{"product_id":"skeleton-key","title":"Kelly Erin: The Skeleton Key [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An intricately plotted thriller, full of detail and invention, with impeccably realised settings and characters as monstrous as they are believable. Above all it is a completely addictive story of two families destroyed by success. Erin Kelly is a genius' \u003cb\u003eJANE CASEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS REUNION WILL TEAR A FAMILY APART . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer, 2021.\u003c\/b\u003e Nell has come home at her family's insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago, her father wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bones. \u003c\/i\u003ePart picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Clues and puzzles in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGolden Bones\u003c\/i\u003e led readers to seven sites where jewels were buried - gold and precious stones, each a different part of a skeleton. One by one, the tiny golden bones were dug up until only Elinore's pelvis remained hidden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book was a sensation. A community of treasure hunters called the Bonehunters formed, in frenzied competition, obsessed to a dangerous degree. People sold their homes to travel to England and search for Elinore. Marriages broke down as the quest consumed people. A man died. The book made Frank a rich man. Stalked by fans who could not tell fantasy from reality, his daughter, Nell, became a recluse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now the Churchers must be reunited. The book is being reissued along with a new treasure hunt and a documentary crew are charting everything that follows. Nell is appalled, and terrified. During the filming, Frank finally reveals the whereabouts of the missing golden bone. And then all hell breaks loose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHe Said\/She Said\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWatch Her Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a taut, mesmerising novel about a daughter haunted by her father's legacy . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moody, propulsive, and one of the most intriguing set ups I've read in years. Erin Kelly doesn't put a foot wrong in this atmospheric, original thriller' \u003cb\u003eGILLIAN McALLISTER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A feat of real ambition and imagination - original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page, this is Erin Kelly at her finest' \u003cb\u003eLOUISE CANDLISH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erin Kelly","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46882989474131,"sku":"9781473680920","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":52747616354643,"sku":"XG81473680920","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51104938688851,"sku":"XV81473680920","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/erin-kelly-kelly-erin-the-skeleton-key-2023-paperback-9781473680920-60409495322963.jpg?v=1767959254","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/skeleton-key","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}