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Lies in Bone

By: Natalie Symons
Narrated by: Tawny Platis
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Told by a tart-tongued young woman with a love of Bruce Springsteen, Lies in Bone is at once a mystery and a coming-of-age tale fueled by dark secrets involving love, murder, and the truths worth lying for.

On Halloween 1963, 11-year-old Chuck Coolidge and his brother, Danny, are lost in a toxic smog covering the steel town of Slippery Elm, Pennsylvania. When the smog lifts, half the town is sick, and 20 people are dead. And Danny is missing. Now, more than 20 years later, Chuck's teenage daughter, Frank, plots her escape from this "busted and disgusted" town.

When a murdered child is found in the river, investigators link the crime to the disappearance of Danny in '63, and Frank's life is turned upside down. In the face of her worst fears, she must uncover her family's dark past if she wants to keep her sister, Boots, from the hands of the state.

As she discovers the unimaginable truth about Danny's disappearance, Lies in Bone culminates in a shocking 11th-hour reveal and an emotionally charged finale.

©2021 Natalie Symons (P)2022 Natalie Symons Coming of Age Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Disappearance
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There are soo many twists and turns I was waiting with baited breath the whole time. I couldn’t put down. When you think you know, you don’t. THAT ENDING! I loved the story, so well written & the narration was top class! Congratulations to all involved

This needs to be a tv show

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Take off them shoes! A winding tale that ends satisfyingly. The author didn't succumb to the temptation of several books I've read recently where the killer turned out to be someone barely involved in the periphery as some sort of "twist" ending. This one all made sense in the end. There were some things that I couldn't entirely wrap my head around, such as the relationship our protagonist ends up in and I would have liked to see a callback to Ray's money getting paid back, but neither of these is big enough to distract from the heart of the story. A story well worth your time and the performance brings to life the different characters with an ease that enhances the story, and made the different personalities and quirks shine through. I loved it and consider it more than worthy of the 5 stars

Engrossing and engaging

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