The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross

The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross

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On the Caribbean island of Camaho, DC Michael (Digger) Digson and his partner Miss K. Stanislaus are dragged into a world of secrets, disappearances and danger.

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The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross

Secrets can be buried, but bones can speak. When Michael (Digger) Digson is recruited into DS Chilman s new plain clothes squad in the small Caribbean island of Camaho he brings his own mission to discover who amongst a renegade police squad killed his mother in a political demonstration. Sent to London to train in forensics, Digger becomes enmeshed in Chilman s obsession with a cold case the disappearance of a young man whose mother is sure has been murdered.
Jacob Ross has been hailed as a writer of formidable technical range and emotional depth . His novel Pynter Bender was published in September 2008 to much critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize and chosen as one of the British Authors Club s top three Best First Novels (2009). Jacob is also the author of acclaimed short story collections, Song for Simone and A Way to Catch the Dust. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has been a judge of the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize, the Olive Cook, Scott Moncrieff and Tom-Gallon Literary Awards."
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ISBN 13 9781845233358
ISBN 10 1845233352
Title The Bone Readers
Author Jacob Ross
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Year published 2016-09-24
Number of pages 270
Prizes Winner of Jhalak Prize 2017
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