The Boneyard – Book Review

by | Mar 17, 2015 | Book Reviews, Reviews | 0 comments

the-boneyardThe Boneyard
Keith Minnion
Crossword Press/Bad Moon Books
September 26th, 2014
Reviewed by Sheri White

It’s 1921 and John Randall Pitcairn is celebrating his sixth birthday. John is an orphan; his only friend a stable worker who isn’t allowed to the party. John’s Uncle Lucian surprises John with a special guest – a pilot with a biplane. Much to John’s delight, he is taken for ride into the sky.

What happens during that flight is the beginning of a nightmare John and his friend from the stables, Billy, endure for the rest of their lives.

Now 1983, Detective Francis Lomax is returning to work after a breakdown on the job. He is assigned to investigate a string of gruesome murders in which the victims are flayed open – their bones taken. Baffled by a lack of evidence to lead him to the killer, Fran begins to question what is real. But once he starts to connect the current murders to the awful event John Pitcairn experienced so long ago, Fran realizes he is dealing with an evil force he has no idea how to handle.

Keith Minnion has been well-known for his beautiful, disturbing art featured in genre magazines and anthologies. The Boneyard is his first novel, and it is also a beautiful work of art. There were several scenes that gave me chills with the mental images the writing invoked.

The Boneyard is a fantastic novel with a unique premise. I’ve loved Keith’s artwork for many years, and now look forward to more of his writing.

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