2024/066: A House with Good Bones — T Kingfisher

2024/066: A House with Good Bones — T Kingfisher

“Vultures are extremely sensitive to the dead. Particularly when the dead are doing things they shouldn't be.”

Sam is an archaeoentomologist (studying insect remains at archaeological sites), and when her dig is put on hold she moves back in with her mother in a small town in North Carolina. Sam's brother has already told her that 'mom seems off' and Sam has to agree. Instead of the bright colours she remembers, the house is painted in shades of beige: her mother seems cowed: and there are vultures perching on the roof and on the mailbox.( Read more... )