WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZEThe Bone Readers is a pageturner, but its insights and language are equally testament to a literary novel of impressive depth and acuityGuardianSecrets can be buried, but bones can speak . . . After standing witness to a murder on the streets of the Caribbean island of Camaho, young Michael Digger Digson is recruited into a unique plain clothes homicide squad, an eclectic group of semiofficial police officers, led by the enigmatic DS Chilman.Digger becomes enmeshed in Chilmans obsession with a cold case, the disappearance of a young man. But Digger has a murder to pursue too that of his mother, killed by a renegade police squad when he was a boy.He has two weapons at his disposal his skill in forensics, and Chilmans latest recruit, the mysterious, observant Miss Stanislaus. Together, the two find themselves dragged into a world of dangerous secrets that demands every ounce of their courage to survive.This awardwinning crime debut by highly acclaimed author Jacob Ross marks the thrilling start to a new series following forensics genius Michael Digson.Its masterly. Ive started to read it again with increasing admirationCrime TimeA breathtaking, thoughtprovoking, and yes brilliant read. I know this is a book I shall go back to again and again Sunny SinghRosss novel is one that effortlessly draws together the past and the present, gender, politics and the legacy of colonialism in a top quality Caribbean set crime thriller. The Bone Readers is a...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group; Classification: FF; Weight: 312 g; Dimensions: 195 x 180 x 18

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