Book 8 in the Katie Scott series!!! I absolutely love this series honestly I am so hooked I'm glad I came across in a few months ago I haven't looked back!

With a new murder taking place along side a fire Katie and her team are straight on the scene. There's no obvious reason for the murder of this family. However as the investigation continues it becomes clear there's more to the story than we find the bones of two children in the garden. What other skeletons are this family hiding.

Honestly this was gripping from start to finish I read through this on one evening, it was such a page turner I couldn't put it down! Fire's, bones and murders what more can a crime junkie ask for!! I honestly can't say enough about Jennifer Chase and her writing skills! I had no idea who the killer was and with someone following Katie the main question was is her life in danger!

As usual the prose was done so incredibly well and there truly is a talent to how Chase writes!!! The continued character building is what keeps me tied to the series. Along side the police procedure, wr get to go on a great journey with Katie and he team!

5 stars 🌟 highly recommended this and the entire series give yourself a week of pure reading bliss!!

Three Small Bones just upped the thrill to a new level with its suspenseful plot! I just loved this installment of the Katie Scott series. I've followed this series from book one and have grown pretty fond of the main - recurring characters. This page turner was well plotted & I just can't get over the fact of how the twists had me so nervous for Katie all the time. This was definitely a unique case and I have loved it if there were more chapters on the flashbacks regarding Sara Simms and also some more detail into the why after the who was revealed. After the plot & characters what interests me a lot is the psychology of the criminal. But I can forgive because I enjoyed this book so much! Nonetheless, this was a banger of a book & definitely took the thrill up a notch. I can't wait to meet Katie & Gav in the next book!
Thank you Netgalley, Bookouture & Jennifer Chase for an arc?

A fantastic Kate Scott story full of twists and turns, it had me hooked. I look forward to reading more

Eighth book in this series featuring Detective Katy Scott. Full of twists and turns this intriguing story ,with believable characters,will keep you hooked.

The eighth book in this series and as good as the first
A book you won’t be able to put down
Will have you hooked from the first page to the last
Thanks NetGalley

An entertaining read filled with twists and turns.. Loved the fact that there is a dog in this series. I read this as a standalone even though this is book number 8 in the series. I couldnt put this book down and highly recommend.

This was my first book in the series. While it can be read as a stand alone, it made me want to go back to the start (which I did and read the first 7 books in one week). I highly recommend the series. The main characters are flawed and feel genuine in a way that many of this genre don’t. Katie has ptsd and anxiety but it feels like a genuine insight into her character and not just a plot device. The mystery was engaging and I was kept on the edge of my seat. I kept guessing and re-guessing which is the mark of a skilful author. I recommend to fans of Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh.
Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I can’t wait to read future books in the series.

Now I absolutely LOVE the Detective Katie Scott series. I've always found them compelling, hugely gripping and totally unputdownable so I was super excited to recieve this one in my inbox.

Book #7 Silent Little Angel's was by far my favourite so I couldn't wait to get to grips with the next installment and dived straight in, ignoring life in general (sorry family).

Now whilst as expected I was hooked from the get go, for some reason I didn't find this one as shocking as the previous books and in all honesty it was predictable in places :(

Three small bones are found are found in the debris of a basement burned down in a house fire. On investigation the bones of two other bodies are discovered ... the more they dog, the more are uncovered. It seems that a whole family have been buried in the basement.. the question is who are they and Why?

Detective Katie Scott is tasked with finding out what happened. Add a dodgy construction company, strange landlord and a 25 year old cold case to the mix and what to you get... confusion!

There are so many clues but zero suspects, Detective Scott doesn't have any idea what her teams next steps are and when they start getting attacked its obvious that someone is trying to halt the investigation.

This would have been a 5* if it wasn't for the slight predictability and ending. After the amazing build up and suspense the ending felt like an anti climax sadly.

Huge thanks to netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

Excellent addition to the series. When three small bones are found at the scene of a house fire Katie is called in to investigate, but the case takes a terrifying turn when everyone involved seems to be a target.
Great fast paced plot with a brilliant nail biting ending

