Bones to Ashes
Temperance Brennan series #10
by Kathy Reichs
Temperance Brennan gets involved with Quebec's cold case unit when the skeleton of an unidentified New Brunswick
adolescent girl is brought to her lab. Tempe becomes convinced that the bones must be the remains of a friend
from her childhood. Evangeline Landry disappeared when she was only 15, and Tempe could never find out where she
was...she was told not to try to find her; that she was "dangerous," but she never forgot her exotic friend.
The good looking, sexy Detective Andrew Ryan needs Tempe's help in investigating a series of murders...three
dead girls, and four missing. The New Brunswick bones might be related to those cases. There are strange,
inexplicable lesions on the bones, perhaps disease related. Brennan finds that she still has feelings for Ryan.
Even though he has become involved with his ex-wife in order to help his daughter, he is still very attractive
to her. Tempe's sister, Harry, newly divorced again, shows up and tries to help with the investigation but only
manages to get herself into trouble. When they do find Evangeline's younger sister, Obeline, who is married to a
suspect in the abduction / pornography investigation, they only find more unanswered questions.
Reichs is a master at creating compelling characters and multi level plots, and this latest novel is a painful
and emotional tale of child abuse, pornography, abduction and murder, with a serial predator who must be brought
to justice. While the Fox TV series Bones is inspired by the Kathy Reichs novels, it really doesn't
compare to the Temperance Brennan books. Bones to Ashes is the tenth Temperance Brennan novel, and while
I have been a bit disappointed in a couple, this was definitely a "can't-put-down" book that kept me glued to
the pages. Reichs is unquestionably at the top of her form. She draws on the latest advances in forensic
anthropology to give us realistic, graphic forensic detail, and the level of psychological suspense is superb;
the ending is surprising and satisfying. |
The Reviewer |
Beverly J. Rowe |
Reviewed 2007 |
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