Spider Bones
(Temperance Brennan 13)
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4.1 • 82 Ratings
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
A 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.
Dr Temperance Brennan spends her life working amongst the decomposed and the skeletal. So the newly-dead body she's called to examine holds little to surprise her. Until she discovers it's the body of an ex-soldier apparently killed in Vietnam in 1968. So who is buried in his grave?
The case takes Tempe to the heart of the American military, where she must examine the remains of anyone with a possible connection to the drowned man.
As Tempe untangles the web of the soldiers' lives and deaths, she realises there are some who would rather the past stayed buried.
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Many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work:
'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's the real deal' DAVID BALDACCI
'Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They're filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, I just can't get enough' LISA SCOTTOLINE
'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs' CLIVE CUSSLER
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A perplexing death in Quebec occupies Dr. Temperance Brennan in Reichs's fine 13th novel featuring the forensic anthropologist (after 206 Bones). The fingerprints of a man who died during autoerotic asphyxiation indicate that the deceased is John Charles Lowery of North Carolina, but Lowery supposedly died in Vietnam in 1968. Unsurprisingly, Lowery's father is reluctant to allow Brennan to reopen old family wounds, but she's determined to find out who's buried in Lowery's grave if Lowery died in Quebec. Brennan heads to Hawaii to seek the help of an old friend at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), whose mission is to find the remains of American war dead and bring them home. But instead of clarifying matters, Brennan's investigation only raises more questions, including parallel inquiries into a series of shark attacks and escalating island gang violence. Reichs, who once again uses her own scientific knowledge to enhance a complex plot and continually developing characters, delivers a whopper of a final twist.
Customer Reviews
Good and complex plot, love the Ryan addition. Slightly lacking in technical detail
Enjoyed this but slightly less technical than usual.
Usual brilliant read
Reichs again at her best. Well researched and a cracking good story to boot.
A fantastic read
A fantastic read, it captures all the emotion and brings into the book as your reading it.
Will buy more.