Bare Bones: (Temperance Brennan 6) - Softcover
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.
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.
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In Bare Bones Kathy Reichs leads her heroine, Temperance Brennan, into one of her scariest, most gruesome adventures yet. As fans of this popular series already know, Tempe is a forensic anthropologist: an expert in the human form (especially bones) who helps solve crimes. A dead baby is only the first in a series of grisly remains, both human and animal, that Tempe must sort through and decode. Meanwhile, as several seemingly unrelated cases begin to intertwine, her sleuthing puts her in the crosshairs of a very nasty stalker who hides behind an e-mail alias.
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Reichs knows how to keep the narrative ball rolling with a canny mix of plot developments, character delineation and scientific detail, all relayed via Tempe's smart, breezy, sarcastic voice. In fact, Bare Bones has a few too many characters and plot lines for Reichs--or most readers--to keep perfect track of. But it's a fun ride anyway, enlivened by some steamy romantic scenes and some fascinating, appalling facts about the illicit trade in endangered wildlife, including the information that bears' gall bladders fetch more money per ounce than cocaine. Bare Bones is a crisp, enjoyable read that cements Kathy Reichs' standing as the best forensic-thriller writer at work today. --Nicholas H Allison, Amazon.com
"With Kathy Reichs the reader knows they're in the hands of an expert" (Sunday Express)
"You’ll want to keep turning the pages long after lights out to find out what happens next ... Reichs’ real-life expertise gives her novels an authenticity that most other crime novelists would kill for " (Daily Express)
"Reichs' seamless blending of fascinating science and dead-on psychological portrayals, not to mention a whirlwind of a plot, make [her novels] a must read" (Jeffery Deaver)
"Reichs is not just "as good as" Cornwell, she has become the finer writer" (Daily Express)
"Reading Reichs is always an education one way or another. There is plenty of action... but it is the detail that actually makes it gripping" (Evening Standard)
"You’ll want to keep turning the pages long after lights out to find out what happens next ... Reichs’ real-life expertise gives her novels an authenticity that most other crime novelists would kill for " (Daily Express)
"Reichs' seamless blending of fascinating science and dead-on psychological portrayals, not to mention a whirlwind of a plot, make [her novels] a must read" (Jeffery Deaver)
"Reichs is not just "as good as" Cornwell, she has become the finer writer" (Daily Express)
"Reading Reichs is always an education one way or another. There is plenty of action... but it is the detail that actually makes it gripping" (Evening Standard)
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- PublisherArrow
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0099441470
- ISBN 13 9780099441472
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages448
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint; Thirteenth Printing. Thirteenth printing of Arrow reissue mass market edition, 2008. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover design by Glenn O'Neill with photo by Colin Thomas. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Temperance Brennan Series; Vol. 6; 432 pages; It's one of the hottest summers on record and Dr Temperance Brennan is looking forward to a long-overdue vacation. But it's not to be. First, the bones of a newborn baby are found in a wood stove; the mother, hardly more than a child herself, has disappeared. Next, a Cesna flies into a rock face. The bodies of the pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition, and covered in an unknown substance. And then a cache of bones is discovered in a remote corner of the county. But what happened there, and who will be the next victim? The answers lie hidden deep within the bones - if only Tempe can decipher them in time. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 35527
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