Message in the Bones

Messages of Murder, Book 1

By: Dawn Merriman

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Gina Rogers

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

I am not a freak, although many people call me that. The night my father was murdered and I was left for dead, I awoke with the ability to "sense" things. Touching things can give me visions, sometimes horrifying, murderous ones.

The bones of a murdered woman are unearthed and our safe small town is shaken to its core. Her killer was good at hiding the truth and after decades in the ground, any clues are gone—her murder a complete mystery. The only clues are the ones I can see.

My brother was recently promoted to head detective. With no other clues, you think he'd be thrilled to have my help, but he'd rather pretend I don't exist than use my gifts. Thank heavens, his handsome partner doesn't agree and calls me in.

Although I'm terrified to touch her, the mysterious skeleton has a story that needs to be told. When I grip the bones, I live through her murder. The message I see changes me—changes everything.

The only person who believes me is the one man who knows the truth of my visions—the killer. He's desperate to keep his secrets buried. Now he hunts a new prey—me. I don't need psychic powers to know he's right behind me—closing in—about to strike.

©2019 Dawn Merriman (P)2023 Tantor

Great read.

Loved it. Kept me hooked from the very beginning all the way to the end. I am looking forward to reading the rest in the series.

Enjoyable light mystery

I picked this up on sale and found the story interesting. I've definitely listened to better mysteries but this was decent, it kept my attention to listen to the entire book.

The Touch

A mystery that holds your attention and leads you you a spectacular adventure. When a killer can be caught by using a gift from God you know it’s a hood read. Enjoy

Book 1 Messages of Murder

I stumbled across this series after listening to Kay Hooper's, Bishop Special Crimes because I was looking for more books along the same lines.
I like the fact that the series is not overly gory and main character is flawed and still uses her gift to help people.
Loved the story line, loved the flawed characters, terrific writing and narration, but I could really use less preaching on the biblical side.

Message in the bones

Great book. The Characters were well developed and I was hooked from the first chapter!

Heroine makes poor decisions

I enjoyed this book, with a few caveats…it seems to be geared towards a younger audience, don’t expect too much maturity in your heroine, Some of her decisions are pretty poor, such as knowing a killer is stalking her, but insisting on going alone into a dark cornfield, or going jogging alone at night with headphones. Those decisions are frustrating for me as a mature reader, but maybe not for everyone. That said, it was still a fairly interesting read, though short, and since I really want to know what happened to her father I’ll read the next book. The switch in narrators works mostly, it’s always nice to have a male and female do the roles.

Kept Me Guessing

I enjoyed the way the story developed. it kept my interest and I felt for Gabby and her dealing with her gift. I also liked the little tease at the end, which makes me want to read more. The narrator was pleasant to listen to and I was able to differentiate the voices. Good job.

It has its good points but overall was a let down

I love listening to audiobooks on road-trips and was excited to hear this murder mystery but overall was disappointed.