{"product_id":"the-bone-queen-a-novel","title":"The Bone Queen: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA ferry ticket is the only clue Jenna has to where her teenage daughter went. Will Shindler follows her to an island village that keeps a vengeful legend very quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA horror thriller and Will Shindler's U.S. debut with Minotaur, following his five DI Alex Finn crime novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReviewed in Booklist, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, published February 3, 2026; 272 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: a missing teenager, deaths and disappearances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle mother Jenna crosses to Athelsea after her daughter Chloe vanishes from their London home, frightened and changed in the two weeks before she went. The villagers mention the Bone Queen, a vengeful woman of local legend, only under their breath, and some would rather the story died out entirely. As Jenna learns who the legend has claimed before, she loses the ability to tell what she imagines from what is really there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Minotaur hardcover suits readers of folk horror and psychological thrillers who like a small community with something to hide. The book does not settle early whether the danger comes from the legend or from Jenna's own fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill Shindler worked for years as a BBC broadcast journalist and spent close to ten years writing and script editing British television drama. His DI Alex Finn crime series runs to five books, beginning with \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Men\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48025481347221,"sku":"NEW-ING-1250393310","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784720357.jpg?v=1789784721","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/the-bone-queen-a-novel","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}