Emma Fielding is an archaeologist and a teacher at a university. She is married to a wonderful man named Brian. Everything in her life is going well, until her friends and family start receiving anonymous gifts from someone who is trying to ruin Emma's life. Emma thinks the anonymous stalker is a man named Tony Markham who is believed to be dead. Tony is a very dangerous man and Emma is in fear for her life.

The gifts start off to be harmless and nothing to be really scared of. But when Emma starts to wonder if someone has been going through her mail and has trespassed into her house, she starts to become frantic. She takes martial art classes which will hopefully help her if she finds herself face to face with Tony Markham.

Emma finds herself having trouble with who she can trust. Everyone starts to become a suspect. Is Tony Markham really alive and after Emma, or is it someone else? With a large cast of characters, ASHES AND BONES will leave the reader wondering who the perpetrator is.

ASHES AND BONES started off very slow and didn't hold my interest for the first 200 pages. After page 200, the book became more interesting. It's a shame that the author saved all the action for the end of the book. I personally prefer thrilling action in my mysteries throughout the entire book. The ending of the book was very exciting; I just wish some of that excitement could have been equally distributed throughout the book.

ASHES AND BONES is the sixth novel in the Emma Fielding series. I have not read any of the other books in the series before this one. Coming into this series, with this sixth book, and no prior knowledge of the storyline, I found myself confused trying to follow what was going on. I don't feel like the author gave enough information about past events for a new reader of this series to understand.

If you plan on reading this series, I suggest picking up the first book and reading them all in order, rather then starting with this book first. The first book in the series is Sight Unseen, followed by Grave Consequences, Past Malice, A Fugitive Truth, More Bitter Then Death, and then ASHES AND BONES. Overall, ASHES AND BONES is an intriguing mystery that will leave you guessing until you turn the last page.