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Moving into an upmarket new home in Leeds, rising radio star Matt Harper is shocked to find the skeleton of a small child in the attic. His grisly discovery takes him back to the summer of 1969, when he lived with his aunt only a few streets away, reawakening dim, disquieting memories from his childhood. While Detective Charlie Peace heads up the nominal police investigation into the bones, Matt revisits the past in an attempt to solve the mystery himself. Tracking down the other members of show more a gang of local children he'd once belonged to, he gradually unearths a shared secret that has laid buried ever since. Were the bones in the attic the result of a tragic accident, or has time concealed a more sinister truth? 'Exceptionally well-plotted and written with a stylistic modesty that does the story proud' "Literary Review" 'Barnard never disappoints' "The Times" 'Another fine crime novel by the master of the genre' "Irish Times" show lessTags
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Robert Barnard can make characters come alive in a most moving way. The main character in this story is a likable, caring man who is confronted with a mysterious happening that is peripherally connected with his childhood. While the character development is fine and engaging, the plot sags; I skimmed about 100 pages in the middle of the book and didn't feel I had missed anything important; it was just too boring. Barnard's work can be uneven, but it's always worth a taking a chance on it.
Decent no frills mystery. Not Barnard's best, but not his worst by far.
Decent no frills mystery. Not Barnard's best, but not his worst by far.
Decent no frills mystery. Not Barnard's best, but not his worst by far.
Too far fetched
child's bones discovered in attic of recently purchased house leads to examination of long ago childhood summer visit to area
A Charlie Peace Mystery
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- Canonical title
- The Bones in the Attic
- Original title
- The Bones in the Attic
- Original publication date
- 2001
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- 176
- Popularity
- 185,384
- Reviews
- 7
- Rating
- (3.24)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 2
