Book description
Bagged and discarded, the dismembered body of a woman is discovered
in the grounds of an abandoned monastery.
Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the
province of Quebec, has been researching recent disappearances in the city.
Soon she is convinced that a serial killer is at work. But when no
one else seems to care, her anger forces her to take matters into her
own hands. Her determined probing has placed those closest to her in
mortal danger, however.
Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough before the killer strikes again?
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 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. All 14 of
her Temperance Brennan novels have been
Sunday Times
No. 1 bestsellers. For more information visit
www. kathyreichs. com
.
