In Carved in Bone a body has been found in Cooke County, a remote community that’s clannish, insular and distrustful of outsiders. When Brockton’s autopsy discloses an explosive secret, old wounds are reopened and feuds rekindled. As the powerful and uncooperative sheriff and his inept deputy threaten to derail Brockton’s investigations, even Brockton, after years surrounded by death and decay, is baffled by this case unfolding in a unique environment, where nothing is quite what it seems.
