Book description
The gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic
anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling
crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.
In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Temperance Brennan must harden
herself against the horrors she excavates.
And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City.
When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only
someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of
death.
But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn.
It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's
secrets buried.
Kathy Reichs is vice president of the American Academy of Forensic
Scientists; a member of the RCMP National Police Services Advisory
Council; forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec; and a
professor of forensic anthropology at the University of North
Carolina-Charlotte. Her first book,
Deja Dead,
catapulted her to fame when it became a
New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis award for best first
novel. She has written 15 bestselling Temperance Brennan novels, the
most recent include
Bones Are Forever
,
Flash and Bones
and
206 bones
.
