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In 2013, the skeletal remains of two elderly people, William and Patricia Wycherley, were unearthed from the back garden of the house they had mysteriously left 15 years earlier. But why were their relatives still getting Christmas cards from them until the year before they were found? Why were they still on the electoral role and why were they still replying to letters from their doctor? Suspicion soon falls on their daughter Susan Edwards, who tells a tale of family feud and a freak accident which led to her parents' deaths and a forced cover-up. But is she telling the truth, or have she and her husband Christopher Edwards concocted the story so they can literally get away with murder? Based on real events, A Garden of Bones explored one of the most brutal and notorious murders in recent times and is told through the eyes of a down-at-heel news reporter looking for the scoop that could revive his career; a senior detective looking for the next step up the greasy career ladder; and Susan Edwards - the downtrodden daughter whose fantasist personality makes it hard to know what is real and what is not.

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"""An extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story told with an incredible eye for detail by the man who knows it best. Dark and compelling."" - Jenny Kleeman ""I found this book to be a very interesting interpretation of this double murder and an insight into the drive of journalists to get the story. Mr Done-Johnson creates a grim but compelling picture of a dysfunctional family. His portrayal of the crime and trial is riveting. A must read."" - JR Brown. ""I found myself reading avidly, wanting to know what was coming next! It was admirable the way the suspense was held the whole way through. I particularly admired the way the author got into Susan's head and made her so real - so pitiful and so terribly evil."" - Dr Sophie A Axford. ""An honest, gritty depiction of three desperate people facing the ends of their ways of life - one a policeman overshadowed and under-resourced working a case as cold as the cadavers hauled from that tiny back garden, a deluded woman who had been towed from one tragic situation to another all her life leading to a terrible, violent act, and a local journalist working in an industry on deathwatch in a town already dead."" - RJ Wright. ""Brilliant book about a local crime I'll always remember and think about when I go past Blenheim Close in Forest Town."" - Cheryl Bostock. ""True crime like the best crime fiction you will ever read."" - Kate Belcher. ""An assured debut."" - Jon Smart."

An extraordinary, stranger-than-fiction story told with an incredible eye for detail by the man who knows it best. Dark and compelling. - Jenny Kleeman I found this book to be a very interesting interpretation of this double murder and an insight into the drive of journalists to get the story. Mr Done-Johnson creates a grim but compelling picture of a dysfunctional family. His portrayal of the crime and trial is riveting. A must read. - JR Brown. I found myself reading avidly, wanting to know what was coming next! It was admirable the way the suspense was held the whole way through. I particularly admired the way the author got into Susan's head and made her so real - so pitiful and so terribly evil. - Dr Sophie A Axford. An honest, gritty depiction of three desperate people facing the ends of their ways of life - one a policeman overshadowed and under-resourced working a case as cold as the cadavers hauled from that tiny back garden, a deluded woman who had been towed from one tragic situation to another all her life leading to a terrible, violent act, and a local journalist working in an industry on deathwatch in a town already dead. - RJ Wright. Brilliant book about a local crime I'll always remember and think about when I go past Blenheim Close in Forest Town. - Cheryl Bostock. True crime like the best crime fiction you will ever read. - Kate Belcher. An assured debut. - Jon Smart.

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