Bones by Burke

I found this Edgar Award winner by Jan Burke oddly satisfying. There was an annoying info dump fairly early on and I did have some trouble remembering who some of the characters were, but I enjoyed this book. It was descriptive enough without being unpleasantly graphic, and the author had a way of letting you know things without spelling them out. Bones is an Irene Kelly novel.

from the back of the book:

"What really happened to Julia Sayre? She disappeared four years ago. A young mother of two, Sayre was more than a news story to reporter Irene Kelly. When Sayre's family sought Irene's help, the search became a personal mission and a fruitless one. Despite Irene's best efforts, only one person knew where to find Sayre: her killer. Now, years later, one of the most notorious criminals on death row is willing to talk. Condemned for unimaginable acts of torture and murder, Nick Parrish is plea bargaining for a life sentence by leading Irene and a select group of officials to the secluded mountain grave of his victim. Soon, in the dark isolation of the Sierra Nevadas, they will discover what really happened. But Parrish's most terrifying secret is yet to come. And he's saving it just for Irene... "