3,5 Stars
Sixteen year old Annaliese went missing after a party almost fifty years ago to. When human bones are found buried in an old chapel the group of her old friends gets nervous. Could this be Annaliese? And if so, will all their lies be exposed and ruin the lives they have built? The same night a fellow student went also missing. Did he something to Annaliese? The group of friends seems to know more than they let on.
The story is told in multiple POV including homicide detective Jane Munro who has her own problems. Unfortunately this slows the story down. While it held my interest it is also sometimes very repetitive. The book is called “The Unquiet Bones” and the aspect and science of what the bones of a long gone person can still tell is given much room.
There are a lot of red herrings and at some point everybody is suspicious and could have done harm to Annaliese. But there is a final twist at the end and it is heartbreaking. It is a good and complex story but the pace is really slow. While the story about Annaliese is resolved this is not the case for Jane Munro and her problems. So I guess we will see her soon in another book from the author.
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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