Bone Rites

"I collected the firstbone when I was nine. This fact was not mentioned in court... Such a tiny littlebone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe." Holloway prison, 1925. Dr Kathryn Darkling, branded The Westminster Vampire by the press, has two weeks until she is hanged for a series of brutal murders. Facing death, she knows that time is running out to complete her mission. Will she find a way to escape her fate? Will she be able to perform the special bone rites that will save her brother? Winner of TheVirginia Prize for Fiction, Bone Rites is a dark, literary tale of love, loss and one woman's obsessive fightfor justice and redemption within a ruthless world. .