Evil Bones
A chilling forensic crime thriller that will get under your skin and stay there, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs
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Publisher Description
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a case that will test her to her limit.
OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE WORLD, ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR EVIL…
Small animals have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in the same bizarre manner. Now it seems the perp is upping the ante. When Temperance Brennan visits the latest crime scene, she finds that the victim is a dog. Somebody’s pet.
Vowing to find whoever is responsible, Tempe is disturbed to learn from a forensic psychologist that the escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries to come. And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the earlier killings. As Tempe follows the horrifying clues to a shocking conclusion, she finds herself forced to confront an increasingly terrifying question.
What is pure evil?
PRAISE FOR KATHY REICHS:
‘This page-turning series never lets the reader down’ HARLAN COBEN
‘One of my favourite writers’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey, mazey tales . . . We readers are truly grateful’ IAN RANKIN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Forensic anthropologist Temperence "Tempe" Brennan investigates a series of ritualistic killings in the sturdy latest installment of Reich's procedural series (after Fire and Bones). The residents of Charlotte, N.C., have been put on edge by a recent spate of animal mutilations. When Tempe arrives at the scene of the most recent one, she's horrified to find that the victim is a dog and vows to track down the person responsible. With Andrew Ryan—Tempe's former investigative partner and current significant other—off on other case in Quebec, she teams up with the unpleasant but professionally gifted Skinny Slidell. The stakes of the pair's inquiry skyrocket when the killer graduates to human victims. Though the plot is somewhat predictable (not to mention grisly), Reich spruces things up with a lovably eccentric supporting cast that includes Tempe's erratic daughter, Katy, and grumpy teenage niece, Ruthie, who inject humor into the blood-curdling proceedings. Fans of the series will be satisfied.
