title: Deadly Bones: A Mapleton Mystery (Volume 2)
author:  Terry Odell 
description: Terry Odell was born in Los Angeles and now makes her home in Divide, Colorado. An avid reader (her parents tell everyone they had to move from their first home because she finished the local library), she always wanted to "fix" stories so the characters did what she wanted, in books, television, and the movies. Once she began writing, she found this wasn't always possible, as evidenced when the mystery she intended to write rapidly became a romance. However, her entry into the world of writing can be attributed to a "mistake" when her son mentioned the Highlander television series on a visit home. Being the "good mother" she began watching the show and soon connected with the world of fanfiction, first as a reader, then as a critique giver, and then, one brave weekend, she wrote her first short story. Things snowballed and soon she was writing her first original novel. Much later, she mentioned something about a recent Highlander episode to her son, and he said, "Oh, I've never actually watched the show, I just thought the concept was cool." Little did he know what he'd started. She loves getting into the minds of her characters, turning them loose in tight spots and seeing what they do. Too often, they surprise her. Her published works include the Pine Hills Police Series, the Blackthorne, Inc. series as well as the Romantic Suspense novel, What's in a Name? and the first in the Mapleton Mystery series, Deadly Secrets. She's also published numerous short stories with The Wild Rose Press. She is an active member of Romance Writers of America, and its Kiss of Death chapter, as well as Mystery Writers of America and Thriller Writers of America. When she's not writing, or watching wildlife from her window, she's probably reading.
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  # Close to the Bones
  
  
  ### A Thriller Anthology 2017
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Martha Carr
  
  
  ## Craig Martelle
  
  
  ## Ethan Jones
  
  
  ## Basil Sands
  
  
  ## Stephen Campbell
  
  
  ## A.C. Fuller
  
  
  ## Lee Hayton
  
  
  ## David Berens
  
  
  ## Mixi J Applebottom
  
  
  ## John Ling
  
  
  ## Erika Mitchell
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Close to the Bones](part0002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Bedtime Bones Story](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [The Dark Imprint](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Fatherlands](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Paranoid in Paradise: A Rick Banik Thriller](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [The Spy Who Came in from the East Coast](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Catching the Edge: A Reggie Carpenter Adventure](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Girl Will Frame](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Knucklebones](part0013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [The Interrogator](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [The Backpack](part0015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. [Green Lake Bones](part0016.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  