The Bone Seller

Every bone tells a story. And this one ends in blood.

A gripping new standalone serial killer thriller from the author of The Echo Man and The Killer in Room Five

A museum of the dead

When the skeleton of a human hand is anonymously delivered to Aidan Powell's bone museum in New York, he should call the police. Instead, desperate to save his business, he sells it.

A body in the river

Then a body is pulled from the Hudson – missing its right hand. And when detectives find evidence connecting Aidan to the remains, the hunt is on.

A killer closing in

Someone is sending Aidan a message, piece by piece. And as the bones keep arriving, Aidan must uncover the truth about his family's dark legacy – before he’s next on the list.

Reviews

Praise for Sam Holland

‘Dark, gruesome, twisty, and claustrophobic’ John Marrs, author of The One

‘Fierce, frightening, twisted and addictive’ Chris Whitaker, author of All The Colours of the Dark

‘Scary as hell. Think you’re tough? Pick up this novel and prove it’ A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

'Pitch dark and pitch perfect. This will chill you to the bone' Michael Wood, author of the Matilda Darke series

‘If you like crime that’s dark, twisted, and keeps you up all night, Holland is the author for you’ Jack Jordan, author of Do No Harm

‘Lots of fun in a very nightmarish way’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

‘Breathtakingly original…Ingenious, innovative, irresistible’ MJ Arlidge, author of the DI Helen Grace series

‘Gritty, twisted and paced to perfection’ Tariq Ashkanani, author of Welcome to Cooper

‘A thriller that will keep you up all night’ Jo Furniss, author of All the Little Children

‘A dark and tense twisted thriller that keeps you guessing’ Heidi Perks, author of Now You See Her

‘A gripping psychological thriller with a horror edge’ Callum McSorley, author of Squeaky Clean

'Tense, eery, atmospheric’ GD Wright, author of After the Storm

‘Had me locked in and fully invested from the first page’ Rachel Wolf, author of Five Nights

‘The only time you'll put it down is to make sure that all your doors and windows are locked’ Trevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street

'Nightmarish and twisty with a blood-curdling finale that you won’t see coming' Heidi Amsinck, author of the Jensen Thriller books

'Dark, twisted, creepy and mind-bending' Heather Fitt, author of The Flight

'Will linger long in the memory' Rob Parker, author of the Cam Killick Norfork mysteries

‘Will have you turning pages long into the night’ Emma Styles, author of No Country For Girls

‘Clever, sensitive, brutal but, above all, an exceptional thriller' Graham Bartlett, author of Bad for Good

‘Had me guessing right to the end’ Simon Toyne, author of Dark Objects