An intricately plotted thriller full of detail and invention with impeccably realised
settings and characters as monstrous as they are believable. Above all it is a completely
addictive story of two families destroyed by success. Erin Kelly is a genius' JANE CASEY THIS
REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART . . . Summer 2021. Nell has come home at her family's
insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago her father wrote The Golden Bones.
Part picture book part treasure hunt Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore
a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Clues and puzzles in the pages
of The Golden Bones led readers to seven sites where jewels were buried - gold and precious
stones each a different part of a skeleton. One by one the tiny golden bones were dug up
until only Elinore's pelvis remained hidden. The book was a sensation. A community of treasure
hunters called the Bonehunters formed in frenzied competition obsessed to a dangerous degree.
People sold their homes to travel to England and search for Elinore. Marriages broke down as
the quest consumed people. A man died. The book made Frank a rich man. Stalked by fans who
could not tell fantasy from reality his daughter Nell became a recluse. But now the
Churchers must be reunited. The book is being reissued along with a new treasure hunt and a
documentary crew are charting everything that follows. Nell is appalled and terrified. During
the filming Frank finally reveals the whereabouts of the missing golden bone. And then all
hell breaks loose. From the bestselling author of He Said She Said and Watch Her Fall this is
a taut mesmerising novel about a daughter haunted by her father's legacy . . . 'Moody
propulsive and one of the most intriguing set ups I've read in years. Erin Kelly doesn't put a
foot wrong in this atmospheric original thriller' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'A feat of real ambition
and imagination - original suspenseful and with complex characters that spring irresistibly
to life on the page this is Erin Kelly at her finest' LOUISE CANDLISH
