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The Bone Hunters

The spellbinding novel for fans of THE ESSEX SERPENT and AMMONITE
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'One to savour and re-read again and again' LIZ HYDER ___________________ THE MONSTER THEY SEEK MAY NOT BE THE ONE THEY FIND The Bone Hunters has cemented Joanne Burn's place as one of my favourite writers' SONIA VELTON 'I've never met a character in literature quite... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Essex Serpent meets Ammonite in this compulsive tale of ambition, obsession and one woman's struggle for acceptance

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'One to savour and re-read again and again' LIZ HYDER

___________________

THE MONSTER THEY SEEK MAY NOT BE THE ONE THEY FIND

The Bone Hunters has cemented Joanne Burn's place as one of my favourite writers' SONIA VELTON

'I've never met a character in literature quite like Ada' ANNIE GARTHWAITE

___________________

1824, and Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. When twenty-four-year-old Ada Winters - poor, peculiar and brilliant - uncovers a set of unusual fossils on the cliffs, she believes she has found the answer to her scientific frustrations and her family's financial struggles.

Meanwhile, Doctor Edwin Moyle has come to Dorset in search of the discovery that will place him amongst the greatest geologists of the age. What he finds instead is a strange young woman who seems to hold the key to everything he seeks.

But what is the creature that Ada and Edwin seek to unearth? And will it be their means to greatness, or destruction?

___________________

'A haunting and vivid pageturner' CAROLINE LEA

'Joanne Burn, I salute you, for this is something truly special' Reader Review (5 stars)

'Extraordinary. I fell in love with Ada from the very first page' ELIZABETH LEE

'Outstandingly well written' Reader Review (5 stars)

'A gripping page turner with a gloriously staunch heroine at its heart' DAILY MAIL

'Definitely the best book I've read this year' Reader Review (5 stars)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408726501

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sphere

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Joanne Burn was born in Northampton in 1973, and now lives in the Peak District where she works as a writing coach. She is the author of two previous novels, Petals and Stones and The Hemlock Cure.

She can found on Instagram at @joanne.burn and at www.joanneburn.com

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