Fish, Blood and Bone - by Leslie Forbes (Paperback)

About the Book

When Claire Fleetwood--an American forensic photographer--inherits a large house in London, she imagines it will be a slice of the English dream. But after the brutal murder of her best friend, her search to find the killer takes her across two continents.

Book Synopsis

Three families across two centuries. A shared history of love and murder.And one woman's passion for life and obsession with death. . .

Expatriate Claire Fleetwood is a forensic photographer adept at turning the bones of the dead into silvery, telling shadows. When she inherits an estate situated in London's East End, Claire finally feels rooted. Then one morning a friend is murdered beyond the walls of her garden--a crime that unnerves her, intrigues her, and compels her to unravel not only the mysteries of the victim's past but her own past as well. It's a journey that takes Claire to the India of her forebears, to a hidden paradise between Bhutan and Tibet, and to a secret history that reverberates through time, through blood, through a lineage of forbidden pleasures and harrowing implications.

A sensuous and revealing thriller like no other, Fish, Blood and Bone is an intoxicating reflection on the consequences of the past, of unearthed skeletons and family sins, played out against the most exotic landscapes on earth--and the most unsettling corners of the imagination.

Review Quotes

"Beguiling entertainment."
--The Washington Post

"Gripping from the outset...a dizzying tale of murder and family mystery."
--Publishers Weekly

"FORBES' dense, descriptive prose creates a fecund atmosphere perfect for the unraveling of long-kept secrets."
--Harper's Magazine

"An intelligent, breathlessly paced thriller...a cracking good read."
--Time Out New York

About the Author

Leslie Forbes is the author of four award-winning travel books and the internationally bestselling novels Bombay Ice, a Sunday Times bestseller, and Fish, Blood & Bone, which was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in London.