The Bone Man

by Vicki Stiefel

Book Overview

When a skull found inside an ancient clay pot turns out to be not only modern, but that of a friend of Tally's, Tally is determined to find out who killed her friend--and how a contemporary skull got... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843959371
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Thrilling

Vicki Stiefel has outdone herself with this Tally Whyte adventure. I have read every one of her books and this one just leaps out as the best yet. The story is masterful with so many twists and turns that once begun, if you can put this page turner down, I will be surprised. I have ready many murder mysteries, including those of Tony Hillerman and The Bone Man, which takes the reader to the cultural and spiritual heart of the American Southwest is my favorite so far. I think that Stiefel has fallen in love with her character and can now write with such vision and excitement that we are lucky to go along for the ride. Brava.

excellent psychological thriller

The founder and head of MGAP (Massachusetts Grief Assistance Program), Tally Whyte has left her job since her foster mother, Massachusetts medical examiner Veda Barrow died. Her replacement Addy Morgridge asks her to come in to see an amazing archeological find. An Anasazi pot with a skull in it was found in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. A forensic archeologist Didi Cravitz reconstructed the skull and the face looks exactly like Delphine who owns the Native Arts. Her assistant Zoe says she is on a on a buying trip and doesn't want to be disturbed. When Tally goes back to see Didi, she finds her dead lying in a pool of blood. Didi used her last seconds of life to write an incomplete message in her blood on the floor. Nobody else sees the writing a male is in the store gets rough with Tally asking where the fetish is. Tally figures out what Didi started to write with her blood. She gets shot at, attacked, and ends up in the hospital. She realizes to find the answers she has to go to Chaco Canyon where she is shot at, attacked and ends up needing medical attention. She refuses to give up her quest at finding out what everyone wants the fetish partly because it is a treasure but mostly because she doesn't know why so many people are willing to kill to get it. This is an amazing thriller with action on almost every page. The paranormal elements fit right into the storyline making it more realistic since Le Pueblo tribes and the Anasazi practice magic. The heroine is strong, independent and sees things nobody else does, things that save her life. She is determined to find out what is going on with the fetish and wouldn't stop even if it puts her in danger. Vicki Stiefel writes a brilliant psychological thriller. Harriet Klausner

The BONE MAN is a jarring read

Vicki Stiefel, in THE BONE MAN, once again has proven she has a unique style of character and plot development, plus a pace of story, that merits a place among today's top mystery writers. This fourth offering in a series, which features Tally Whyte, a homicide counselor based in Boston, takes the reader from Boston to Martha's Vineyard, to the wilds of New Mexico, and into the fabled Chaco Canyon where Native American sprits and modern day dangers collide in a chilling climax. So, if the angst of Patricia Cornwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta has sated your reading palate, if you are tired of vicariously joining Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone to dine on Quarter-pounders with fires, then make room on your reading shelf for a lady whose writing stands shoulder-to-shoulder with these well-known writers. One word of warning is offered. Vicki Stiefel has given new meaning to the word INTENSE.