206 Bones Kathy Reichs | ISBN : 1-59413-400-6

206 Bones

Author: Kathy Reichs

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Publication Date: 01 July, 2010

ISBN: 9781594134005

Pages: 516

Subjects: Mystery, General, Crime

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-0-7432-9439-3 Trade Cloth, 978-1-4104-1892-0 Trade Paper, 978-1-59413-400-5 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4416-2672-1

Description:

There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end.Tempe regains consciousness and discovers she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct . . .Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy - and the case.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-06-15

At the start of bestseller Reichs's outstanding 12th thriller to feature Dr. Temperance Brennan (after Devil Bones), Brennan finds herself bound and injured in an underground tomb. In flashbacks, Reichs fills in the how and why of the forensic anthropologist's deadly predicament. When Brennan and Andrew Ryan of the Surete du Quebec arrive in Chicago on business, she's accused of botching the autopsy of Rose Jurmain, a Canadian heiress. Knowing only that an anonymous caller instigated the investigation, Brennan is determined to uncover who's out to sabotage her. Back in her Montreal lab, Brennan soon realizes that not only is Jurmain's death possibly linked to the brutal murders of other elderly women but that whoever is out to tarnish her reputation refuses to back off. With her usual blend of cutting-edge forensic science and a stubborn, compelling heroine, Reichs manages to juggle several story lines without losing an ounce of momentum. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved