When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart and set one of them on a dark path. Forty years after the incident on the ice, Ray, a retired college professor, has moved back into his childhood home. Eddie is a retired homicide detective, and Matthew is a successful investment banker. Bobby, who is on disability from his job as a corrections officer at a juvenile detention center, has a secret: the darkness that found him under the ice when he was a kid has made him do terrible things. Following a reunion at Ray’s house, Matthew is found murdered in his car beside the old pond. The killer includes a chilling message that only the three remaining friends would recognize. Could one of their own be a murderer? All the Silent Bones , a tense and disturbing thriller told from alternating perspectives of morally complex characters, explores the lasting impact of childhood trauma and its influence on adult relationships. "Scorsese meets Stephen King in Gregory Funaro's compelling thriller, All the Silent Bones . Spanning decades, this is the heartbreaking and harrowing story of four men forever connected by a shattering incident in their youth. With a finely-drawn, complex cast of characters, All the Silent Bones is an unusual murder mystery—at times, poignant and nostalgic, but also full of twists, turns and delicious suspense. Masterfully written, Funaro's tale of friendship, family and dark secrets is a haunting page-turner."—Kevin O'Brien, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Enemy at Home and Unspeakable. "Funaro knows how to craft a thriller. [His] work scares the s**t out of me!"—J.A. Konrath, best-selling author of the Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Series. "Dark, gritty, heartfelt, and unflinching, Gregory Funaro's All the Silent Bones combines friendship, fear, and the ferocity of the past to great—and unnerving—effect. With ice pick-sharp prose and characters for whom you can't help but care, this is the type of story that has you reading late into the night, questioning everything you know about reality versus memory, good versus evil."—Christa Carmen, Bram Stoker Award-winning & Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of The Daughters of Block Island "All the Silent Bones is a mesmerizing and deeply emotional thriller that masterfully blends psychological suspense with the raw vulnerability of coming-of-age trauma. Gregory Funaro crafts a haunting tale of friendship, memory, and the long reach of childhood wounds. With lyrical prose and an unforgettable cast of characters, the novel explores how the past refuses to stay buried—and how redemption may lie beneath the ice. Both heartbreaking and gripping, this is a story that lingers long after the final page. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects , All the Silent Bones is a chilling triumph of literary suspense."—Joshua Corin, award-winning author of Assume Nothing "I didn't want to put this down! Four childhood friends from a tough neighborhood are bound together with secrets and shared traumas. When they meet again as adults, their lives are again intertwined, pulled and strangled by old secrets, new mysteries—and maybe something else altogether."—Lisa Black, New York Times bestselling author of the Gardiner & Renner series " All the Silent Bones reads like a fever dream of lost innocence and buried secrets. Funaro captures the tremor beneath small-town life with a story that's equal parts nostalgia and unease, with an undeniable sense of menace that will keep readers from getting too comfortable... even as they can't bring themselves to put it down."—Hank Schwaeble, two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Normal for the Spider (Blackstone, 2026) "Perfect for fans of Stephen King's It and C.J. Tudor's The Chalk Man , All the Silent Bones is a thoughtful, chilling, and quietly devastating exploration of how the past never really lets go."—Joline Lim, Reedsy Discovery