Dr Ruth Galloway, Harry Nelson, Max Mephisto, Detective Harbinder Kaur and more. It features several stories never published before, including a brand new Ruth and Nelson story. A must for all her fans.

Have you been wondering what happened to your favourite characters Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson? Dive into this fabulous collection of stories and find out.

Here are stories to suit all tastes. There are ghost stories and mini cosy mysteries; tales of psychological suspense and poignant vignettes of love and loss. There's a creepy horror story to make you shiver and a tale narrated by Flint, Ruth Galloway's cat, to make you smile.

There is truly something for everyone in this collection of bite-sized morsels for all thriller fans.


A Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 24/06/2024
©2024 Elly Griffiths (P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited
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Bringing all her old characters together in the final story was a nice touch, excellent.

I thought that the choice of material used was spot on, good to hope for more new stories.

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An enjoyable easy listening group of short stories

Enjoyed the short stories as I found I could listen with ease the whole story. Loved the stories around Ruth and Nelson.
The stories are easy to listen to, very enjoyable, and well narrated. I hope we can have more of these short stories.

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The Man In Black

Loved the short stories and twists. very easy to listening and easy to follow all the different stories.

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A mix of the best with enough Ruth G to keep you happy

A brilliant collection of short stories with all the usual favourites. Thank you Elly, just what I needed to calm my Ruth Galloway cravings

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All the short stories are great really interesting and relevant lots of your old favourites

I enjoyed ALL the stories great narrative super characters but too short but throughly enjoyed the book

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Really enjoyable

This is a lovely collection of stories by Elly Griffiths. There are a few Ruth and Nelson tales, including a trip down the Nile. Wonderfully narrated. Recommendeded.

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Enjoyable well read nostalgic

Reading recognising Galloway characters from series and missing sections of their lives; some sentimentality inevitable

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Marvellous

I love Elly Griffith’s books anyway, especially Ruth and Nelson. This wonderful collection of stories was sublime. Just the right length, and some of her well known characters too, as well as stand alone tales. I did not want it to end. Masterful writing. I really hope we have not heard the last of Ruth Galloway though

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Enjoyable

An interesting set of stories and particularly enjoyed the glimpses of the lives of Ruth, Kate and Nelson ongoing from the final novel of the Ruth Galloway series

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Brilliant

The variety of stories was so good, and so enjoyable. From Norfolk to the Nike, a wonderful book.

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