Skin and Bones
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409050018
- Imprint: Preface Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 448
Skin and Bones opens with a startling scene and never slows down and never gives pause ... this is a mystery and a thriller that is satisfying on every level. Rich characters and a plot that grabs hold and won't let go ... This book gave me chills
Jon Jordan, Crimespree
A great read, exciting, assured, fast-paced and utterly scary. Wonderful stuff
Adrian Magson, Shots
A spellbinding thriller ... Quite simply the best book I've read this year
Latest Magazine
Anyone who enjoys crime fiction will welcome this first novel
Scottish Home and Country
As the story progresses, the pace speeds up until the very bloody climax ... A great first crime novel from Tom Bale
Paul Blackburn, Eurocrime
Bale does the kind of spare, muscular prose that's increasingly popular with new practitioners. He gets his set pieces right too, nicely structured with the right degree of intensity. His plotting is clever, especially the late revelation of the killer. Bale deftly hijacks the archetypal English village setting of the golden age of crime writing and infuses it with the violence of an urban thriller
Graeme Blundell, The Australian
Bale keeps us guessing as our heroes edge towards a shocking climax
Guardian
Be prepared to sit up all night reading this one
Book Club Forum
Here is a treat for crime fans. Brighton novelist Tom Bale has produced a gripping contemporary thriller despite setting it largely in a sleepy Sussex village. Pacy and well written ... the deft local references simply add to the horror of the tale
Argus
If you are a fan of thrillers, then this will certainly be up your street. It is a quite a page-turner and one you certainly won't be able to put down
No 1 Magazine
Instantly engaging and terrifying crime thriller ... once you start reading, you won't want to stop. 5 stars
Scarlet
This first time thriller cuts the mustard ... Very readable
Daily Mail