Although crime writer Elly Griffiths brought her much-loved Dr Ruth Galloway series to a close with The Last Remains at the beginning of this year (‘for now’, she has said), contrary to some reports she has very much not stopped writing.
Elly’s a prolific author, having published four books under her real name, Domenica de Rosa, before writing as Elly Griffiths: the Dr Ruth Galloway titles, the Harbinder Kaur series, The Justice Jones series for children, standalones and the other series for which the bestselling author is particularly known, the Brighton Mysteries.
The Great Deceiver, the seventh in that series, was published at the end of October, and Elly has plans for more.
‘I still think I might write a book that wasn’t crime but then I get an idea for a crime series,’ she laughs. ‘And I’d like to write as Domenica de Rosa again – there’s nothing like seeing your real name on the book. I’d like to write about belief and whether we can believe in miracles. I’ve got an idea about a new character, and a new series, set in the East End, that might involve an element of time travel. I’d like to
