Hilary and Mark Bradley are trapped in a web of suspicion. Last year, accusations of a torrid affair with a student cost Mark his teaching job and made the young couple outcasts in their remote island town off the Lake Michigan coast. Now a teenage girl is found dead on a deserted beach, and once again, Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt. Hilary Bradley is determined to prove that Mark is innocent, but she's on a lonely, dangerous quest. Even when she discovers that the murdered girl was witness to a horrific crime years earlier, the police are certain she's throwing up a smoke screen to protect her husband. Only a quirky detective named Cab Bolton seems willing to believe Hilary's story. Hilary and Cab soon find that people in this community are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden--and to make sure Mark doesn't get away with murder. With each shocking revelation, even Hilary begins to wonder whether her husband is truly innocent. Freeman's first stand-alone thriller since his Stride novels is a knockout. " The Bone House more than lives up to its evocative title." -- "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" "As tension mounts, Barrett quickens the pace, unfolding a riveting whodunit with a suspenseful narration. A 2012 Audies finalist." -- "AudioFile" "Captivating...A book that presents sufficient twists, turns, and traps to intrigue any devotee of the thriller genre." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "Freeman does a nice cat-and-mouse routine concerning Mark's guilt or innocence, which keeps the suspense high." -- "Booklist" "Freeman is an excellent purveyor of psychological suspense...Freeman expertly links the back stories of the Bones and the Bradleys and keeps the suspense at fever pitch." -- "Daily Mail (London)" "It's one of those books, one that is so good you hate to see it end. The Bone House is being marketed as Freeman's first stand-alone work, but I would be the first to lobby for more Cab Bolton." -- "Bookreporter.com" "Scorching suspense...In this book, [Freeman] has surpassed himself." -- "Minneapolis Star Tribune" "Solid...Well-developed characters and a thrilling climax." -- "Publishers Weekly" Brian Freeman is a New York Times bestselling author of psychological suspense novels including Spilled Blood , winner of the ITW Thriller Award for best novel. Joe Barrett , an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.