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Gwen Marcy is still on the rebound from her cancer fight and almost losing her life to a psycho killer several months prior. As she struggles to try to get back on her feet with her career as a forensic artist and continues to raise her teenage daughter, she is suddenly thrown into a crime scene practically in her backyard when her dog brings her a skull. A human skull.
And there are more victims. And one has lived to tell about it.
The striking resemblance of the victims to Gwen’s daughter is uncanny and a nightmare to come.
Can Gwen keep her daughter safe, but also help solve the mystery of who is terrorizing and murdering these young victims?
It comes as no surprise that I tore through this book just like I did with the first one, A Cry From The Dust.
Carrie Stuart Parks has done such a fantastic job of creating a character in Gwen Marcy, who is so relatable and absolutely hilarious. I don’t smile/laugh in many stories (at least that I notice), but the humor is catchy with an edge of snark and helps balance out the seriousness and emotional aspects of the murders.
Literally, the only thing that stopped me from a 5 star rating was the “gore” details. While I’m sure a real life murder can be absolutely unimaginably gory, I found that even with me being a nurse I cringed at some details in this story.
I give this book a 4.5 star review. I absolutely love Carrie Stuart Parks’ writing style in the first person as well as her humor found in Gwen. She also write from experience of working as a forensic artist, adding to the validity of her storytelling. I’m literally itching to pick up the third book from the library!
The Bones Will Speak by Carrie Stuart Parks published by Thomas Nelson on August 11, 2015.
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