Devil Bones
A Novel
About this book
The eleventh gripping Temperance Brennan thriller from world-class forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs, no.1 bestselling author of Break No Bones and Bones to AshesAn underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house with sagging trim and peeling paint...In the dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed. A human skull rests on a cauldron, surrounded by slain chickens and bizarre figurines. Beads and antlers dangle overhead.Called to the scene is forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan. Bony architecture suggests that the skull is that of a young, black female. But how did she die? And when? Then, just as Tempe is working to determine post-mortem interval, another body is discovered: a headless corpse carved with Satanic symbols.As citizen vigilantes, blaming Devil-worshippers, begin a witch-hunt, intent on revenge, Tempe struggles to keep her emotions in check. But the truth she eventually uncovers proves more shocking than even she could have imagined...
Subjects
- brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction
- charlotte (n.c.), fiction
- fiction
- fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
- large type books
- mystery fiction
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-09-14
- satanism
- satanism in fiction
- temperance brennan (fictional character)
- temperance brennan (fictitious character)
- vodou
- voodooism
- voodooism in fiction
- women anthropologists, fiction
- women forensic anthropologists
- women forensic anthropologists in fiction