This is the eighth book in the series featuring Detective Katie Scott and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Katie and her partner Sean are called out when bones are discovered. Katie’s fiancé Chad is a fire officer and he came across the bones when he was called out to a house fire. On investigation Katie and Sean discover two decayed bodies buried with the new bones. Katie ends up working with Chad as he is an arson investigator and she and Sean run the cold case department. But when members of the investigating team become targets it becomes clear that the killer doesn’t want his secrets to be revealed so no one is safe. This was a fascinating case as two murders that took place years apart become connected so Katie’s cold case mixes with the present day investigation. This was a very fast paced story that had me gripped. I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I was a bit disappointed with this book. I thought the plot was a bit convoluted and there were too many characters. At one point I wondered if characters were being introduced just so they could be killed. The last few chapters are probably what saved the book for me. Here at last was some of the nailbiting tension I usually associate with this series. I was left a little confused at the end but without spoiling the book for other readers I can't really say what it is. Maybe it will be explained in a later book.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

Three Small Bones is the 8th book in the excellent and compelling Detective Katie Scott series. It is a fantastic series, but you could pick this book up and read it on its own even without reading the other books. I love this series and look forward to each book. Three Small Bones finds Katie fixing up her home as her fiancé Chad wants them to pick out a new home together and sell this one. Katie has mixed feelings over selling her childhood home, but is busy painting and improving it. Cisco, her trusty German shepherd, is by her side and helping out with his amazing training that he learned in the military.

Katie is called to a scene that started out as a house fire, but then bones were found. Katie and her partner work tirelessly to uncover what happened here. Was the fire set to cover the bodies found buried in the basement? Who did this and why? Another body is found in the backyard. Is it related even though the bones are much older? This book will keep you guessing and flipping pages faster and faster as you read on. I've read a lot of good mysteries and this rates up with the very best. As the investigation continues it seems that someone is trying to kill everyone working on the case! It gets too close to home with one of the murders and everyone is shaken. Will Katie, Cisco, Chad, and McGaven all make it out alive? Will they solve the case before anyone else is murdered?

Do yourself a favor and read this book as soon as possible. I was so stressed at the end as the suspense is unbelievable! Jennifer Chase does an amazing job with character development and a suspenseful story. You won't be able to put this one down. I'd like to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of Three Small Bones in exchange for a fair review. #ThreeSmallBones

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this novel. I encourage you to check this one out! Really solid read. Part of a series!

I love Katie Scott - and Cisco, and was so excited when this came out.
It was an interesting read - but I have to admit it was harder to read than the previous ones.
A little bit long winded, with lots of leads - which made me struggle to keep up at times.
Really exciting end though - and it is still one of my favourite series!

Another great case with Katie. This one was gripping as always and kept me hooked. Two separate cases overlapping made it more intriguing.

Great quick, Crime fiction read. love Katie Scott and cannot wait to read more from this series. Keep them coming Jennifer Chase

I wish to thank NetGalley for this ARC.

I could not relate to this story at all. I did not realize it was part of a series that has previously published. I was lost in places and that is on me not the author. I should have looked. I rarely start a series this late in the game.

I can't say anything bad about it as I didn't finish it so that would be unfair.

Detective Katie Scott, an Afghanistan veteran, and her partner are called to the smoking shell of a vacant house where arson is suspected, due to the fact that human remains have been found in the cellar. While examining the scene they come upon more bones and eventually end up with the remains of four people: two children and two adults. Who were the victims, and is there any connection between the three most recent ones, a family, and a young girl who turns out to have been killed a quarter of a century before? As Katie investigates, more murders are committed, including members of her own team. The hunt for the killer truly becomes a race against time when her fiancé, a firefighter who was also involved in the investigation, becomes a target.

I enjoyed many things about this book, especially Katie’s relationship with her retired military dog, Cisco, and her struggles with PTSD were sympathetically portrayed. It was well written and the mystery was interesting. I was able to follow the relationships between the characters relatively easily despite not having read any of the previous entries in the series, although I’m sure that I would have picked up more of the nuances if I had.

I wasn’t, however, particularly wowed by the solution, which in some ways left me with more questions than answers. I didn’t feel all the strings were pulled together at the end, including whether the fire was actually set, as Katie believed at one point, to draw attention to the murders, or how the person had access to certain information, particularly about the investigating team. I’m also not a huge fan of the character who bullheadedly puts him/herself into danger by ignoring orders from superiors; it also doesn’t seem like it would have gotten Katie very far in the military. I would, however, consider reading more books in this series and by the author.

I received a copy of Three Small Bones from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Detective Katie Scott is back with another mystery when bones are found and a family seems to have disappeared. A thriller that keeps on giving.
A great read - easily done in day or two.

Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase is the WoW eighth book in the brilliant Detective Katie Scott series and what an excellent series this has been. It been a series that has had me sitting on the edge of my seat with so many twists and turns. This has been one of my favourite series and every book has been a 5 star read!

Big thank you to thank netgalley and Bookouture the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.