The Sacred Bones
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781847394941 (1847394949)
Publish date: October 15th 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
I read this book in the days before Easter, and I think that is the perfect time for this novel. A friend of me really liked it and recommended it to me. It sounds all very Dan Brown-like. A mysterious box with bones is found, people are willing to kill to make sure they have it, but for some reas...
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