After the death of his mother in a house fire when he was seventeen. Raymond Sweet was admitted to Blackwater Asylum. When the place closed down twenty-seven years later and all the patients left. Raymond stayed.

Detective Lew Kirby is assigned the case of the dead woman's body. Found in a bed in the derelict Blackwater Asylum. Kirby also has to deal with issues happening in his personal life.

A mobile phone is found at the scene. It belongs to someone who has not been seen for a few days. Are the two things connected? What will we discover in the depths of Blackwater Asylum.

When you have a backdrop of a derelict asylum in the story, you know your in for a great read. Kane describes the asylum in such a way that you feel you are right there walking the corridors. 

Kane's use of the weather in The Bone Jar is superb and it adds a quality to the story. It gives a mysterious depth to an already creepy storyline. The way the snow seems to envelop everything and take the mysteries.

The Bone Jar is a great mix of mystery and creepiness that gives us the reader plenty to think about.