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"From a Mississippi riverside archaeological dig revealing an unexpected atrocity to the back streets of Chicago, detective Randall Jenkins and archaeologist Molly Moore drive a knife-edged investigation that morphs into a political thriller about a world on the brink. Davis and Biggers deliver an ingenious page turner."--Michael Mann, film director and #1 NY Times bestselling author of Heat 2
"Suspenseful and action-packed, Disturbing the Bones combines all the elements that has made the movies of Andrew Davis so compelling, with the thoughtful perspective and insights that can only be found in a novel."—Louis Sachar, NY Times bestsellling author of Holes
Global peace struggles collide with intimate family drama in this thrillingly cinematic collaboration between The Fugitive director Davis and journalist Biggers (In Sardinia). During an archaeological dig in Alexander County, Ill., in which ambitious young scientist Molly Moore uncovers ancient villages dating back to 6,000 BCE, her drones and remote sensing equipment also unearth the bones of Florence Jenkins, a civil rights reporter who went missing in 1978. The discovery catches the attention of Florence’s son, Chicago homicide detective Randall Jenkins, who’s long wondered what happened to his mother. Ignoring warnings from federal officials, Molly and Randall try to piece together Florence’s fate. Meanwhile, a breakthrough defense program operates out of nearby Fort Defiance with hopes of giving the U.S. clear dominance over Russia. A misstep in that program causes a nuclear disaster in Siberia, further heating up the impending U.S. presidential election and increasing pressure on an upcoming peace summit in Chicago. Eventually, Molly and Randall’s investigation intersects with the ever-worsening political mess, ratcheting up the stakes until the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. Intense, vivid action and the intricate interweaving of the two main plot threads elevate this above standard-issue disaster thrillers. By the time the breathless denouement rolls around, readers may find they’ve been up all night. Agent: Murray Weiss, Catalyst Literary. (Oct.)
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With my coauthor and journalist Jeff Biggers, Disturbing the Bones is a propulsive political thriller set in the aftermath of a global nuclear weapons crisis in an election year and the final days of a clashing presidential campaign. When a plot by a rogue general to disrupt a global peace summit in Chicago collides with a civil rights case breakthrough at a mysterious archaeological site, Disturbing the Bones hurdles to its fiery conclusion, as the lives of a young archaeologist and a veteran cop —and the fate of the world — hang in the balance.
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Chicago detective Randall Jenkins has not been back home to the historic Civil Rights hotspot of Cairo, Illinois since the disappearance of his mother, a well-known journalist, when he was a young teen, several decades ago. That all changes the day Dr. Molly Moore, an ambitious young archaeologist in the national spotlight for her groundbreaking high-tech discoveries, uncovers a set of strange bones at a huge 12,000-year-old site at a highway construction project. With retired military general and contractor William Alexander breathing down her neck to cover up the dig, Molly and Randall soon find themselves in the middle of a wild military conspiracy. The detective and archaeologist’s entwined family mysteries suddenly thrust them into the central position as the only people who can ensure the safety of the ongoing Chicago global peace summit. They must take on the rogue general who views any disarmament agreement as a clear and present danger to the United States.
