'Kirstyn McDermot's powerful writing fully immerses the reader in an environment of increasing unease and tension, then plunges into scenes so chilling I had to wait till morning to finish. McDermot is an exceptional story-teller, leaving you shivering with a creeping sense of dread.' Jo Dixon, author of The Disappearing Act

'A masterfully atmospheric descent into the haunted borderlands between past and present, this is a richly textured story of how home can become the most haunted place of all.' Kimberley Freeman, author of The Secret Year of Zara Holt

'A skilfully woven tapestry of grief and memory, of what's been - and might yet be - lost. McDermott's latest is a rather brilliant specimen of Australian Gothic, a tale of haunting, tenderness and the possibilities of redemption. Masterful.' A.G. Slatter, author of A Forest, Darkly

'A stark, disturbing, beautiful novel that explores families, retribution, guilt, and consequence. The ending broke me in a good way and the story in between held me tight.' Kaaron Warren, author of The Underhistory

A superbly crafted and compulsive tale that's as intense and meaningful as it is extraordinarily unsettling. Original and haunting, it explores the capriciousness of memories, the fragility of relationships, and how the past refuses to be contained in the safe shadows of time. I couldn't tear myself away from this sensational story. I didn't dare...' Karen Brooks, author of The Whisky Widow

'With tension that rises like fog, What the Bones Know is a chilling and beautiful haunt of a novel by Australia's very finest teller of dark tales.' Lisa Hannett, author of Yet She Lives