The Unquiet Bones

A Novel

By: Loreth Anne White

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

A shocking discovery of human bones reopens an almost fifty-year-old cold case—and rips apart the lives of a group of friends—in a riveting novel by Loreth Anne White, the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary.

When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen.

Homicide detective Jane Munro—pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life—hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl’s family. But for a group of Annalise’s old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago.

The friends are now highly respected, affluent members of their communities, and none of them ever expected the dark chapter in their past to resurface. But as Jane and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Quinn peel back the layers of secrets, the group begins to fracture. Will one cave? Will they turn on each other?

The investigation takes a sharp turn when Jane discovers a second body—that of the boy long blamed for Annalise’s disappearance. As the bones tell their story, the group learns just how far each will go to guard their own truth.

©2024 by Cheakamus House Publishing. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Fans of Louise Penny should try this gripping story from White that combines the best elements of a cold-case investigation with a well-developed suspense novel.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“[A] thought-provoking cold-case mystery.”—Manhattan Book Review

“A deftly crafted and simply riveting read from fist page to last…”—Midwest Book Review

Narrator is a distraction

Normally the narrator is something I can rise above if the story is good enough, I soon become lost in the story instead of being critical. It was not the case for this book. The accents were painful. I found myself distracted from what they're saying. also, if you are not a fan of police procedure then you won't like this. Lots of detail that I found dragged on and on. The story itself was decent, although I was not surprised by anything.

This story kept me guessing and boom just throws you into another direction!

The plot kept me intrigued from beginning to end! Cold cases have always caught my interest and excited that with today’s technology that we can find the truth. This story does that so well!
I highly recommend this book! And I look forward to reading more by this author!

A lot going on!

I liked the narration and the build up to the conclusion of this story, A lot of characters to keep up with. The build up was well done but the conclusion felt rushed and had a lot happened in the last 10 minutes of the story, I felt it took away from the overall buildup and mystery of the crime.

Good Story…

The author has a tendency to do multiple comma lists of things or activities/actions that is sometimes tedious, and I didn’t love the narrator, but it was a good story overall.

Captivating Read

I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book all the way through! It kept my interest, and there were a lot of twists in it. 

Characters and suspense.

Interesting, fully dimensional characters and story. The story was believable, even if it emphasized stereotypical teen group behavior.

The storyline was great.

It had a great plot with building anticipation and an unexpected twist. Masterfully built complex characters over a fifty-year span of time.

Good narration

Good story. Kept you guessing till the very end! Lots of characters and twists and turns.

A MUST read

I highly recommend. Well-written and suspenseful. The resolution could not be guessed in as advance.

Didn’t drag

Moved well kept a good pace interesting twist at the end. Took a bit to see how that coming