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.
During one of the hottest summers on record, Dr Temperance Brennan
is haunted by a string of horrifying events.
First, the bones of a newborn baby are discovered in a wood stove.
The mother is nowhere to be found.
Next, a plane flies into a rock face. The dead pilot and passenger
are burned beyond recognition, and covered in an unknown substance.
And then a store of bones is found in a remote corner of the county.
What has happened, and who will be the next victim? The answers lie
hidden deep within the bones - but Tempe must find them in time to
stop further disaster.
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
.
