The Dark Bones

4.5 | 16,872 ratings

Price: 20.13

Last update: 06-11-2024

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Ski Bear

EXCELLENT PAGE WHIPPING THRILLER!

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023

Author Loreth Anne White is a new author for me; another excellent recommendation from Amazon/Kindle/Audible in the “Unlimited” catalog. Because I listen to so many of my purchases when I can; I added the Audible narration which is money well spent! This taunt mystery is hardly original yet White found a way keep the familiar storyline engaging with really good characters and gripping storytelling. More importantly, EVERYTIME we “THINK” we have the “too predictable” story solved, WE JUST DON’T! Predictable this is not! Bravo Loreth Anne White for creating a masterpiece crime thriller that twists and turns while simultaneously having me not wanting the story to end as this suspenseful horror’s conclusion comes into focus neatly clarifying and tying up the loose ends. Yes, horror. For me, any story of dehumanization especially when the victims are young whether they’re living, dying, raped or murdered; the “unsub/s” short for “unsuspected” perpetrators remain unknown. By this definition for me, the perpetrator is a monster- a vile, soulless and evil creature that needs to be recognized in its “human suit” then immediately contained whatever that looks like; imprisoned or deceased during capture!

With this story, Loreth Anne White’s easy to love protagonist, a big city white collar crime detective comes home after her father (Retired Colonel of the Canadian Mounted Police) appears to have committed suicide and his home burned to the ground with only her dads tool and moonshine shed remaining on their property in the small forested Canadian town. While on a short leave to arrange for Pops funeral and also get better clarification of just exactly how they so quickly determined suicide ; especially after she had just spoke on the phone with him urgently saying he’s discovered something from an old cold case he was revisiting and needed to speak personally with her AND HER EX heartthrob ASAP! Finding a unmotivated police chief ( her dads former position) that Rebecca never really liked- a coroner officer who is heading the investigation due to the death being formally ruled a suicide by “Buck” the previously mentioned Chief of Police and of course her ex also all too close to horrible scene- she needs to dig and dig much deeper. She hasn’t dismissed her father taking his own life but she in no way has dismissed that the cold case he was working to help pass the time in retirement, has led to his gruesome death and lamp fire taking the entire structure. With Rebecca, her deceased dad, Ex teen love of her life, a pair of troubled tween lovers finding themselves hidden in the shed attempting to steel some moonshine when a shotgun report sounds, a mysterious guy exiting the home then mounting a snowmobile departing the property right after- a host of other interesting character- Rebecca begins peeling away the layers and layers of ambiguity her former home town appears to have; reminding her constantly just exactly why she left for the big city; never looking back once.

This is a truly remarkable piece of literature from this newfound author who has now captured my full attention as well as many others I have discovered. Suspense, twists, intelligent-plausibility abound; a low level of sexual tension-it’s very subtle and definitely not a major focal point or cooccurring narrative/theme; that said, the sexual tension is present; but thankfully without all the steamy descriptive too many pages and chapters of unnecessary displays of lust distracting from the story losing any and all previous built up suspense leaving this reader at risk of putting the book away for something else. If I want porn- I WILL GET REAL PORN WITH PICTURES AND EVERYTHING!????! My god some of these writers with their incessant need to steam up every third page or chapter, it just ruins what would otherwise be an excellent if not epic read many times! This isn’t one of them! Five stars! Narration, outstanding! Also five stars! A clear opening or set up for follow up stories; even a series? Definitely-also five stars! Looking forward to more!

AliciaSplendeur

Could not put down

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023

Detective Rebecca North returns to her hometown after her father's death. It's been ruled a suicide, but Rebecca can't believe her father would kill himself.

To prove it she needs the help of Ash Haugen, the man she left behind. They share more than broken hearts. Ash is holding something back and it leaves Rebecca unsettled.

Clues lead them to two young teens who may have witnessed what happened to her father. And it all leads back to two teens who disappeared and were never heard from again.

Kayla Hashberger

Another good book

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024

Another good book in the series. I had forgotten I got the second book so it took until the second chapter to remind myself that I had already started the series. A new surprising turn was definitely good. I enjoyed the different story line from the first but it still overlapped.

Ricky L. Brewer

great

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024

I never review books but this one is an exception. This is second book i read by this author. First was good. This one is outstanding.

MrsLeif

Love her writing!

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2019

Loreth Anne White is one of my favorite authors. I love all of her books. Her characters are memorable and the suspense is always outstanding!

The Dark Bones is the second book in the Dark Lure series (The Dark Lure was FANTASTIC). The main character is Rebecca North. She's a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detective who moved out of her rural hometown of Clinton, Canada as soon as she could after her boyfriend Ash Haugen broke her heart.

Rebecca's dad is a retired detective. He's an alcoholic and he lives by himself. Out of nowhere, he calls Rebecca and tells her that he believes someone is following him and he wants to see her. He has been reviewing a cold case and he wants to know why she and Ash lied to him so many years ago. Rebecca knows this has to be about Whitney Gagnon who had slept with Ash and had left town with her boyfriend Trevor Beauchamp. Rebecca tells her dad she will call him back. Next thing she knows, she gets a call. Her dad has killed himself. Rebecca can't believe it. She comes home to investigate. She believes her father has found something about the disappearance of Whitney Gagnon and Trevor Beauchamp and someone killed him for it.

"He lied
You both lied."

On her first night back home, she bumps into the last person she wants to see, Ash. All her past feelings for him resurface. She remembers how hurt she was when he cheated and when she found out he had lied to her. She also remembers he was her first love and she has never forgotten him. As the days and the investigation progresses she realizes she still feels something for him.

Besides Rebecca and Ash, two teenagers are also important. One is Olivia's daughter Tori Burton (Liv is the main character on The Dark Lure) and the other one is Ricky Simon, a kid Ash promised to take care of. Both of their lives are in danger. They know too much.

Soon, Ash becomes the main suspect and Rebecca knows she needs to figure out who's at fault or none of them are going to be safe.

The Dark Bones was gritty, dark and full of suspense. Loreth Anne White painted a perfect small town ambiance full of secrets and lies. She gave us a great resolution while still leaving an opening for another book to answer the remaining questions.

"Quiet descended with a sense of menace."

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

Janice CR

The Dark Bones

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024

I really enjoyed get his second book of the series. Great writing! Looking f oil reward to get he next book!

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