#Ghoulvember ‘Little Bones’ by N.V Peacock

Wow oh WOW!
I read this book in one sitting because putting it down was just not on my mind.
As soon as I read the synopsis I had that bookworm version of the Spidey Sense tingle and this did not disappoint.
There is so much to this book-not merely a serial killer thriller, oh no, this is the exploration of family legacies, trust and compassion.
Having been abandoned by both parents (one was imprisoned for murdering 11 boys for their bones and the other lost through suicide)Leigh-Ann Hendy has grown up and out of the care system, reinvented herself, found  a job that she is good at,and  has a family and friends.
An outing to visit a psychic, filling in for a friend who is unable go, leads to a terrible set of events where the constant fear of her true identity surfacing comes too close to call.
20 miles away , a boy has gone missing. Mr Bones, Cherrie’s father, is the subject of a podcast which spuriously links the boy to his crimes. It names Cherrie and before she can do anything about it, her own son, Robin, disappears.
Now she has to face her past as the daughter of a serial killer , will anyone stand with her?

Will her relationship withstand this revelation?

And just what has her other half been doing in the extension that he won’t let her see?
So many twists and turns kept coming through this book, Cherrie is NOT the archetypal mother that you see in press conferences, in fact, as she and her partner appeal for the return of Robin, she causes the opposite effect at the first one. The police don’t trust her when they work out who she is, she doesn’t trust them and goes off looking for Robin on her own.
As her circle of trust dwindles, she has to dig deep and find the 8 year old child that she was, the one that the papers nicknamed ‘Little Bones’.
It’s chilling, thrilling and completely unlike any other book I have read this year, I think (and hope) that it will be a massive success!