Grave Secrets
(Temperance Brennan 5)
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4.3 • 36 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.
In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Tempe 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.
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The world's greatest thriller writers love Kathy Reichs:
'Kathy Reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross!' JAMES PATTERSON
'One of my favourite writers' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'I love Kathy Reichs - always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something. . .' LEE CHILD
'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She is the real deal' DAVID BALDACCI
'Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They are filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, I just cannot get enough' LISA SCOTTOLINE
'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs!' CLIVE CUSSLER
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fans of the Temperance Brennan series will be pleased by forensic anthropologist Reichs's latest installment (after Fatal Voyage; Deadly Decisions; etc.). Grave Secrets finds Tempe plying her pathology trade in Guatemala, investigating a massacre site as a favor to a Guatemalan anthropology association. However, when her team is ambushed by gunmen, Tempe finds herself ensnared in a mesh of corruption and murder stretching from Guatemala City to Montreal, involving DAs, military thugs and kinky diplomats. Tempe finds herself drawn and trapped between the two cops investigating: her longtime Canadian suitor, Lt. Andrew Ryan, and her would-be Latin lover, agente Bartolom Galiano. That the two men know each other and are friends doesn't help the situation. When a nosy reporter looking into the massacre is gunned down before Tempe's eyes, she realizes she herself is the next likely target. As has been said before, Reichs has much in common with Patricia Cornwell, though her language is more stripped down and there is less melodrama between autopsies. Devotees of medical procedurals will appreciate the detailed descriptions of bone formation and the mechanics of bodily decomposition within a septic tank; others may not. But the author keeps the twists coming, and by the novel's climax, she has skillfully interwoven her many subplots and red herrings into a satisfying puddle of sex, sleaze, greed and gore.
Customer Reviews
Good, not the best
I read Brennan books 1-3, accidentally skipped 4 and went straight to this one. Not the best of the books I've read so far from Kathy Reichs, this one seemed overly and necessarily convoluted. I expected since this book was set in Guatemala, that would be the complete setting of the story. Not entirely sure why this ended up back in Canada save for the very shaky (and cliched) ambassador connection.
One particular thing that has bugged me about the 4 books that I've read, is that in every single one, Dr. Brennan ends up finding herself in some sort of danger. Is Kathy Reichs drawing on personal experience here, and the world of forensic anthropology really is that dangerous, or is she trying to raise the characters status to make it seem as though these murders really couldn't be solved without Dr. Brennan, or is the character really that reckless to always put herself in that danger?