Bare Bones
A Novel
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4.3 • 174 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —People
A gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.
In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan is ready to escape on her first vacation in years—a romantic getaway. But before she can leave, the bones begin to appear.
First, the charred remains of a newborn are discovered in a woodstove, and the young mother has vanished. Then, a small plane crashes in a North Carolina cornfield, leaving two bodies burned beyond recognition and coated in a mysterious black substance. Most disturbing of all are the bones uncovered by Tempe’s dog on a remote farm—remains that defy easy explanation.
As Tempe teams up with detective Andrew Ryan, she must untangle a terrifying case that grows more personal by the hour. Her daughter Katy has a new boyfriend Tempe doesn’t trust, and unsettling questions about loyalty and commitment weigh on her own heart. But someone is watching Tempe. Someone is watching Katy. And someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
Fast-paced, gritty, and packed with Reichs’s signature forensic detail, Bare Bones is a master class in suspense—a must-read for fans of female detective thrillers, medical crime fiction, and the long-running Temperance Brennan series that inspired the hit TV show Bones.
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Feisty forensic anthropologist Temperance (Tempe) Brennan is supposed to be on vacation, but body parts keep turning up. At the start of her sixth adventure, she's awaiting the arrival of her current flame, Quebecois sleuth Andrew Ryan, so she can head for the beach near her hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Before he shows up, she's called in to use her world-class forensics skills when a local janitor's infant granddaughter is found dead and charred in an oven. Then some strange, decomposing remains (" 'Human?' 'I'm not sure' ") are discovered by Brennan's dog during a barbecue at a local lakeside resort. Ryan finally arrives, but Brennan's vacation is indefinitely put on hold when a small plane crashes nearby. Two people are dead, and her expertise is required yet again ("The skull had suffered massive communitive fracturing on impact. The fire had done the rest"). Brennan eventually realizes that all three cases are linked to a drug-smuggling ring that also dabbles in poaching exotic animals. As she pursues her investigations, she is forced to work with "Skinny" Slidell, a redneck cop who rubs her the wrong way, but tension is defused by the presence of Ryan, who gamely gives up his vacation to pitch in. He matches Brennan quip for quip, and Tempe's dog, Boyd, provides extra comic relief. Reichs has built a reputation on cut-to-the-chase writing and swift plotting, and this latest effort delivers everything her fans have come to expect.
Customer Reviews
Bare Bones
Another good book by Kathy Reichs - if one can get past her politics.
Good, not great.
Don't get me wrong, it was a really good book. I love all of Reichs books. But compared to previous ones it wasn't FANTASTIC. It's a good filler for the sake of continuing the story in the series.