The Bone Box

Waterman and Stark, Book 0.5

By: Gregg Olsen

Narrated by: Karen Peakes

If you are eager for more of number-one New York Times best-selling author Gregg Olsen's harrowing and heartrending prose, dig into this thrilling short story that will chill you to the bone....

They call it the Bone Box. A collection of old cases, solved and unsolved, that continue to haunt forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman. None is more disturbing than the first. After two decades, Birdy still remembers the screaming. The blood on the boy's hands. The body of a girl, butchered in the woods.

Birdy's testimony helped put her own cousin behind bars. It was a sacrifice for what she thought was right - but now, 20 years later, she wants to reopen the box. Reexamine the evidence. And rekindle her fears that a killer walked free - and is closer than ever.

Contains mature themes.

©2012 Gregg Olsen (P)2021 Tantor

File Under: Weepy Mystery

This short book was full of pathos. I like Native American settings/characters, especially when the theme of injustice is part of the plot. This one will break your heart.

Subfile: The Injustice!

Excellent mystery novella

This is a hard length for a mystery of this type. All the clues need to be there, but there’s not much room for red herrings. Gregg Olsen balanced it well.

Lots of character backstory in a small package, with a fully developed cold case, and a satisfying ending. Well done!

excellent story but one of the saddest I've read.

very good story, with bit of a surprise twist at the end.
Very sad ending, but we'll worth the listen. Have listened to the first two full length books in the series but they not as good as this one.

Great series beginning!

The story pulled me in right from the beginning and held me there. Interesting and suspenseful. Excellent narrator as well.

If you like True Crime podcasts you’ll like this book

I thought it was a fun and easy listen, the story kept me engaged. Not one of those books that I would listen to over and over again, but good to hear once.