Now, having never truly recovered from losing her father all those years ago, Detective Delaney Pace is devastated when her brother and sister-in-law are killed in a car crash. Packing up her life she heads back to the rugged cowboy town of Kearney, Wyoming. Her niece Kateena is just eleven years old and Delaney will do anything to keep her safe…

Now there’s another killer on the loose, and he’s already taken his first victim.

New to the local police force, when a body is found on a secluded mountain trail Delaney is called to the scene. Surrounded by imposing pine trees, a young woman lies still in the moonlight. Gazing into her dark, unblinking eyes Delaney’s heart pounds wildly in her chest as she recognises the victim. It’s her beloved sister-in-law: Kateena’s mother, Lila. But she died weeks before. Didn’t she?

There’s evil lurking in this town and I’ll stop at nothing to hunt down the truth and deliver justice.

With Kateena traumatised all over again, when Delaney links Lila’s murder back to the place where her own father was killed she realizes she must face her own dark past to catch the man responsible. But little does she know that the killer has already made their next deadly move. Back at home, Kateena should be in bed sleeping soundly, but her room is empty. Kateena is missing…

Can Delaney uncover the truth behind the killings and save Kateena before it’s too late?

 

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Favorite Quotes:

 

Kateena’s French bulldog. He had the look of a tuxedo-clad Regency gentleman, the attitude of a portly prize fighter, and sounded like the unfortunate mating of a pig and a chainsaw.

Delaney felt something almost painful in her cheeks and realized it was a smile.

“Citiots?” “Idiots from the city.”

His eyebrows rose— gray, black, and white hairs curling upward and a few down. Like a spider was trying to escape his face.

His cowboy boots were so new the snake was still hissing.

Leo hated hospitals… He could picture diseases hiding in corners, waiting to jump to a vulnerable host.

 

My Review:

 

Her Silent Bones is the first installment of a new series and this crafty wordsmith has kicked it off with a bang.  Buckle up for a high-voltage and twisted tale with non-stop action, chilling crimes, complex backstories, witty inner musings and observations, and puzzling motives. The unusual cast of characters was varied as well as authentic and realistically and frightfully damaged. I had a hard time putting my Kindle down when my pillow beckoned, but easily fell right back into their dark dilemmas once I resumed my perusal.