Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
This novel is a work of historical fiction that explores the aftermath of the execution of a local doctor who became infamous after preserving the corpse of his beloved. The two protagonists journey to Key West from Miami during the summer of 1952 to investigate the disappearance of the girl's missing bones, but soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that plumbs the most terrifying depths of love and its disquieting entanglements. The tale follows the protagonists, Lens Burnside and Iris Elliot, as they navigate the island's darkest corridors and expose a few of its most unusual secrets on a journey of love, mayhem and madness as they fall under the spell of the island and fall in love with each other.
Extent
iv, 314 p.
Recommended Citation
Watson, Courtney., "Isle of bones" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1710.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1710
Identifier
FADT192992
Comments
by Courtney Watson.|Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Courtney Watson.