Bone Rites

"I collected the firstbone when I was twelve. This fact was not mentioned in court... Such a tiny littlebone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe."

Kathryn Darkling, imprisoned in Holloway, is facing death by hanging for her vengeance killing. Haunted by a spirit, she still hopes to perform the ancient black magic that will free her soul, or her struggle to punish the mighty will have been in vain. Will the love of her life come to her aid?

Or can she find a way to escape her fate?

Winner of TheVirginia Prize for Fiction, Bone Rites is a dark, literary tale of love, loss and one woman’s obsessive fightfor justice and redemption within a ruthless world.

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