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By Kathy Reichs

pgs: 310

Another great mystery from Kathy Reichs. In this story, Temperance Brennan is attempting to track down an old summer friend who mysteriously disappeared when she was a child. This leads her on several different journeys through Canada where her life is threatened once again. In addition, this tale includes an encore performance from her sister Harry who is in the process of divorcing from her fifth or sixth husband. Brennan’s love triangle between her separated husband and Detective Ryan becomes stranger when they both tell her some unexpected news. The story line was well written and developed. Reichs did an excellent job of picking the topics to focus on in her book: missing young girls and leprosy. She also did a wonderful job of explaining the material so an average person with no training in medical terminology or forensics would be able to understand the material. I wish that Reichs would leave the relationship between Brennan and Ryan alone and let it be good for awhile. I almost feel like she really can’t do much to it anymore or it will seem forced. This book was as well written as her past novels and would be a great popular piece of fiction to read for entertainment. Reichs does an excellent job of building suspense and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat.

By Kathy Reichs

-pgs: 368

I do enjoy a good Temperance Brennan mystery and that is exactly what I got in this story. This tale focuses in on the Outlaw Biker Gangs of North America and Canada. In the story, the gang war between the rival gangs has unfortunately killed many innocent bystanders. Brennan becomes frustrated with the gangs when a young child is killed. She wants to help bring an end to this destruction in her neighborhood and offers her services to her favorite Detective, Claudel. This sends her on a suspenseful chase through Canada. To add to her misery, her budding romance with Ryan is squelched when it is brought to light that he has participated in several unsavory drug deals and his reputation is smeared. How will she react to this? Will Brennan be successful in bringing justice to these innocent victims? All these questions will be answered by reading the book. A great story that would be a quick and easy read. Definitely for anyone who prizes themselves as being a mystery reader as well as anyone who loves a good suspenseful story.

By Kathy Reichs

-pgs: 303

A very interesting mystery with many twists and turns that are quite unexpected. As usual, very easy to read and enjoyable. This book also contains more information about Temperance and Ryan’s relationship. In this story, they run into a quite amusing situation with a surprise outcome. Another common thing that occurs in this story like so many others is that Temperance’s life is put in peril but she survives which is good because it guarantees another story. The premise of the story is that bones are discovered in the basement of a pizza parlor and Temperance has to determine important information about them and if the case is relevant today.