Bone on Bone
Bone on Bone by Julia Keller, published by Thorndike Press on November 7, 2018, is presented in a large print edition, spanning 608 pages. This installment in the Bell Elkins series immerses readers in a contemporary mystery that echoes the timeless struggles of a community grappling with deep-seated issues. After serving three years in prison, Bell returns to Acker’s Gap, where she confronts a complex case involving a local family’s battle with drug addiction, set against the backdrop of her own unresolved personal challenges.
In this narrative, Bell Elkins, now without her job as a prosecutor, partners with former Deputy Jake Oakes, who faces his own trials as a paraplegic. Together with new prosecutor Rhonda Lovejoy, they delve into a case fraught with emotional and moral dilemmas, exploring themes of love, sacrifice, and the harsh realities of life in a town marked by despair. The story unfolds with a focus on the intricate dynamics within families and the community, revealing the lengths to which individuals will go for those they care about.
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The next powerful chapter in Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller’s beloved Bell Elkins series sends readers headlong into the thick of a mystery as young as today’s headlines — but as old as the mountains that hold these lives in a tight grip.
How far would you go for someone you love? Would you die? Would you kill? After a three-year prison sentence, Bell Elkins is back in Acker’s Gap. And she finds herself in the white-hot center of a complicated and deadly case — even as she comes to terms with one last, devastating secret of her own.
A prominent local family has fallen victim to the same sickness that infects the whole region: drug addiction. With mother against father, child against parent, and tensions that lead inexorably to tragedy, they are trapped in a grim, hopeless struggle with nowhere to turn.
Bell has lost her job as prosecutor — but not her affection for her ragtag, hard-luck hometown. Teamed up with former Deputy Jake Oakes, who battles his own demons as he adjusts to life as a paraplegic, and aided by the new prosecutor, Rhonda Lovejoy, Bell tackles a case as poignant as it is perilous, as heartbreaking as it is challenging.
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