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Author: Debbie Howells
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genres: Crime Fiction, Thriller
Released: 01 July, 2015
ISBN: 9781447276029

The Bones of You

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Synopsis

I have a gardener's inherent belief in the natural order of things. Soft-petalled flowers that go to seed. The resolute passage of the seasons. Swallows that fly thousands of miles to follow the eternal summer. Children who don't die before their parents. A community in shock. When eighteen-year-old Rosie Anderson disappears, the idyllic village where she lived will never be the same again. Local gardener Kate is struck with guilt. She'd come to know Rosie well, and thought she understood her - perhaps better even than Rosie's own mother.A family torn apart.Rosie was beautiful, kind and gentle. She came from a loving family and she had her whole life ahead of her. Who could possibly want to harm her? And why?A keeper of secretsKate is convinced the police are missing something. She's certain that someone in the village knows more than they're letting on. As the investigation deepens, so does Kate's obsession with solving the mystery of what happened to Rosie.

About the author

Debbie Howells

Debbie self-published three commercial women's fiction novels before writing The Bones of You, her first psychological thriller. She now writes full time from her home, in a small West Sussex village where she lives with her family.