# The Outcast Dead

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- Book: [The Outcast Dead](https://www.bookquiver.com/elly-griffiths/the-outcast-dead) ([The Outcast Dead.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elly-griffiths/the-outcast-dead.md))
- Authors: [Elly Griffiths](https://www.bookquiver.com/elly-griffiths)
- Publisher: quercus
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-4866-733-4
- Published: 2014-02-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle, once a prison. The body may be that of Victorian murderess Jemima Green. Called Mother Hook for her claw-like hand, Jemima was hanged for the murder of five children. DCI Harry Nelson has no time for long-ago killers. Investigating the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home, he's convinced that their mother is responsible. Then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook? Ruth is pulled into the case, and back towards Nelson. (P)2014 Quercus Publishing plc