★White, Loreth Anne. The Unquiet Bones. Montlake. Mar. 2024. 351p. ISBN 9781662518003. $28.99. SUSPENSE

In April 2023, excavations at a British Columbia ski resort uncover the bones of a woman. As a cold case, it’s assigned to Sergeant Jane Munro of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Jane is a veteran homicide investigator whose fiancé disappeared six months earlier on a solo hiking trip without knowing that Jane is pregnant. After an incident at work, Jane was reassigned to cold cases as a team of one. Now working with four others, she focuses on a young woman who disappeared five decades ago. In 1976, Annalise Jansen vanished after a night of partying. Statements from her best friends, then known as the Shoreview Six, pointed to a young man who disappeared on the same night—but when his remains are found, the mystery deepens. Scientific advancements may now reveal secrets that have remained hidden for decades, because the bones have a story to tell. Who will uncover that story first: Jane or ambitious TV reporter Angela Sheldrick? VERDICT Fans of Louise Penny should try this gripping story from White (The Maid’s Diary) that combines the best elements of a cold-case investigation with a well-developed suspense novel.