Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron

​"Bone Rattle" by Marc Cameron - In the mines!

This book is published by Canelo action in 2022 and has 368 pages. This is Book 3 of Arliss Cutter series. 

Arliss and Lola are assigned duty to protect the jury, if they are sequestered, in case of trial of a pair of notorious gangsters. Arliss decides to take his Sister-in-law, Mim and his twin nephews there for a vacation. An unsavory wealthy person is making a road to his gold mine. While excavating they discover an ancient burial site and a bone rattle. But this evidence is suppressed.

Arliss is the good guy, dependable, likable, unsmiling, one who can’t stand injustice. Lola is his assistant who relies on him. There is the native reporter who has gone to hell and returned.  Harold Grimsson is the rich guy and villain. Dollarhyde is his soft spoken guy who handles Grimsson’s illegal side. 

A pattern has emerged from first three books of the series. Arliss goes somewhere. There he has to get involved in an unrelated case. For the main portion, he is separated from Lola. He gets assistance of a single lady, local to the town he is in. He protects her. There is no romantic involvement. 

Name of the story is bone rattle. There is a bone rattle in the story. But the relevance ends there. Then why the name? A more appropriate name would have been ‘Missing in the mine’. 

Author starts the story of Arliss’ niece and drugs. There is another thread of murders of girls. There is a thread of Hernandez brothers. Author leaves them  as loose threads. Probably he will pick them up in next book. 

My collectible sentence from this book:

The horrific music coming out of her earphones was like brain matter melting out. 

Why did I read this book? Author. 

What I didn't like? Pace and coincidence. 

What did I like? Life in Alaska. 

Read only if you plan to read the series, otherwise give it an miss.