Air raid sirens howling. Blood on the headlights. Can one widower solve a murderous puzzle before he becomes roadkill? Cornwall, Great Britain. 1939. Dr. Benjamin Bones can mend everything but his broken heart. As Nazi bombers raid his homeland, the emotionally bruised physician has become numbed by his wife's infidelity and the war-induced loss of his London practice. But his last-ditch attempt to save their marriage turns to horror when he witnesses a roadside collision that claims the life of his spouse... and that he believes is murder. Refusing to let his new cane slow him down, the crash survivor teams up with a prickly divorcée to sniff out the killer from a long line of his former loved one's enemies. But the case threatens to nosedive after the duo encounter ghostly warnings, a power-hungry air warden, and whispers of a second casualty. Can Benjamin find closure and justice before the deadly driver strikes again? Bones in the Blackout is the pulse-pounding first book in the Dr. Benjamin Bones Mystery Series. If you like eccentric characters, budding romance, and small-town sleuthing, then you'll adore Emma Jameson's clever whodunit. Buy Bones in the Blackout to pull back the curtains on the truth today! While adapting to life during Britain's "War at Home," a time of ration books, victory gardens, bomb shelters, and the Blackout, Ben sets about solving the mystery of Penny's murder-with a little help from Lady Juliet and the Fenton House ghost. BONES IN THE BLACKOUT (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #1) is the first of Emma Jameson's romantic wartime mystery series. BONES AT THE MANOR HOUSE is book #2. BONES TAKES A HOLIDAY is book #3. Ms. Jameson is currently at work on the fourth book in the series, BONES BURIED DEEP. Previously published as MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER.
Dive into the perfect blend of mystery, history, romance, and humor with Bones in the Blackout, the first in a series! "The author created a world I wanted to be in, with people I wanted to know." -from Reader Review Step back in time to WW2 England with "Bones in the Blackout," a thrilling mix of mystery, danger, and romance. A must-read for fans of gripping historical fiction that will hook you from the very first page. On Dr. Benjamin Bones's first night in the quaint Cornish village of Birdswing, a shocking hit-and-run leaves him seriously injured and his unfaithful wife dead.
As he recuperates, Lady Juliet, a fiery aristocrat who won't take no for an answer, pulls him into a sl