Title: The Unquiet Bones
Author: Loreth Anne White
Publication: March 5, 2024
Publisher: Montlake
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Pages: 351
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SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads)
When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen.
Homicide detective Jane Munro—pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life—hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl’s family. But for a group of Annalise’s old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago.
The friends are now highly respected, affluent members of their communities, and none of them ever expected the dark chapter in their past to resurface. But as Jane and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Quinn peel back the layers of secrets, the group begins to fracture. Will one cave? Will they turn on each other?
The investigation takes a sharp turn when Jane discovers a second body—that of the boy long blamed for Annalise’s disappearance. As the bones tell their story, the group learns just how far each will go to guard their own truth.
REVIEW:
**A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**
I’ve been meaning to read The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White for a long time, but life has kept me away and I’m so upset now that I have read it. I should have read it a long time ago, because this was the perfect mixture of a suspense novel and a domestic thriller in one.
The story follows a set of bones that is discovered under a chapel and turns out to be that of a missing girl from decades earlier. The girls friend circle is suddenly in the spotlight again after years of thinking this was behind them. Instantly, based on conversations with these characters, everyone is a suspect. White made everyone suspicious and wrote these intricate characters that had really messy lives behind the curtains and made them all a potential murderer.
While usually jumping around from character to character is confusing, White did a great job of keeping it clear and tying the pieces together throughout the book. It was a slow build to a puzzle leading up to a reveal. The characters were deep and had a lot of internal layers that you peeled back throughout the story. Then White threw that ending at me, and dang… I did NOT see that coming. I love it when I can be shocked, and I was definitely shocked!
I am literally itching to pick up my next Loreth Anne White, which is already loaded to my device and ready to go! Pick up The Unquiet Bones, because you will not be disappointed!
