When Kate, an experienced journalist, returns from covering the war in Syria following the death of her mother, Kate, understandably, is in turmoil. Her time reporting from the front line leaves her with questionably fragile mental health and post traumatic stress disorder where she suffers from terrifying and disturbing nightmares and she wakes up after hearing screams from afar.

Her only surviving family is her sister, who is an alcoholic, and with whom she has a fragile relationship - most of which is done through the brother in law as a go between. Kate also suffers flashbacks to the horrifying abuse she suffered at the hands of her father while growing up.

This is a very relevant book - the subject of post traumatic stress disorder and the plight of ex servicemen and women who return from the frontline is one which is often not talked about but is suffered by many.

The book covers many topics besides PTSD and alcoholism including child abuse and the scars throughout adulthood and domestic abuse, There are some harrowing scenes within the book but the story is one which should be told and I think the author has done plenty of research while writing the book and the end product is a thought provoking and poignant story.

Highly emotive and atmospheric, this was a well constructed, unique psycologial thriller that kept my attention from start to finish. A very satisfying read.

At first I really was not sure where this book was going and whether I would or even wanted to stick with it ... then WHAM ... it hit me!!! I much preferred the second part of the book and once it had hit me I could not put it down. In the end, a really enjoyable read.

MY SISTER”S BONES is a tension filled psychological debut thriller by author Nuala Ellwood.

This is the story of two sisters, Kate and Sally, different in every way. They had come from a dysfunctional family, and had the scars and memories to show for it. Both chose different paths; Kate left home, Herne Bay in Kent, and was a successful war reporter and had been witness to the

But when their mother dies, Kate is forced to return to the old family home. Kate has witnessed horrific atrocities in Syria, that no one should see, and now is now suffering from PTSD and relies on sleeping pills and booze to block out these memories. But on her first night back home, she is woken by a terrifying scream…she sees outside her dead brother David. Is this just a dream?

The novel opens with Kate being questioned and detained by a therapist at a police station under the mental health act, to determine her mental state.

I don't want to spoil this book for anyone by talking further about the plot but I just want to say that this is a book full of surprises. Well written with fully flushed out characters.

This emotional read will not be forgotten easily. It is a story of family relationships, love, strength, loss and redemption.

Highly recommended.

Many thanks to Nuala Ellwood, Penguin Books (UK) - Penguin Viking and NetGalley for the ARC.

Although the story itself was ok, nothing to exciting the characters just were not believable and appeared to change totally as you went through the book.
This ruined it for me.

Firstly any book that I read in a day and keeps me up past my bedtime is obviously one I would recommend. My Sister's Bones is so much more than your average psychological thriller. The main character Kate, a wartime journalist who has just returned from Aleppo and is battling her own demons and her sister Sally an alcoholic with major issues are brought together after years apart to deal with the sale of their mother's home after her death. There is so much more to this story and you need to read it to find out what! I found this debut novel gripping and heartbreaking in equal measures.

This is a thriller about Kate, a war correspondent who is suffering from PTSD. She was in Aleppo and witnessed a young boy, whom she had grown fond of, being blown up. Kate's mother has recently died and she returns after 19 years to sort out her mother's house. Kate has a sister Sally, an alcoholic, who doesn't speak to her. Kate begins to hear a boy screaming in the night, coming from the house next door. She begins hallucinating and hearing voices in her head. So no one believes her, not even the police. So how can she make people listen? Read on.

Riveting plot and interesting characters. Hard to put down with numerous twists.

Great read and easy to follow story line look forward to reading more from this author