The Diabolical Bones, Bella Ellis
The Diabolical Bones, Bella Ellis
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The Diabolical Bones

Author: Bella Ellis

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/16/2021


Synopsis

“Move over, Jane Austen, for the latest literary ladies who snoop in this... lively series debut.”—Kirkus Reviews on The Vanished Bride
 
Haworth Parsonage, February 1846: The Brontë sisters— Anne, Emily, and Charlotte—are busy with their literary pursuits. As they query publishers for their poetry, each sister hopes to write a full-length novel that will thrill the reading public. They’re also hoping for a new case for their fledgling detecting enterprise, Bell Brothers and Company solicitors. On a bitterly cold February evening, their housekeeper Tabby tells them of a grim discovery at Scar Top House, an old farmhouse belonging to the Bradshaw family. A set of bones has been found bricked up in a chimney breast inside the ancient home.
 
Tabby says it's bad doings, and dark omens for all of them. The rattled housekeeper gives them a warning, telling the sisters of a chilling rumour attached to the family. The villagers believe that, on the verge of bankruptcy, Clifton Bradshaw sold his soul to the devil in return for great riches. Does this have anything to do with the bones found in the Bradshaw house? The sisters are intrigued by the story and feel compelled to investigate. But Anne, Emily, and Charlotte soon learn that true evil has set a murderous trap and they've been lured right into it...

About The Author

Bella Ellis is the Brontë-esque pseudonym of an acclaimed author of numerous novels for adults and children. She first visited the former home of the Brontë sisters when she was ten years old. From the moment she stepped over the threshold she was hooked, and she embarked on a lifelong love affair with Charlotte, Emily, and Anne; their life; their literature; and their remarkable legacy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on October 09, 2020

We return to Haworth Parsonage for the much anticipated second book in this series featuring the Bronte sisters. It’s December 1845, extremely cold, there’s snow, ice, frost and wind, it’s chill gripping like a vice on the moors. At Top Withins Hall, after hearing some blood curdling screams, father......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 08, 2020

Second book in the Bronte sister's mystery series and this is equally as good as the first. Having just read the afterword the author has once again wound fact and fiction seamlessly and her love for this family flows on the page. I guessed the 'whodunit' early on in the book but it was the why and......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 04, 2024

Chillingly good! As good as the first book was, The Diabolical Bones was far more what I expected from a series centered around the Brontë sisters as criminal detectors given the era. The deeply Gothic atmosphere filled with intrigue, mystery, and premonition is a pure delight! Secrets abound, and t......more

Goodreads review by Louise on November 05, 2020

Howarth Parsonage, February 1846: The Bronte sisters Anne, Emily and Charlotte are busy with their literary pursuits. They've also hoping for a new case for their fledgling detecting enterprise, Bell Brothers and Company Solicitors. Their housekeeper tells them of a grim discovery at Scar Top House,......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on November 04, 2020

The Diabolical Bones is the sophomore instalment in the Brontë Mysteries series and carries on in the same dark, gritty and atmospheric vein of the opener. Haworth Parsonage, February 1846: The Brontë sisters— Anne, Emily, and Charlotte—are busy with their literary pursuits. As they query publishers......more