Title: The Unquiet Bones
Author: Loreth Anne White
Genre: thriller
Thank you, NetGalley, for this book.
I’m a fan of White’s and have read several of her books including Beneath Devil’s Bridge, A Dark Lure, In the Dark, and The Lucky Ones, and am always excited to read a new one. However, this one fell flat for me. The main character and plot were fine, but this book had way too much going on in the background that was totally unnecessary.
As a book editor, I always suggest that characters move the plot forward and consolidate characters when possible. This book had so many characters and some of them had nicknames that were not at all needed. The main character had a backstory that was fine, but then there was this random character who was thrown in as a previous love interest that served no purpose. The plot is about a murder and who did it, which is nothing new, but the plot twist at the end was ridiculous and felt shoe-horned in. I’m not going to give up on White, but this one didn’t work for me.
Pleasant Nights 