I got this book as I enjoyed reading Beckett's first book, 'The Chemistry of Death.'

Written in Bone is an excellent 2nd book, which has some good twists in it, just like his first book.
Again we meet Dr Hunter, now a forensic anthropologist who goes to a remote Scottish island as a body has been found. He works with a drunk police officer, a new and young police officer and a retired DI who found the body. It turns out to be a burnt body in an isolated cottage leading them to first think it's a homeless man who got too close to the fire. However it's not long before Dr Hunter has more than one body to deal with...

To top this they end up cut off from the mainland because of a terrible storm, which might sound very cliche, however Beckett describes so well you just want to get warm.
Beckett soon starts wishing he'd gone home to his girlfriend Jenny instead as soon he escapes from meeting his own death on more than one occasion!

As the book goes along you get to know the island's locals along with Dr Hunter, and so you begin to form ideas of just who the killer could be, but then find yourself changing your mind again in the next chapter.

The ending was quite unexpected, but probably not as shocking if you've read his 1st book. The last 3 pages which give a preview to his next book have certainly made me look forward to it!