The Hungry Bones, Sara E. Johnson
The Hungry Bones, Sara E. Johnson
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The Hungry Bones

Author: Sara E. Johnson

Narrator: Sarah Naughton

Unabridged: 10 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2024

Synopsis

Alexa Glock is at a crossroads—personally and professionally. As an American working and living in New Zealand, she's come to love the place with its rugged beauty and warm, friendly people. But there's still so much she wants to learn in her field of forensic odontology, and her professional crush in Scotland has just interviewed her for a position at the University of Edinburgh. To complicate matters, she learns that the man who professes to love her had been unfaithful to his ex-wife. How can Alexa trust that he won't cheat on her as well if she stays? When she's called to the former gold-mining community of Arrowtown to help identify some old bones for repatriation to China, she welcomes the distraction. As often happens when digging up the past, a mystery is unearthed: two additional skeletons are found, one with a hole through its skull, the other with a snapped neck and broken back. As Alexa attempts to open a cold-case investigation of two potential homicides, the local school principal goes missing. Local police recruit Alexa to assist with the case and as she digs in on both sides, the secrets she uncovers make her dangerously unpopular with those who want to keep the past buried—and Alexa along with it.

About Sara E. Johnson

Sara E. Johnson worked as a middle-school reading specialist and local newspaper contributor before her husband lured her to New Zealand for a year. Her first novel, Molten Mud Murder, was the result. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

About Sarah Naughton

Sarah Naughton is an Audie Award–nominated narrator who has recorded titles in a variety of genres, including young adult, mystery, and thriller. Also a renowned actress, singer, and dancer, she is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamele (BookswithJams) on November 05, 2024

Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for the digital copy to review. This is the fifth book in the Alexa Glock series and as I had not read the prior four books, it read absolutely fine as a standalone. I did not have all of the history with the characters but I was up to speed quickly, and I connected we......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on August 29, 2024

I didn't realize going into this that it was the fifth book in this series. Normally, I try to read a series in order, but it really didn't end up being a problem. I caught on to the histories of the characters easily, and I'm interested in reading the first four books. I enjoyed the historical and......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on October 05, 2024

Another riveting Alexa Glock forensic mystery. Sara E. Johnson skillfully weaves suspense, forensic science, New Zealand landscape and culture, a touch of humor, and a touch of romance through the eyes of a complex main character. Alexa is part reluctant hero, part confident scientist, and a complet......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on May 09, 2024

Five stars! Alexa Glock is a forensic odontologist who’s requested to accompany a dig within a small old mining town in New Zealand, paid for by an ancestor in China looking to bring the “hungry bones” of her ancestor home. Alexa’s main goal is to examine the teeth of the deceased, determine the DNA......more

Goodreads review by Erik on September 16, 2024

I thought this one was a little slow in pace for the first 40% or so but then it picks up and doesn't stop till the very end. I was right in it with these characters trying to figure out this crime scene and the details. It felt like I was a part of CSI or something and I was drawing on my knowledge......more

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