Book description
An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house. In
the dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed: a human skull
rests on a cauldron, surrounded by slain chickens and bizarre
figurines.
Called to the scene is forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance
Brennan. She determines that the skull is that of a young, black
female. But how and when did she die? Just as Tempe is closing in on
answers, another body is discovered: a headless corpse carved with
Satanic symbols.
As local vigilantes begin a witch-hunt, Tempe struggles to contain
her emotions. But the eventual truth proves more shocking than even
she could have imagined.
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
at Charlotte. Her first book,
Déjà 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
.
