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When a human jawbone surfaces beneath the cracked asphalt of a small-town gas station, private investigator James C. Cornwallis is drawn back into the shadows of a world he thought he'd left behind. The discovery, made during routine renovations at a station owned by Ray Mercer, a nervous ex-con on parole, threatens to expose more than long-buried human remains-it threatens to unravel the lives of everyone in town who knows the price of silence. At twenty-three, James has learned the hard way that justice rarely comes clean. Working out of Miss Del's garage, alongside his brilliant, chaotic foster brother Reggie, his steady, morally grounded secretary Nadi, and under the distant yet unshakable guidance of Miss Del herself, James faces a mystery that stretches back decades. Truckers, drifters, and ghost companies converge on a dark network of disappearances, each clue a thread tied to secrets the town would rather forget. As James delves deeper, he finds an unexpected ally in Liz Calloway, a young reporter whose determination to unearth the truth puts her directly in the line of danger. Together, they trace the operations of Tanner Voss, a vanished manager who has built a web of exploitation and secrecy, covering crime with concrete and bureaucracy alike. From vandalized construction sites to flooded pits of fresh concrete, from late-night data hacks to the relentless thrum of diesel engines on deserted highways, James navigates a gauntlet of peril. Every move brings violence closer, every decision tests loyalty, and every confrontation threatens to expose the skeletons buried beneath the asphalt-and beneath the hearts of those he loves. Full of gritty suspense, dark humor, and the tense rhythms of a world where morality is as slippery as wet cement, The Bones Beneath is a story of ghosts-both living and dead-and the lengths one man will go to make sure the city remembers them. In the end, James must confront not only Tanner Voss but the limits of his own recklessness, the weight of justice, and the fragile ties that hold his found family together, in a race against time where the ground beneath their feet can swallow everything if they hesitate.

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