When Noah North calls his daughter Rebecca because he thinks someone is watching him and going through his things, she puts it down to his alcoholism and paranoia. Not shortly afterwards she finds herself back in her home town to bury Noah. The local police say it was suicide, but Rebecca can’t accept that her father really was so desperate, so lonely.

She decides to look into a cold case her father, a former police officer, was asking questions about and quickly finds herself confronting the reasons for leaving twenty years ago.

I love the (wo)man returns to former home town to solve mystery and face old demons trope so much. So, The Dark Bones is totally up my ally.
Rebecca’s home is in Cariboo Country in British Columbia, Canada and the story picks up in January. Everything is so cold, dark and bleak so it’s the perfect set-up for a crime-thriller. I love remote settings, in tiny town where everyone is somehow connected because it heightens the urgency of the plot. It is unclear who can be trusted, which old friend might be hiding a dark secret and if anyone outside of the tight knit community will help if anything happens to the protagonist.

What I really enjoyed was how Rebecca proceeded to investigate her father’s death and how realistic her methodises were. Many times, the characters in similar situations put themselves in unnecessary danger or over-estimate their capabilities. This of course adds to the suspense, but it was refreshing to see a character asking for help and trusting professionals to do their jobs.

The Dark Bones is the second book in the Dark Lure Series, something I only realised a few pages in. The first couple of chapters were difficult to get through because they alluded a lot to things that happened in the first book A Dark Lure. Twenty pages in I was unsure whether to continue and pick up the first book instead. But after having read the blurb for A Dark Lure I had a vague sense of what was going on and as the story progressed it didn’t matter that I had picked up The Dark Bones first. It can be read as a stand-alone.

Seeing as I really enjoyed the town Loreth Anne White described, the characters and the overall setting, I will be picking up the first book too. I’ll know the ending, but I still think I will enjoy it. Why? Because I enjoyed The Dark Bones even with a somewhat weak ending. I was disappointed because the story was leading up to a dramatic ending and what I got just wasn’t it.

But overall The Dark Bones was a solid crime-thriller that I enjoyed a lot and had problems putting down once I got the second half of the book.

Thank you Netgalley, Montlake Romance and Loreth Anne White for an Advance Reader’s Copy in exchange for an honest review.

Loreth Ann White always delivers an outstanding story. Rebecca is forced to return home when her father commits suicide. Or did he? That is the question that haunts her. So goes the mystery that ensues. A thrilling adventure with some surprising twists.

I was given this book for free for an honest review. I must say that I rarely rate a book with five stars but this one surely deserved it. The mystery kept on evolving throughout the book till the very last pages. I could not put the book down. The story between the main characters was a nice one too which was also intertwined in the big murder mystery.

I love mysteries and this book was great!
It kept me turning the pages and guessing to the end. Just wondering if this could be the start of a series?

The Dark Bones (Dark Lure #2) by Loreth Anne White, is a well written, complex story. At times it’s hard to decide who the actual victims are - in my opinion, they all are in some way. None of the characters are perfect; they all have their baggage but have learned to deal with it.

The author jumps from the present to the past and back again to set up the relationships between Ash, Becca, and Whitney. The past holds the key to actual crimes committed. The book is emotional, tugging on the reader’s feelings with trauma, physical abuse, inappropriate behavior, murder, deep & dark secrets, brief mention of rape and second chances.

The cast of characters is a bit large, including a few from the first book A Dark Lure. The primary characters are fully developed, allowing the reader to form opinions on how they play in the overall crimes, as well as likes & dislikes of them. The secondary characters mainly have supporting roles, in the overall storyline and help to tie things together.

I found the first 2/3’s of the book to be a bit slow, with all of the story and character building, even though there were sporadic action-packed scenes. The last third of the book is where all the magic happens; the secrets, reasons, forgiveness, and truth are all laid bare before the reader. I was really surprised by some of the truths, not even thinking they would be part of the story, but the author made it all make sense.

The book has a positive and happy for now ending, with no cliff hanger, but enough out there that it could easily be picked up for another book with many of the main characters from this book. I actually hope that we have an opportunity to see more of Becca, Ash, and Kibu in the future.

I wish to thank the author - Loreth Anne White, the publisher - Montlake Romance; and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader’s Copy for an honest review.

The book will be available in multiple formats on May 21, 2019.

For me this was a four out of five star read.

First time reading a book by this author, and it won't be the last! I did not realize this was a series book, going to go back and read the first installment. Loved the book! Sometimes you just got go follow your gut! Definitely going on my to buy author list! Great read, you will enjoy it.

Detective Rebecca North receives a phone call from her father and hours later discovers he is dead by a gunshot wound to the head. Rebecca’s journey home brings back her past as well as wounds from her first love. Rebecca must discover how her father really died and who she can trust. Once again, Loreth Anne White spins an intriguing tale full of twists and turns mixed with romance.

This the first book by Loreth I have read. She writes in a way that keeps the reader wanting to know more. Her story is about Becca North and her father and a long lost love Ash. The story starts with Rebecca getting a phone call from her drunk father wanting to know why 20 years ago she and Ash lied. He is looking into a cold case and wants to finally solve the mystery of a couple of teenagers disapperance. Before Rebecca can call him back her father is killed so she rushes back to Canada to deal with the lose of her father. This story kept me wanting to read more as I felt like I got to know not just Rebecca and Ash but also Ricky, Olivia and Tori who each have their own backstory and important roles in this book. I look forward to reading more by Loreth if they are like this one

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I didn't realize this was the second book in a series, but I am certainly going back to read the first. These characters are solid. A really great mystery that you just don't see ending the way it did. Unputdownable!

