The Bones Will Speak
- Fiction
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2015
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Publisher's Description
A killer with a penchant for torture has taken notice of forensic expert Gwen Marcey... and her daughter. When Gwen Marcey’s dog comes home with a human skull and then leads her to a cabin in the woods near her Montana home, she realizes there’s a serial killer in her community. And when she finds a tortured young girl clinging to life on the cabin floor, she knows this killer is a lunatic. Yet what unsettles Gwen most is that the victim looks uncannily like her daughter. The search for the torturer leads back in time to a neo-Nazi bombing in Washington state—a bombing with only one connection to Montana: Gwen. The group has a race-not-grace model of salvation... and they’ve marked Gwen as a race traitor. When it becomes clear that the killer has a score to settle, Gwen finds herself in a battle against time. She will have to use all of her forensic skills to find the killer before he can carry out his threat to destroy her—and the only family she has left.
Endorsements (5)
“A unique novel of forensics and fanaticism. A good story on timely subjects well told. For me, these are the ingredients of a successful novel today and Carrie Stuart Parks has done just that.”
“Parks’s real-life career as a forensic artist lends remarkable authenticity to her enthralling novel, A Cry from the Dust. Her work is a fresh new voice in suspense, and I became an instant fan. Highly recommended!”
“In A Cry from the Dust, the novel’s courageous protagonist—a forensic artist recovering from cancer—finds herself facing ‘blood atonement’ when she investigates the death of a young woman. This superbly researched mystery, based on actual events, shows what can happen when lack of education is combined with religious fanaticism.”
“Things I loved about A Cry from the Dust: the fascinating and pains-takingly researched historical tapestry into which the story is woven, the frantic but intensely believable arc of events that makes you hold on extra tight, the compelling and flawed heroine who has absolutely no idea she’s the heroine. Part CSI, part Lie to Me, and all relentlessly original, A Cry from the Dust blends rich characters, little-known history, and a dose of conspiracy into a very modern storytelling style. Can’t wait to tear into Gwen Marcey’s next adventure.”
“With a strong heroine and suspense that keeps the pages flipping, A Cry from the Dust is full of twists from the past, secret societies, and a sinister race against the clock. Highly recommend!”
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