A university student is murdered and attached to her body is a letter from her killer, detailing a famous unethical psychological experiment; an experiment that the killer had replicated on the victim, resulting in her death. Detectives Murphy and Rossi initially dismiss the letter as a bid to throw them off the scent-until more bodies are found, each with their own letter attached. The detectives realize they’re chasing a killer who doesn’t just want his victims’ bodies, but their minds as well. As they rush to prevent any more deaths, they are forced to delve into the darkest channels of psychological research in an attempt to understand the motives of the madman.

The Bone Keeper will corrupt your days and shatter your nights’ Val McDermid `A dark and brilliant thriller from a writer who just gets better and better. The Bone Keeper is tense, chilling and HUGELY scary’ Mark Billingham `Luca Veste proves you don’t need to go to the Bayou or the Everglades to find something terrifying in the deep, dark woods. Sometimes evil is lurking just around the corner. An entertainingly nasty piece of work’ Christopher Brookmyre What if the figure that haunted your nightmares as child, the myth of the man in the woods, was real? He’ll slice your flesh. Your bones he’ll keep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find to the supposed home of The Bone Keeper. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets of Liverpool, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the Bone Keeper. Investigating officer DC Louise Henderson must convince sceptical colleagues that this urban myth might be flesh and blood. But when a body is unearthed in the woodland the woman has fled from, the case takes on a much darker tone. The disappeared have been found. And their killer is watching every move the police make. `Candyman meets The Silence of the Lambs’ Eva Dolan `Possibly the finest serial killer novel since Red Dragon’ Steve Cavanagh `A chillingcrime read. Full of tension and with a sinister undercurrent, it will definitely get under your skin’ Bibliophile bookclub `A sinuous and compelling tale of the power of a monstrous past, with a real sense of evil and the insidious influence of urban myth’ Ramsey Campbell ‘A chilling twist on a modern day myth this story had me hooked: eerie, terrifying and masterfully suspenseful’ Stephanie Marland `Absolutely chilling. Don’t read it at night, but make sure you do read it’ Jenny Blackhurst ‘Terrifying, gasp-out-loud, totally compelling and twisted… I loved it!” Miranda Dickinson ‘Seriously creepy with a killer twist – Luca Veste goes from strength to strength’ Mark Edwards `Creepy and compelling. The serial killer thriller of the year’Mason Cross ‘Urban legend meets serial killer thriller – a terrifying book that walks the line between crime and horror, not unlike Thomas Harris’s best work’ Stuart Neville ‘The Bone Keeper is everything you want in a killer thriller. Creepy, addictive and guaranteed to make you think twice before walking into the woods. Perfectly terrifying’ Amanda Jennings `One to watch for 2018. A terrific and terrifying serial killer thriller that will keep you up all night – you’ll be gripped by the storyline and too scared to go to sleep’ Daily Record

It was supposed to be our last weekend away as friends, before marriage and respectability beckoned. But what
happened that Saturday changed everything.
We killed a stranger and covered it up.
In the middle of the night, someone died.
We didn’t know our victim was a serial killer.
The six of us promised one another we would not tell anyone about the body we buried.
But now the pact has been broken.
We don’t think he was working alone.
And the killing has started again …

The day she died was only the beginning …

Sam Cooper is on the verge of a happy life–a true feat after his disastrous childhood. Sam’s mother, Laurie, died tragically and his father was torn apart by grief. But now after years of silence, Sam’s father makes a shocking confession on his deathbed.

Who was Laurie Cooper? What happens when you discover you’ve been lied to for twenty-five years? Sam is determined to find out, but someone wants to silence the truth forever. Following a trail from London to Connecticut, Sam will have to uncover exactly what his mother did and why–no matter the cost.