The spellbinding novel for fans of THE ESSEX SERPENT and AMMONITE

'One to savour and re-read again and again' LIZ HYDER_

THE MONSTER THEY SEEK MAY NOT BE THE ONE THEY FIND

'The Bone Hunters has cemented Joanne Burn's place as one of my favourite writers' SONIA VELTON'I've never met a character in literature quite like Ada' ANNIE GARTHWAITE

1824, and Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. When twenty-four-year-old Ada Winters - poor, peculiar and brilliant - uncovers a set of unusual fossils on the cliffs, she believes she has found the answer to her scientific frustrations and her family's financial struggles. Meanwhile, Doctor Edwin Moyle has come to Dorset in search of the discovery that will place him amongst the greatest geologists of the age.

What he finds instead is a strange young woman who seems to hold the key to everything he seeks. But what is the creature that Ada and Edwin seek to unearth? And will it be their means to greatness, or destruction?___________________

'A haunting and vivid pageturner' CAROLINE LEA'Joanne Burn, I salute you, for this is something truly special' Reader Review (5 stars)'Extraordinary. I fell in love with Ada from the very first page' ELIZABETH LEE'Outstandingly well written' Reader Review (5 stars)'A gripping page turner with a gloriously staunch heroine at its heart' DAILY MAIL'Definitely the best book I've read this year' Reader Review (5 stars)

• Format:Paperback / softback 352 pages

  Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

  Imprint:Sphere

  ISBN:9781408726501

  Published:3 Apr 2025

  Classifications:Historical fiction, Rocks, minerals & fossils