A Thousand Bones
Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
The only female detective on Miami PD's homicide division, Joe Frye has memories that haunt her and a past not even her lover, Louis Kincaid, truly knows. It began when Joe was an ambitious rookie cop in a small Michigan town called Echo Bay. The bones found in the woods were the first clue in a string of brutal murders of young women. Plunged into a heated investigation, and caught between a local sheriff and the state police, Joe must face down a predator who has chosen her a worthy opponentor become his next victim.
Winner of the 2008 Anthony Award
Finalist International Thriller Award
"Sizzles with taut suspense and the promise of a tumultuous conclusion. Keen attention to detail and thorough character development get equal billing with scintillating thrills, giving Parrish another top-notch whodunit."
"Crime fiction at its finest. Beautifully written, beautifully imagined and packed with raw power, like an iron fist in a velvet glove."
"High class suspense...stunningly crafted page after page, on the way to a thrilling climax."
"Parrish's suspense skills have never been better, as the increasing tension grips the reader throughout until a conclusion that, like Joe, leads one to question the nature of moral ambiguity."
Sarah Weinman, Baltimore Sun
"A riveting page-turner, I was kept up half the night reading because I just had to know what happened next."
Sandra Ruttan, Spinetingler Magazine