When Mark and Hilary Bradley moved to their dream location on a remote and lovely island town off of Lake Michigan, they never imagined that their lives could take such a troubling turn. Mark is thrown into the middle of scandalous accusations of having a steamy affair with one of his students and no one will believe that it's not true. He's fired from his teaching job under false pretenses of budget cuts, but everyone knows better.

A year later, another teenage girl is found murdered on a Florida beach and, once again, Mark is under suspicion. He and Hilary are visiting the location because of a dance competition that Hilary wants to attend to show support of some past students. Little do they know that evil has followed them to this beautiful vacation spot.

Hilary doesn't believe any of it and is determined to clear Mark's name, which turns out to be much harder than she would have ever anticipated. Too many things to point to Mark's guilt and a still smitten young woman isn't making things any easier. There are too many secrets on their little island and some of them Hilary and Mark have no idea of.

These secrets include the mystery of a long ago fire that burned a house and its occupants to the ground and the madness that led to it. This secret has even deeper and more evil secrets surrounding it. There are certain people that will do anything, even kill, to make sure these are kept buried.

Handsome, wealthy Cab Bolton, a Florida homicide detective, catches the murder case on his turf. He's very tenacious with his job and takes it quite seriously. Mark Bradley is Cab's number one suspect and he's not about to let him just fly back off to the north. As he has no true evidence to hold Mark, he does the next best thing; Cab goes to the little island where Mark and Hilary live to dig even deeper into this man's life. Cab knows a lot about secrets, too. They've been keeping him from having a successful meaningful relationship for years.

Mark and Hilary find that they can't outrun their trouble. They also find that someone is serious about wanting them dead. Yes, there ARE some people that will do whatever it takes to keep secrets buried; even kill.

THE BONE HOUSE has just the right amount of satisfying twists and turns that the reader will never see coming. Brian Freeman knows how to spin a great story and keep his readers on the edge of their seats. I, personally, never miss any of Brian Freeman's books from the time I discovered them. Treat yourself to the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon or a sunny day on the beach.

Book Summary

Hilary and Mark Bradley are trapped in a web of suspicion. Last year, accusations of a torrid affair with a student cost Mark his teaching job and made the young couple into outcasts in their remote island town off the Lake Michigan coast. Now another teenage girl is found dead on a deserted beach. . . and once again, Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt.

Hilary Bradley is determined to prove that Mark is innocent, but she’s on a lonely, dangerous quest. Even when she discovers that the murdered girl was witness to a horrific crime years earlier, the police are certain she’s throwing up a smoke screen to protect her husband. Only a quirky detective named Cab Bolton seems willing to believe Hilary’s story.

Hilary and Cab soon find that people in this community are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden—and to make sure Mark doesn’t get away with murder. And with each shocking revelation, even Hilary begins to wonder whether her husband is truly innocent. Freeman’s first stand-alone thriller since his Stride novels is a knockout.

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