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Below the Bones

Kendra Elliot (2020)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesWidow's Island Novella #
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

Doctor

Synopsis

A Wall Street Journal bestseller. A former FBI special agent must come out of retirement to solve a murder in the fifth novella in the Widow’s Island series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kendra Elliot. Former FBI special agent Cate Wilde is a new bakery and bookstore owner—and retirement is now complete with a doctor boyfriend. Although she struggles with PTSD, the sweet life she’s living is a far cry from the gruesome work she left behind six months ago. But when skeletal remains turn up on Widow’s Island—and the MO of the killer is too familiar to Cate—the dream comes to an abrupt end. What if the case she solved eight years ago isn’t as closed as she thought? Her hometown needs her, and despite her mental health and her boyfriend’s protests, she has no choice but to return to her dangerous past life. Soon Cate is in a desperate race to stop a cold-blooded murderer from killing again, once and for all…only this time, she’ll have so much more to lose.

Tags

Romantic SuspenseMystery ThrillerCrime FictionSmall Town Mystery

Is Below the Bones appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This romantic suspense novella contains murder investigation details, skeletal remains, references to PTSD, and a past serial killer case. Violence is investigative rather than graphic, with mild romantic content.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death, and ptsd (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens who love suspenseful mysteries with a retired FBI agent forced back into action will enjoy the small-town island setting and race-against-time investigation.