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  • Published: 31 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784752323
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $32.99

The Bone Field

(The Bone Field: Book 1): a heart-pounding, white-knuckle-action ride of a thriller from bestselling author Simon Kernick




From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stay Alive, The Final Minute and The Witness, comes the first book in his brand new series. Featuring DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben - The Bone Field is a blood pressure raising thriller: fast-paced, full of thrills, spills and unrelenting action. Perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, this is high energy, action-packed reading that'll keep your heart-rate high and your attention glued to the pages ...

'Hang on tight!' - HARLAN COBEN
'Breathless' - Sunday Times
'An addictive thriller full of gritty details and fast frenetic action.' - Sunday Mirror
'Oh My Days....What. A. Story' -- ***** Reader review
'Hit the ground running, action from word one to the very end' -- ***** Reader review
'Wow - what a fab, action-packed thriller' -- ***** Reader review
'Storytelling at its best' -- ***** Reader review
'Gripping story line where you say to yourself just one more page and I'll go to sleep and before you realise it a couple of hours have passed' -- ***** Reader review
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SOME CRIMES CAN TAKE A LIFETIME TO AVENGE...

1990
A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand. She is never seen again.

2016
Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead.

So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe...

  • Published: 31 July 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784752323
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick is one of Britain’s most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include Siege, Ultimatum, Stay Alive and The Final Minute. He is also the author of the bestselling three-part serial thrillers Dead Man’s Gift and One By One.

Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Counter Terrorism Command and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime.

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Praise for The Bone Field

A NEW TWIST TO A DECADES OLD MYSTERY 1990 A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand. She is never seen again. 2016 Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead. So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe…

from the publisher's description

Hang on tight!

Harlan Coben

A potent cocktail of thrills

Guardian

Keeps the action breakneck

Time Out

Doesn't let up till the very last

Daily Mirror

breathless

Sunday Times

An adrenaline rush of a read.

My Chestnut Reading Tree

The Bone Field is one of those intriguing novels that surreptitiously gets under your skin.’

Jaffa Reads Too

A series? By Simon Kernick? Yes please! [A] powerful, fast moving and intoxicating tale.

Love Reading

An addictive thriller full of gritty details and fast frenetic action.

Sunday Mirror

I want to see where the twist at the end leads to!

The Booktrail

High Energy, action packed reading that’ll keep your heart rate high and your attention glued to the pages … To be able to maintain such a high level of action and suspense is a real skill and Simon Kernick is a master of the thriller.

Damp Pebbles

[A] heart pounding, blood pressure raising thriller … Gird your loins for a fast paced read, full of thrills, spills and unrelenting action

Raven Crime Reads

9/10. When it comes to a white knuckle action ride nobody does it better

Peterborough Telegraph

Judging by the pace, the twists and the turns that energise The Bone Field, it could be a series well worth following

Shots eZine

The only thing that bothers me about that is the long wait until the next book in The Bone Field

Off-The-Shelf Books

This latest thriller demonstrates just how good he has become … Thrilling and twisty, it never lets up

Daily Mail

Bring on the next chapter

Sun

Truly unputdownable. The Bone Field is an intriguing novel that really gets under your skin … This fast-paced book is certain to keep you gripped to the very end

Dorset Echo

The Bone Field by Simon Kernick is dark, thrilling and totally addictive, do not miss it

Dot Scribbles

Truly unputdownable

The Press Association

What a great read, it had me gripped from beginning to end

Mystery People

Fast-paced with a gripping plot, nasty villains and heroes who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, The Bone Field is an action-packed thriller that’ll keep you firmly on the edge of your seat

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