Erosion brought on by climate change has revealed six bodies formerly buried near but not IN the sea. Are they really old, only sort of old, or not old at all? Enter forensic anthropologist Ruth Galloway who has been seconded to the local police to help figure it out. The mystery in this one is almost secondary to the character development (Galloway has had a child that she is raising as a single mom) but there are still some interesting historical aspects. There were a lot of characters with generic names that I had a slightly difficult time keeping straight.