A Whisper of Bones: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless Mysteries, 25)

Fans of Jane Lawless new and old will be fascinated by newly minted Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Ellen Harts latest intricate puzzle in A Whisper of Bones. Britt Ickles doesnt remember much from her only visit to her mothers childhood home when she was a kid except for playing with her cousin Timmy and the eruption of a sudden family feud. Thats why when she drops by unannounced after years of silence shes shocked when her aunts tell her Timmy never existed that she must be confusing him with someone else. But Britt cant shake the feeling that Timmy did existand that something horrible has happened to him. Something her aunts want to cover up. Britt hires Jane Lawless hoping the private investigator can figure out what really happened to her cousin. When a fire in the familys garage leads to the discovery of buried bones and one of the aunts dies suddenly and suspiciously Jane cant help but be pulled into the case. Do the bones belong to Timmy? Was the aunts death an accident suicide or homicide? What dark secret has this family been hiding for decades? It all depends on Jane Lawless to unravel.