The Bone Seeker
04 June 2015Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
The third novel in the hugely compelling Edie Kiglatuk series, set in the Artic's long summer nights.
Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year.
A missing girl. A dark betrayal.
Summer in the High Arctic. When young Inuit Martha Salliaq goes missing from her settlement, her teacher, ex Polar Bear Hunter Edie Kiglatuk enlists her police...
Details
04 June 2015352 pages
9781447220046Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Wrap up warmly. Melanie McGrath's earlier Arctic-set novels were non-pareil in their freshness, and The Bone Seeker, the latest investigation for her female Inuit hunter/sleuth Edie Kiglatuk, is her best yet. There is an astonishing evocation of the frigid landscape here, along with the sharply conjured details of Inuit life.Financial Times
Filled with cultural tensions, gorgeous Arctic scenery and pulsing suspense.Booklist starred review
McGrath effectively evokes the spare Arctic landscape and brings life to the people who have inhabited it for generations.Publishers Weekly
The chills McGrath's third Edie entry sends down your spine will rival those brought on by any Nunavut winter.Starred Kirkus review
