The Bone House

By: Brian Freeman

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Hilary and Mark Bradley are trapped in a web of suspicion. Last year, accusations of a torrid affair with a student cost Mark his teaching job and made the young couple into outcasts in their remote island town off the Lake Michigan coast. Now another teenage girl is found dead on a deserted beach... and once again, Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt.

Hilary Bradley is determined to prove that Mark is innocent, but she’s on a lonely, dangerous quest. Even when she discovers that the murdered girl was witness to a horrific crime years earlier, the police are certain she’s throwing up a smoke screen to protect her husband. Only a quirky detective named Cab Bolton seems willing to believe Hilary’s story.

Hilary and Cab soon find that people in this community are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden - and to make sure Mark doesn’t get away with murder. And with each shocking revelation, even Hilary begins to wonder whether her husband is truly innocent.

Freeman’s first stand-alone thriller since his Stride novels is a knockout.

©2011 Brian Freeman (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Brian Freeman is, quite simply, a first-rate storyteller.” (Nelson DeMille, New York Times best-selling author)

Slow, but good basic plot & characters

I kept thinking “get on with it.” I knew a lot about what had happened before we got to the end. But I did like most of the characters and the narrator was terrific.

Kept me listening

I rarely have time to listen to a book all the way through due to my busy life. I found myself racing to get things done so I could finish this book! There are some graphic sexual descriptions which were not necessary-thus the 4 stars instead of five.

The Bone House

The author is a great story teller,filled with twists and turns suspense murder and surprise. A great book

Interesting and intriguing

There are many twists and it's hard to discern who is the bad guy. Surprises that are logical but still clever! I really enjoyed the characters, story, and presentation.

Suspenseful!!

I'm happy I came across this book.
The author is amazing!! Just when I thought I knew who the killer was bam, I stumble across some new information that makes me question..
It was a nonstop thriller. Very enthralling with all of the characters!!
Loved this book!!

Edge of your seat good!

This is the first book I've read by Brian Freeman and I think I'll read more now. The story was very well-developed with numerous plot lines that kept me guessing about what was going to happen next. The characters were likable and well-developed and the villains were easy to dislike! For me, it's a great story when I think I've got it all figured out and then it takes a completely new turn. That's what happens in this book several times. At first I didn't think I was going to like the narrator's voice, but it grew on me and he was really good speaking in the voices of the different characters.

A Solid Storyteller

This is the second Freeman audiobook I have listened to. Like the first, this one has very solid character development and is a really good, complex story. I will work my way through the rest of them. This book Will keep you entertained!

New favorite author.

This is my second book by Brian Freeman. Both times the end was a complete surprise.

I it you like a good mystery and a new hip

Recovery from surgery was so much better trying to figure out this mystery.... It is easy to get lost in the plot and the lives of the characters ... It's an excellent read for an semi ambulatory day.

Mysteries within a Mystery

As this story unfolds, incidents and attitudes from the past are intertwined with the current investigation of the murder of a troubled teenage girl. It proceeds in an isolated, opinionated community with a sheriff that is sure that he knows the truth about all the local dirt.

A teacher is assumed to be guilty and is treated accordingly. His wife is sure he is innocent and pursues leads to exonerate him. An out of state detective does his own investigation and uncovers local biases. Independently the wife and the detective manage to sort out the truths. There are several story strands and twists that lead to the conclusion. Some are predictable and several are not.

This is a well written and engaging book. It seems low key, but the many subplots pulled me in and kept me guessing.

Joe Barrett is an excellent narrator.