The Bone Field - The Bone Field Series Author:Simon Kernick The totally gripping and irresistible new thriller from the best-selling author of Stay Alive, The Final Minute and The Witness. When the bones of a 21-year old woman who went missing without trace in Thailand in 1990, are discovered in the grounds of an old Catholic school in Buckinghamshire, an enduring mystery takes on a whole new twist. He... more »r boyfriend at the time, and the man who reported her missing, Henry Faust, now a middle-aged university lecturer, comes forward with his lawyer and tells DI Ray Mason of the Met?s Homicide Command that he knows what happened to Kitty, and who killed her. So begins a hunt for the truth that will focus on a ruthless crime gang, a rich, dysfunctional family with a terrible past, and a highly ambitious man so cruel and ruthless that he must be brought down at any cost. One vital clue lies 500 miles away in the Bordeaux countryside where 45- year old school teacher, Charlotte Curtis, lives alone after her the death of her partner. But Charlotte is in terrible danger because, even though she doesn?t know it yet, she possesses a single piece of information from 26 years ago that will blow the case wide open. Only two people know how to find her. One is Tina Boyd, a private detective, who was asked by Henry several weeks earlier to track her down, and the other is a man who now wants her dead as quickly as possible. The question is: Which one is going to get to her first?« less