Since his father disappeared under a dark cloud of scandal, Pin Carpue has been alone in the world. His work for the local undertaker keeps him busy, but his life is bleak. Then Pin encounters the Bone Magician, a man who can raise corpses and make the dead speak.

As Pin pieces together the secrets of Bone Magic, his own life becomes fraught with grave danger . . .

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Pan Macmillan .

F. E. Higgins was born in England but raised in Ireland. She lives and writes in a house that dates back to the fifteenth century, in a small village in rural Kent.