Review: Bonehead by Mo Hayder

About a year ago, I read “The Treatment” by Mo Hayder and it destroyed me. I’m not just saying that. It was, in fact, incredibly brutal and disturbing. I’m talking pedophilia, rape, incest, abuse of a disabled person etc. And the ending was merciless. So, when Bonehead came across my Facebook feed in the Books of Horror group, it piqued my interest immediately. The person who posted it had nothing but good things to say, so I went straight to my kindle to download it and well… it wasn’t available. Checked Audible, not available… Apparently, it is not available in the United States, period. And one thing about me is that, the harder it is to find, the MORE I want it. 

Fast forward, I got it on eBay from a company in Canada and read it (yay).

The story is about a woman who returns to her hometown where she is one of the few survivors of a horrific crash that occurred years prior. She hasn’t been able to get that night or what she saw, out of her mind. After receiving a picture of her own house with what may be a ghost in one of the windows, she can’t help but feel it is all connected somehow. Now, she is determined to uncover who or what caused the accident that night. 

I love the horror element in this book. For a while, you don’t know if what’s happening is supernatural or not and anything seems possible. On one hand, we have an urban legend about Bonehead who was said to be the ghost of a prostitute that was killed by a John who, let’s just say, “revisited” the body over and over after she died. And on the other hand we have some possibly angry men that like to meet and do naughty things to each other who have been forced to move their activities to another location. She keeps us guessing until the end.

Mo Hayder has a special way of hooking you into this story. She lures you in with a layer of haunting mystery and then crushes you with the truth. 

But, I don’t want to give too much away 🤫🤐.

In short, this is easily one of the best crime thrillers I’ve ever read and if you can get your hands on a copy, I suggest you do so. 


Until next time,

D. E.

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