Bone by Bone » (Bargain)

Carol O'Connell is the author of ten previous books, nine featuring Kathy Mallory, and the stand-alone Judas Child.

Brothers Oren and Josh disappear into the woods. Only Oren comes out. Twenty years later, the mystery of what happened to Josh is going to be exposed, and somebody is finally sending him home-bone by bone.

The Barnes & Noble Review

Most crime fiction by definition follows a linear pattern. Someone is murdered, usually in the earliest pages. A police detective is dispatched to the scene and asked to investigate, or a private investigator signs on when all leads are exhausted and seemingly all mean streets have been explored. Then comes resolution, with one twist or several, and early-going chaos is transformed into late-blooming order.