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Horror

When the Bones Sing

by Ginny Myers Sain
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Description

A new southern gothic supernatural thriller about a teen girl in a small Ozark town who can hear the bones of the dead. The past three years have been tough for Lucifer's Creek, Arkansas, a small town quietly tucked away in the Ozark mountains. More than two dozen people have disappeared on the local hiking trails; there one moment, gone the next, not a trace left behind, until their buried bodies are discovered. 17-year-old Dovie doesn't believe in magic even though she comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of the dead sing, and for the past few years the bones have been crooning nonstop, calling out to Dovie to dig them up. Some of the old-timers believe that it's the monstrous Ozarks howler snatching people off the Aux Arc Trail. Well Dovie doesn't believe in the howler, and she doesn't believe her best friend Lo when he tells her he is being haunted by dark shadows. All she believes in is her talent that guides the local sheriff to the bones when they begin their song, then reuniting the dead with their families to give them some peace. Lo doesn't know peace, though. The shadows follow him everywhere. He soon learns they're the murdered hikers and they want answers. But the truth of their deaths isn't buried with their bones; it's hidden somewhere deep in the hills. And Lo and Dovie must unearth it before anyone else is killed.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatPacifist/Social
HorrorChilling
SpiceWholesome/Clean
ProfanityMild

Details

First published
March 4, 2025
Pages
318
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Farshore
Language
English
ISBN
9780008626723
Series
Standalone

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