The Bones of the Story

About the book

The intricate locked-room mystery from acclaimed author Carol Goodman, winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award twice, follows a group of former classmates stuck on their college campus - with a killer among them.

Each person's past will slowly unveil the grim truth...

It has been twenty-five years since a young female student vanished without a trace and the renowned Creative Writing professor perished during the search. The community at Briarwood College has never forgotten the tragic duo. Now, the President of the college is uniting faculty, donors, and graduates to pay tribute to the victims of years gone by.

On a chilly December weekend following the end of the fall semester, attendees assemble on the desolate campus for the memorial ceremony. However, as a storm approaches, individuals start to leave, leaving a group of alumni who were the final students mentored by the esteemed professor. Old grievances and competition resurface as they reminisce about the writing assignments they completed as classmates, including eerie horror tales centered on their deepest fears.

With an alumna meeting a fate eerily similar to the story she penned, and another facing a comparable end, they realize that someone is set on avenging the long-unresolved crimes from the past. Will the truth about their actions a quarter-century ago finally come to light? And will any of them survive the weekend to uncover it?