John Lee's Reviews > The Bone Trap

I'm not sure how I would categorize this one or how to write about it.

There was a suspicious death a few years ago which the police have made little headway with. There is an old father who mourns and who wants to know what happened to his son. Then there is a photo of an old skull, like that of a horse but larger with what could have been a place for a single horn. So we could have a cold case murder story with hints of a unicorn skull to which, we add into the mix, a couple of islanders with the gift of second sight. Lets not forget a bit of supernateral too.

All this drops into the lap of disgraced archeaologist who is taken on as a new reporter for Mysterious Scotland, a periodical just prior to its opening edition.

There was so much here that said it wasn't my sort of read and I am not really sure why I picked this one rather that one of the dozens of hand chosen books on my shelf for next read.


I have to say, with not a little surprise, that I was glad I did. It was certainly different and in places even a little thought provoking. The story was well told  and I had good clear puctures of the main characters and the Scottish landscape where it is set.
It has its exciting episodes and a few unanswered questions but all in all,  I enjoyed it. I will add the next in the series to my shelf although as this seems to be about the Loch Ness monster it looks as if that book is moving from fiction to fact for, as we all know, that really does exist, doesn't it?