Quiet in Her Bones
Book - 2021
"In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac located on the edge of a sprawling forest. My mother vanished ten years ago. So did a quarter of a million dollars in cash. Thief. Bitch. Criminal. Now, she's back. Her bones clothed in scarlet silk. When socialite Nina Rai disappeared without a trace, everyone wrote it off as another trophy wife tired of her wealthy husband. But now her bones have turned up in the shadowed green of the forest that surrounds her elite neighborhood, a haven of privilege and secrets that's housed the same influential families for decades. The rich live here, along with those whose job it is to make their lives easier. And somebody knows what happened to Nina one rainy night ten years ago. Her son, Aarav, heard a chilling scream that night, and he's determined to uncover the ugly truth that lives beneath the moneyed elegance...but no one is ready for the murderous secrets about to crawl out of the dark. Even the dead aren't allowed to break the rules in this cul-de-sac"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
New York : Berkley, [2021]
Copyright Date:
©2021
ISBN:
9780593099100
0593099109
0593099109
Branch Call Number:
F SINGH-N
Characteristics:
374 pages ; 25 cm


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Add a CommentIn this absorbing thriller set in a wealthy Auckland, New Zealand neighborhood. Aarav was a teenager when his mother drove away after a drunken fight with his father. Aarav, struggling with recovery from a car accident has moved back in with his father since the doctors won’t let him live alone. His father has remarried, another girl who he brought back from India. Great periods of time are missing from Aarev’s memory. He suffers from violent angry outbursts. Under the care of a neurologist, an orthopedic surgeon, and a psychiatrist he often thwarts their efforts to help. When the bones of Aarev’s mother are discovered, he is determined to find out who killed her and in doing so discovers a lot about his neighbors and his mother. In his determination, he also uncovers another murder in this wealthy cul de sac. Its an unsettling and somewhat creepy book and when the murders are solved, of course, the red herrings sprinkled throughout the book make the discovery unexpected. The epilogue helps pull all the pieces together and brings closure to Aarev’s misery.