Human Remains

by Elizabeth Haynes

Overview

Human Remains is a chilling, masterful thriller by New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes that explores our darkest fears, showing how vulnerable we are—and how easily ordinary lives can fall apart when no one is watching.

Annabel, a police analyst, is shocked when she discovers her neighbor’s decomposing body in the house next door. And she’s appalled to think that no one noticed her absence.

Back at work, she sets out on her own to investigate, and finds that such cases are frighteningly common in her hometown.

A hymn to all the lonely and compelling characters that haunt our lives, Human Remains is a deeply disturbing and powerful novel of suspense from Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062276773
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/20/2013
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	382,592
File size:	600 KB

About the Author

Elizabeth Haynes is a former police intelligence analyst, a civilian role that involves determining patterns in offending and criminal behavior. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Darkest Corner, Dark Tide, Human Remains, and, most recently, Under a Silent Moon, the first installment of the Briarstone crime series.

Editorial Reviews

In New York Times best-selling author Haynes's third title, police analyst Annabel discovers the decomposing body of the neighbor next door and is shocked to realize that neither she nor the other neighbors had noticed the woman's absence. Soon she realizes that similar incidents have occurred frequently in her town. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

Library Journal

Provocative….An artfully woven tapestry.” — Kirkus Reviews

“[The] most ambitious—as well as the best—of Elizabeth Haynes’s suspense novels to date....Haynes keeps things rolling toward a frightening conclusion—you wont be able to read the last 50 pages or so quickly enough—and a satisfying ending....A smart, engrossing mystery.” — Bookreporter.com

“Fast paced, riveting, and intense.” — WorkingMother.com

“Human Remains is a compelling and disturbing novel, character driven but with some edge-of-your-seat suspense as well…dark, engaging, and richly human, this is a highly recommended and well-written novel.” — Suspense Magazine

“This smart, psychological thriller by Elizabeth Haynes taps into our deepest fears of being alone and vulnerable.” — Daily Candy, Best New Books of Fall 2013

From the Publisher

[The] most ambitious—as well as the best—of Elizabeth Haynes’s suspense novels to date....Haynes keeps things rolling toward a frightening conclusion—you wont be able to read the last 50 pages or so quickly enough—and a satisfying ending....A smart, engrossing mystery.

Bookreporter.com

Fast paced, riveting, and intense.

WorkingMother.com

Human Remains is a compelling and disturbing novel, character driven but with some edge-of-your-seat suspense as well…dark, engaging, and richly human, this is a highly recommended and well-written novel.

Suspense Magazine

This smart, psychological thriller by Elizabeth Haynes taps into our deepest fears of being alone and vulnerable.

Daily Candy

2013-08-15
British suspense novelist Haynes' latest asks the question: How well do we know our neighbors? Initially, this book appears to be a routine murder mystery, but it evolves into a provocative examination of a controversial issue: the right to die. The story begins when Annabel, a police analyst, follows a strong odor into the home of her neighbor, who she thought had moved out long ago, only to come upon a horrific discovery: the woman's decomposed body. She is aware that a number of dead bodies have been discovered in her part of town, so she analyzes the data and concludes that there has been a radical spike in these numbers. She believes an investigation is in order, even though all signs indicate that the victims died of natural causes. The ensuing story is told from the points of view of Annabel, who feels unappreciated at work, and Colin, who perceives himself to be a liberator of people whose lives have become empty of all but misery. Interspersed are chapters that juxtapose newspaper articles about the discovered bodies with the voices of the deceased, articulating why they wanted to end it all. An artfully woven tapestry of stories that delves into what familial disapproval, social rejection, infidelity, abandonment, loneliness and lack of self-esteem can do to people.

Kirkus Reviews