The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving
message about something “real dead . . . buried in your
marsh.” The eco-volunteer on the other end of the phone
thinks it’s a prank, but when a young woman’s body turns
up in L.A.’s Bird Marsh preserve no one’s laughing. And
when the bones of more victims surface, homicide detective
Milo Sturgis realizes the city’s under siege to an
insidious killer. Milo’s first move: calling in
psychologist Alex Delaware.
The murdered women are
prostitutes–except the most recent victim; a brilliant
young musician from the East Coast, employed by a wealthy
family to tutor a musical prodigy, Selena Bass seems out
of place in the marsh’s grim tableau.
Conveniently–
perhaps ominously–Selena’s blueblood employers are nowhere
to be found, and their estate’s jittery caretaker raises
hackles. But Milo’s instincts and Alex’s insight are too
well-honed to settle for easy answers, even given the dark
secrets in this troubled man’s past. Their investigation
unearths disturbing layers–about victims, potential
victims, and suspects alike–plunging even deeper into the
murky marsh’s enigmatic depths.
Bizarre details of
the crimes suggest a devilish serial killer prowling
L.A.’s gritty streets. But when a new murder deviates from
the pattern, derailing a possible profile, Alex and Milo
must look beyond the suspicion of madness and consider an
even more sinister mind at work. Answers don’t come easy,
but the darkest of drives and desires may fuel the most
devious of foes.
Bones is classic Kellerman–
relentlessly peeling back the skin and psyches of its
characters and revealing the shadows and sins of the souls
beneath. With jolt after jolt of galvanizing suspense, it
drives the reader through its twists and turns toward a
climax as satisfying as it is shattering.
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