An intriguing and vivid addition to an increasingly interesting series, and a fascinating glimpse of an almost forgotten period of history. -- Andrew Taylor

Living legends Andrew Taylor and Susanna Gregory; bestselling phenomena SJ Parris and CJ Sansom... a league of extraordinary resurrectionists. If you love their books, I invite you to visit fourteenth-century England, with SD Sykes ... Savour the company of young Oswald de Lacy, among the most appealing historical sleuths currently on the hunt. -- A.J. Finn

Chilling and evocative. This book will have you gripped from the first page to the last -- Tracy Borman

If you love C.J. Sansom, you have to read S.D. Sykes. Her Oswald de Lacy series just gets better and better. The Bone Fire is a wonderfully claustrophobic and compelling mystery, filled with clever twists, fascinating characters and flashes of Sykes's sly wit. Utterly immersive, utterly gripping historical crime at its very, very best. -- Antonia Hodgson

An ingenious, twisty plot with memorable characters in an intriguing siege narrative -- Rebecca Mascull

Sykes' fourth is anchored in a grimly evocative first-person narrative reminiscent of Poe, and there's a whodunit to boot., Kirkus

Neatly done, crisply-paced historical... written with a fine sense of place and time, Shots Magazine

Sykes effectively uses her diligent research in the service of a memorable plot. This outing reinforces her place in the historical mystery genre's top ranks., Publishers Weekly

The setting is fantastic [...] builds to a satisfyingly twisty climax, The Times

SD Sykes proves that she is not only on top of her historical fiction game but is also a mistress of the detective genre, Historia Magazine

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Sykes is a master at combining historical setting with mystery - The Times

The medieval CJ Sansom

The whodunnit aspect is neatly done, the family secrets and waspish relationships are intriguing, and humour and originality are abundant. - Daily Mail

An intriguing and vivid addition to an increasingly interesting series, and a fascinating glimpse of an almost forgotten period of history.

Enjoyable 'locked castle' mystery - The Sunday Times

Living legends Andrew Taylor and Susanna Gregory; bestselling phenomena SJ Parris and CJ Sansom... a league of extraordinary resurrectionists. If you love their books, I invite you to visit fourteenth-century England, with SD Sykes ... Savour the company of young Oswald de Lacy, among the most appealing historical sleuths currently on the hunt.

Neatly done, crisply-paced historical... written with a fine sense of place and time - Shots Magazine