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Skin and Bones
- Author
- Tom Bale
- Narrator
- Sofia Engstrand
- Publisher
- Boldwood Books
- Publish Date
- 18 September 2026
- Run Time
- 12 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
A cold January morning. A sleepy Sussex village. A nightmare becomes reality.
Thirty-one-year-old teacher Julia Trent is visiting her late parents' home in the idyllic village of Chilton, when she stumbles into a bloodbath. A deranged young man, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life.
But Julia witnesses a truth far more sinister than a random tragedy: a second, mysterious man in black who’s actions change the course of her life forever.
Miraculously surviving a gunshot wound, Julia wakes up to find that the police have dismissed her version of events. The official verdict declares it the work of a lone madman who took his own life. Case closed.
Refusing to be silenced, Julia teams up with Craig Walker, a former investigative journalist whose father died trying to save her life. Together, they plunge into a deadly conspiracy fuelled by greed and dark family secrets…
In a terrifying game of cat and mouse, Julia and Craig must fight to expose the truth—before the killer finishes the job.
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Details
- Author
- Tom Bale
- Narrator
- Sofia Engstrand
- Duration
- 12 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 September 2026
- ISBN
- 9781806567614
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Boldwood Books
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
A heart-pounding thriller from bestselling author Tom Bale. A must-read for fans of Simon Kernick and Harlan Coben.A cold January morning. A sleepy Sussex village. A nightmare becomes reality.Thirty-one-year-old teacher Julia Trent is visiting her late parents' home in the idyllic village of Chilton, when she stumbles into a bloodbath. A deranged young man, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life.But Julia witnesses a truth far more sinister than a random tragedy: a second, mysterious man in black who’s actions change the course of her life forever.Miraculously surviving a gunshot wound, Julia wakes up to find that the police have dismissed her version of events. The official verdict declares it the work of a lone madman who took his own life. Case closed.Refusing to be silenced, Julia teams up with Craig Walker, a former investigative journalist whose father died trying to save her life. Together, they plunge into a deadly conspiracy fuelled by greed and dark family secrets…In a terrifying game of cat and mouse, Julia and Craig must fight to expose the truth—before the killer finishes the job.
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