Her father goes to work for mine but he never returns. (Can you imagine a heroine who buries dead people and uses her axe efficiently to crush the skulls of Bone Houses, yes, you found one, Ryn is unstoppable and merciless!) That day, her faith changed and she started to follow her father’s footsteps, choosing his carrier for herself. Ryn meets her first BONE HOUSES- dead people who don’t die and wonder around the forest at night time- when she was a little child, following secretly her father to the forest without listening his warnings. I think I made the best choice for my Halloween week by reading this epic, fantastic journey, with the sweet touch of Welsh folklore and urban tales introduces a rough, strong, invincible, brave heroine Aderyn (let’s call him Ryn), the gravedigger! * I was gifted this copy in exchange for an honest review.Spooky, heart throbbing, can you hear it? BA BOOM! BA BOOM! THUMP! THUMP! Those kind of perfectly written, well-crafted thriller stories with adorable characters always make me feel alive! So I toss around 4 and 5 stars and finally I decided to be good-hearted grader (or I could find somebody wearing Ryn’s costumes for Halloween at my door, chasing me with her axe) and clicked to 5 HORRIFYING STARS! Will she survive the secrets of the bone house?

With the help of forensic anthropologist Sophia Hudson, and the extraordinary young Elliott Carter, Detective Sarah Noble gets to the bottom of a cold case that refuses to stay in the past. It’s the moment that new mother, Cora, has been dreading since she moved to Slayton – because someone knows, and is going to make her pay. When hundreds of birds fall from the sky into Slayton’s lake in a terrifying freak event, the waters are dredged – revealing a dark, long-held secret.Īn old pram is pulled from the depths, with the bones of a baby still strapped inside. → content warnings: death, infant death, murder, domestic abuse, suicide, mental illness, kidnapping, rape Those who enjoyed Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key or who prefer crime fiction should read this. While putting the pieces of the mystery, suspenseful puzzle together, the writing style makes for a simple and exciting read. This book was complex and horrific, with strange characters, many points of view, and twists and turns that kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. This is one of Caroline Mitchell’s many works that I’ve read, and one thing about her that I admire is that she isn’t afraid to dig into the nitty-gritty aspects of crime. The bone house, the bone house is calling for you”

“It whispers your name in the dead of night

The bone houses