The Bone Houses: Emily Lloyd-Jones

Product Information

In the court of Facebook and online speculation, evidence is secondary to feelings leaving Sarah and her troops with an ever complicated web to unravel both from the past, and in the present.

Slayton really is a place where you wouldn’t want to stumble upon if you were lost. Although some of the residents of the village appear lovely, it seems that evil lurks around every corner, and there is always a hint that supernatural forces are at work in the village. Caroline Mitchell always does a brilliant job of bringing the creepy atmosphere in this town to life. But with the discovery of the baby in the pram, residents turn hostile towards one of their own; who they believe is the person responsible for what happened to the baby. And as Sarah Noble investigates, the accusations being thrown around by the villagers, creates a hostile environment, and the people certainly aren’t ready to forgive, no matter what the story behind this case might be. The people here at this time, it must be said were heathens, described as “totally rude and unlettered”, and as parishioners were accused of “loitering and even drawing or selling (alcoholic) drink during church service times” and there were complaints of secret marriages. He's tall, blond, and handsome... a little bit sarcastic, but not arrogant with it. He's firmly dedicated to his job and loves bringing home the bad guy. She took a long time to realize who he was, but then she offered him a teasing smile as she recognized him. "You," she said.As he got closer to the girl on the beach, Mark couldn't help but admire her. Her body was mature, and the flimsy strings of the red bikini showed it off, but she still had the gangly gait of an adolescent, all arms and legs. She was more girl than woman, with an innocence about her near nakedness in public. He was still too far away to see her face, but he wondered if his wife, Hilary, knew her. He assumed she was one of the girls who had competed in the dance tournament at the resort, and now that the competition was over, she was enjoying a few sleepless moments on the beach before going home. A long time ago, a girl, a boy and a goat saved the small village of Colbre, in Wales, from the rising deaths. The Bone Houses, they called them. Mark Bradley is having a tough time. He and his wife, Hillary, moved to an idyllic island in rural Door County, northern Wisconsin, from a Chicago suburb to live on their salaries as teachers and raise a happy family. Mark, however, was accused of sexual harassment when the mother of shy teenaged student, Tresa, read the torrid accounts of an inappropriate affair in Tresa's diary. Tresa insisted her writings were all fantasy, but Mark was fired anyway and has been out of a job for a year. His wife, Hillary is still a dance coach at the high school, but her reception by the locals has become increasingly chilly. That wasn't how it was supposed to be. They'd left Chicago for rural Door County because they had wanted a quieter life in a place where they could join a community and raise a family. Instead, it had become a nightmare for Mark. Suspicion now followed him everywhere. He was marked with a scarlet letter. P for Predator. All because of Tresa Fischer. Allegedly, due a decades-old curse, the dead in Colbren can reanimate themselves and begin to walk again amongst the living. These walking dead are known as bone houses.

She was a half-wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. My favorite part was the brief reunion between Ryn and her dad as well as Ellis with his mom, and it almost got me teared up. This book is one of a kind, and for that I highly recommend it. However, since I’m a plot driven type of reader, The Bone Houses simply didn’t make the cut. I’m underwhelmed. I loved every second... so many twists and turns... It is one of those "just one more chapter" type books that end up keeping you up all night,' Reader Reviewer 5 stars With all of that talk of fallen empires, rulers, and hideous creatures, I expected some of these things to come into focus!

Search and Book

Here the old bones from the previous graves were stored in the bone house (or ossuary), where the freshly excavated bones were allowed to dry out and cleaned, and respectfully stored in a tidy manner. There's a romance, a slowburn of one, and though you see it coming early on, it nonetheless still wows you as it unfolds. Gently, carefully, and sweetly. These characters were both very aware of themselves and each other; this felt real and believable. Infact, the whole story did. The family connections, the stillness and peace of the forest, the horror of what hides in the dark, the desperate things people will do when facing the death of a loved one.. it might have been wrapped up in the fantastical but it was all very real. Also I would die for the goat. Brian Freeman is a New York Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series. His books have been sold in 46 countries and 22 languages. He is widely acclaimed for his "you are there" settings and his complex, engaging characters and twist-filled plots. Brian was also selected as the official author to continue Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series, and his novel THE BOURNE EVOLUTION was named one of the Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2020 by Kirkus. Glory wagged a finger at him, and her torso swayed unsteadily. "Tresa wouldn't like that, would she? Seeing you and me together. Troy wouldn't like it either. He gets so jealous. If you want to do it with me, we should do it right here. Do you want to do it with me?"