Buried (A Bone Secrets Novel) Paperback – Unabridged, March 26, 2013

This book was amazing. The emotional roller coaster just didn’t stop. I could feel the devastation of the characters throughout along with the fear that never went away. Craftily written

It was gripping and a lot of twists but the motive of the murder was typical, I was like "really? You couldn't pick something more stereotypical. "

Crazy twists and turns kept up all night. One of the best books I read in a very long time.

Twenty years ago, a school bus taking nine children home from a field trip vanished. One child on the bus, Daniel Brody, is the younger brother of Michael Brody. Michael was introduced in Hidden, the first book in the Bone Secrets series. He is intense and spontaneous, as an investigative reporter and as a man. His astute reporting has solved innumerable cases but not the one that matters most, what happened to his brother?Two years after the bus disappeared, the only survivor, Chris Jacobs, emerged from the woods. At thirteen, he was badly beaten, emaciated, and near death, with no memory of the atrocities that he had endured. His only memory about his nightmare is that the Ghostman did it. At 18, Chris goes into hiding out of fear that the Ghostman will find and kill him.The remains of the driver and the children, with one exception, are found on an abandoned farm, eighteen years after Chris Jacobs escaped. The missing child is Daniel. Michael's parents never have recovered from Daniel's disappearance at Michael's emotional expense.While carrying the pain of his dysfunctional relationship with his parents, he vows that he will find out the reason Daniel's remains are not with the other children.Michael's only hope is to find Chris Jacobs and question him about Daniel. Unfortunately, Chris' whereabouts is unknown. Michael's only lead is Chris' sister,Jamie who does not know where her brother lives. She communicates with her brother by leaving voice mails and he calls her back. Jamie has not seen him since he left home.Michael has some leads as to where Chris lives. Michael wants Jamie's help . She cannot fathom just taking off to find her brother until her house is ransacked and she is attacked by a person the police believe may be the Ghostman. Worried that the Ghostman may find her brother, she goes with Michael.During their search for Chris, they discover their mutual attraction. The characters have their issues but are very likable. Jamie and Michael are diametrical opposites. She requires an organized, non-spontaneous life. He is impetuous. Michael quickly decides, nonetheless, that Jamie is the One. Jamie adapts to Michael's lifestyle. But, it takes her a little longer to discover her feelings for him.Unfortunately, as a result of their search, mayhem ensues. Eventually, the motive for the kidnapping and the persons responsible are discovered. The twists along the way are great and very unexpected.The growth of the characters is believable and befitting. They all are able to heal in various degrees,as well, uplifting the reader with the ending.Buried is a somewhat uncomfortable read, at first, since children are involved. However, Kendra Elliot handles a difficult topic about the children with a light pen, not any easy task.Although Buried is the third book in the Bone Secrets series, it is a stand-alone read.I prefer to read books in a series in order. I would definitely recommend the first two books, Hidden and Chilled, respectively.I highly recommend Buried to any reader who genuinely enjoys Romantic Suspense, that is, a balance between the two genres.

This one I enjoyed the most. So much action. Detective Mason was my favorite character. Michael was relentless. Hats off to Kendra.

Well paced mystery with characters from the previous book in the series. Dr. Lacey Campbell is an odontologist, and deals with forensics of teeth. In the previous book, she had a friend who was a boyfriend at one time, but she pushed it back to only friendship, though he secretly hoped for more.The friend, Michael Brody, had a brother two years older than him, who was abducted, along with a bus of fellow school kids almost 20 years before. Two years after the abduction, one of the kids. Chris Jacobs, escaped with no memory of a horrific experience, judging from the wounds, broken bones, burn marks, etc. Michael's brother, Daniel, was never found and, together with the other children, is believed to have been killed.About 5 years after his escape, during which he received multiple surgeries which inadequately fixed broken bones in his face and scars on his skin, Chris doesn't want to be the focus of attention. Other kids would stare at his face in school, reporters hounded him. He decided to leave home and moved away, leaving only a phone number for himself to be contacted and no address.A site was now discovered in the present time, and the bodies of all the school children were found buried with evidence of grisly torture by a sadist. Michael is hoping that his brother's remains would show up to at least give the family closure, but his brother's are the only remains that are not found. A manhunt is started to try to find the person who killed all of those kids and Michael, who is a reporter and has connections that assist him in getting information, decides to try to locate Chris to see if he could remember something of the time he was abducted so that they could locate the killer.Michael ends up locating Chris' sister, Jamie Jacobs, who at this point, lost both of her parents and is the only surviving relative of Chris. There is an attraction between Michael and Jamie as Michael convinces her to help him. While she is still wavering, her house is broken into and she walks in on the perpetrator, who admits that he's the one who killed all those kids on the bus and wants information from her to help him find her brother Chris. She realizes that if he takes her, she'll never come back alive, so she manages to fight him off, but that incident convinces the police and Michael that they have to go out and locate the madman who did this and find out why this person is after Chris.There are a lot of twists to the story, as they try to find out who the killer is and why he did what he did. Fast paced and holds your interest to the end. There are writers with better command of dialogue, but otherwise, very good.

Wow was all that came to mind for this review! Just wow! So many shocking surprises! And to be able to love these characters, she just draws you right in to their lives. Fantastic storyline!