**THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MO HAYDER, WITH A FOREWORD FROM KARIN SLAUGHTER**

A terrifying accident . . .

Alex Mullins knows she is one of the lucky ones. When a fatal coach crash at her school reunion killed several of her classmates, she was saved from a grisly fate.

She is haunted by what she thinks she saw that night - a vision of a skeletal woman, known by the locals as the Bonehead - a woman who brings bad luck to all that see her.

A mystery waiting to be solved . . .

Now a police officer in Gloucestershire, Alex fights to overcome the past by helping other people. But when her path crosses with someone who was there that fateful night, her new life begins to unravel at the seams.

What really happened the night of the crash? And what does she have to do for the petrifying Bonehead to finally leave her be?

A new crime thriller from the Queen of Fear - prepare to be terrified by Bonehead . . .

PRAISE FOR MO HAYDER:

'Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers' Karin Slaughter
'Oozes sinisterness from the first page' Entertainment Weekly
'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there' Times
'A first-class shocker . . . a frightening mix of forensics, thrills, analytical police work and poetic images.' Guardian
'Wickedly constructed . . . The detail, if you can stomach it, is fascinating.' Daily Telegraph
'Lacerating' Independent
'Stomach-churning, fast-paced, top-notch' Sunday Express
'Haunting, lyrical, disturbing, important, suspenseful and wonderfully written' Harlan Coben
'This is writing of breathtaking power and poetry' Tess Gerritsen
'An authentically disturbing, gripping winner' Financial Times

"Hayder's untimely death in 2021 robbed us of an imagination unparalleled in both its darkness and its audacity. Her final novel is as haunting and distinctive as its predecessors.... A classic Hayder shocker" - Guardian

"[Bonehead] is a triumph . . . Spooky and unsettling, the book is a spectacular end to Hayder's career" - Times

"As shocking and sinister as anything Hayder has written. It is an unexpected, bittersweet treat to be back in the hands of one of our very best crime writers" - Observer

"Hayder was one of the UK's most accomplished crime writers, and her final book, Bonehead, proves to be among her most memorable" - Financial Times

"A disturbing and compelling farewell" - Telegraph Online

"The writing is restrained but beautifully descriptive, the pace varied according to the tensions it is intended to create . . . the talent at work here is remarkable" - Spectator