Bare bones

Kathy Reichs First published 2003

About this book

"Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic — a pig pickin' — in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter — and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.

Subjects

  • brennan, temperance (fictitious character)
  • brennan, temperance (fictitious character) -- fiction
  • brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction
  • criminals
  • endangered species
  • endangered species -- fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • forensic anthropology
  • large type books
  • medical examiners (law)
  • north carolina -- fiction
  • north carolina, fiction
  • smuggling
  • smuggling -- fiction
  • temperance brennan (fictitious character)
  • women anthropologists
  • women anthropologists, fiction
  • women forensic anthropologists
  • women forensic anthropologists -- fiction