In the Bones - (North Country Novel) by Tessa Wegert (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The arrival of a celebrity athlete on a remote peninsula in New York's Thousand Islands unearths dark and deadly buried secrets in this heart-pounding blend of suspense and mystery, the first in the new North Country series--Agatha Christie meets Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley

It's almost summer in Cape Vincent, and as the heat rises, ex-professional ice hockey superstar Mikko Helle arrives, ready to move into his extravagantly renovated waterfront home. Mikko is 30, handsome, and wealthy. He's a stranger in town. There's no reason to suspect Mikko is anything other than he seems.

Local married mother-of-two Nicole Durham works her connections hard to get hired as his cleaner. She needs this job--and not just because of the money. Nicole is desperate to expose a secret, and she's running out of time.

But when Nicole disturbs an intruder while cleaning, New York State Police Investigator Tim Wellington discovers that the luxury mansion is hiding its own unthinkable truth. Deep in the basement lie the bones of a young woman, identity unknown.

The celebrity athlete. The local. The thief. Everyone is hiding something--but someone in the North Country's a ruthless killer, and one of the three knows exactly who it is.

Review Quotes

In the Bones is impossible to stop reading. Wegert is a master plotter. An absolute knockout-- "Stephanie Wrobel, bestselling author of The Hitchcock Hotel"

A chilling and propulsive addition to one of the most bingeable detective series going-- "VANESSA LILLIE, bestselling author of Blood Sisters, on The Coldest Case"

A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans-- "Publishers Weekly"

Luscious prose and non-stop action-- "JULIA BARTZ, New York Times bestselling author of The Writing Retreat, on The Coldest Case"

No one today is writing locked room mysteries like Tessa Wegert - claustrophobic, heart-stopping, twisting like the frozen surface of the St. Lawrence. Put this book on your must-read list-- "JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING, New York Times bestselling author of Hid From Our Eyes, on The Coldest Case"

Taut and compelling . . . Comparisons to Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects and books by Jane Harper and Lucy Foley are warranted-- "FirstCLUE"

Tessa Wegert masterfully blends atmospheric tension with deeply layered character development. Her sharp, evocative prose grips from the first page and never lets go-- "Liv Constantine, New York Times bestselling author"

The piercing family melodrama and all-too-human detective provide deep roots . . . Here's to the promised sequels-- "Kirkus Reviews"

Tight prose, relatable characters, and an edge-of-your-seat mystery that carries the reader all the way to the final page-- "Booklist"

Wegert is a genius at laying out puzzle pieces for readers to put together, while also creating a world of deeply relatable characters. I can't wait for my next visit to the North Country!-- "Mindy Mejia, USA Today bestselling author of To Catch a Storm and A World of Hurt"