The Dark Bones by Lorreth Anne White is the second book in the Dark Lure series. I read the Dark Lure several years ago and loved it! I was so excited to see a “sequel” of sorts. This book can be read as a stand alone, but I would recommend reading them in order. I feel that it’s more interesting to know the backstory and learn about the characters who are referenced in book two. Detective Rebecca North returns home to Canada after receiving a call telling her that her father is dead. The startling new does not sit well with her, and she starts her own investigation, which leads her to the last person to see her father alive. The storyline is fast paced with many twists along the way and I didn’t want to put it down! It has the perfect amount of mystery and suspense. Every book I had read from this author has been 5 stars! Highly recommend!

I have not read the first book in this series but I must now do so. Secrets, betrayals, relationships, and murder. This story has it all. And romance. The author’s vivid descriptions kept me engaged all the way through. I enjoyed the characters of Becca and Ash and they were so well defined. Thanks to Montlake Romance and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

The start of the book was a bit confusing with the flashbacks, but as the book progressed they worked better. The murderer was not who I suspected. I was so glad when Ash finally told Becca the truth about what had happened to him. It freed them both.

As usual, another amazing book by Loreth Ann White! This book was so hard to put down. It is a follow up story, but is pretty independent in my opinion from the original in a way that you could read this without having to read the first. I love the twists and turns in all of her writing and this book did not let down with the major story line shockers and surprises. Highly recommend everything by Loreth Ann White!

I have never read a book by this author, but after thoroughly enjoying this
suspenseful story I will definitely be looking for more!! The first paragraph pulls you in, as Becca North receives a drunken phone call from her dad while attending a high profile trial in which her cop skills are needed. He has become so paranoid, she says she will call back...which she never gets to do...
A phone call rushes her home, to a small Canadian town, where they say her Dad,a cop for years, killed himself!
Becca can not believe he would ever do that, so decides to stick around and investigate. Bringing her back in touch with Ash, her love from a young age, and all the past happenings come back to haunt them.
The characters are real, they feel like your neighbor or roomate, and the twists at every turn crank up the suspense, horror, even romance...But you never know who is behind the acts discovered, at any point while reading a new 'bad' guy emerges!
A very enjoyable read, a 5 STAR story that I thank Netgalley for introducing me to, and I give my honest thoughts in this review hoping others will grab this chilling adventure!!

This is the first book by the author that I have read, but it won't be the last! I neglected things I should have been doing to finish this in 24 hours! It was a real roller coaster of intrigue and scariness. I would give it 4 1/2 stars if I could, and in my ratings, that's about as good as they get (5 stars being the best of the best of all the books I've ever read). It was very suspenseful and there were several surprises, especially at the end! I really like books that I can't figure out ahead of time! Also, the end didn't just leave you hanging. It was not all tied up with a bow, but there were enough resolutions and enough possibilities to be satisfying. I was given a free copy from Net Galley in return for an honest opinion.

The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White is a fascinating thriller of teenage angst, mystery, horrific murders, and love, finding it’s way back after 20 years.
Strong female lead character and definitely worthy of 5 stars.

This book is the second book in the Dark Lure series. It can be read as a stand alone, but I would recommend reading the first book if you are interested in knowing the backstory on some of the characters.

Detective Rebecca North does something she vowed she would never do, return to her hometown. She returns after receiving the phone call telling her that her father is dead, that he shot himself. She can't believe that he would do that, even when she is being told that he was depressed by the person investigating it. She still can't bring herself to believe it. She starts her own investigation, which lead her to the one person she loved, Ash Haugen. He was the last person to see her father alive and was also the person her father was focusing on in his cold case. She needs Ash's help in solving her father's death, but can she trust him? He lied to her in the past and he is still keeping something from her. There is also evidence that someone was in her father's shed the night he died, a small someone. That evidence leads her to 12 year old Tori, who denies being there that night. What did she see that night that she won't tell anyone about?

I enjoyed this book. It kept you guessing and it make you keep reading to find out what all the secrets are.

Thanks to Netgalley for sending me a copy to review! I've been in a thriller mood recently so when I saw this mysterious cover and read the synopsis, I knew I had to get my hands on it!

Going into this book, I actually wasn't aware that this was a sequel, I didn't get that sense from the synopsis, which was so intriguing to me. I will admit I had some troubles getting into the story into the beginning, I couldn't connect to the characters, and that partly may be due to me not reading the first book, but I thought the story moved slow in the beginning. And the characters, they felt so dry to me. I couldn't find myself completely caring about what happened with the story because the leads were meh.

I will admit, the story did pick up in the second half of the book, and I did find myself compelled to keep reading! Overall, it was a decent story :)

In The Dark Bones, Rebecca never gives up on finding out the truth about her fathers death, with the help of her ex-boyfriend Ash. Old hurts, twists and turns, made it a good read and kept me on edge.

I absolutely love Loreth White’s mystery-suspense books, starting with The Slow Burn. I hope to see more Angie Pallorino too!!

Detective Rebecca North came home to solve the mystery of her father's death . How does his death intertwine with two missing teenagers ? Loreth Anne White has another winner !! Wow ! The writing is so RICH and wonderfully descriptive ! It flows !! Dark secrets , mystery and intrigue ! I loved this book and highly recommend ! Thanks to Loreth Anne White , Montlake Romance and Netgalley for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review ! #Netgalley #MontlakeRomance #TheDarkBones