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Bare bones
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- ISBN: 9780743453004 (pbk) :
- ISBN: 074345300X (pbk) :
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383 pages ; 17 cm. - Publisher: New York : Pocket Star Books, c2003.
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| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Louise Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Louise Public Library | AF REI (Text) | 36761000101951 | Paperback | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - # 2 May 2003
A giant step up from her lackluster Grave Secrets (2002), Reichs' latest puts her right up there with Patricia Cornwell's early Kay Scarpetta mysteries. The similarities are obvious--single woman forensic specialist (Reichs' character is Tempe Brennan, who splits her time between North Carolina and Canada) with a daughter, a romantic interest, a generally repellent but perspicacious detective in the background, and an abundance of gory detail and science fact. This time Tempe is in North Carolina, poking her keen investigative nose into what seems at first to be an alarmingly sprawling mess that includes everything from bear bones to a headless corpse. But unlike in Grave Secrets, Reichs manages to pull mostly everything together here (though not without a quick fix or two), and her character's dedication, intelligence, dry wit, and femininity (her romance with Andrew Ryan, lieutenant-detective of the Surete du Quebec, takes a pleasant leap forward) really shine through. A comeback that's definitely hard to put down. ((Reviewed May 15, 2003)) Copyright 2003 Booklist Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2003 May #2
Returning from Guatemala (Grave Secrets, 2002) to home turf in North Carolina, globetrotting forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan juggles three cases that will require analyzing a lot more than bare bones.The first case is the most straightforward and heart-rending: the search for Tamela Banks, daughter of a retired colleague at UNC-Charlotte, who left behind a woodstove stoked with the bones of her newborn infant. Eager to escape the depression such discoveries bring on, Tempe accompanies her daughter Katy to a barbecue that's interrupted by a bizarre second discovery-the decapitated remains of six bears neatly buried in a pair of plastic bags-and news of a third that provokes even fewer tears: a mountainside plane crash whose two corpses have to share attention with some neatly packaged cocaine found in the woods nearby, some mysterious black powder on the underside of their ruined Cessna, and the occasional feather from an exotic bird. Though all three investigations, which a closing note broadly suggests are based on real-life cases, have their moments, hard-working Reichs overreaches herself when she insists on linking them all, together with the disappearance five years ago of a pair of Federal Wildlife Service officers. The results are fascinating, grueling, and ultimately exhausting.Solid, overplotted work from an author so determined to emerge from Patricia Cornwell's long shadow that she's willing to try every trick in the coroner's book.Agent: Jennifer Rudolph Walsh/William Morris Copyright Kirkus 2003 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2003 June #1
At last, Reichs fans who have waited patiently for the next entry in her Tempe Brennan series will be rewarded. In this sixth novel (following Grave Secrets) Tempe has returned home from Guatemala and is finally preparing for the romantic vacation that never was with Canadian cutie Andrew Ryan when a baby is found incinerated in a wood stove, two victims of a plane crash are burned to an unidentifiable crisp, and a pile of bones dug up by Tempe's dog is discovered to include portions of a human hand. With the trip put on hold, Tempe and Ryan sort through the evidence that draws them closer to solving the crimes. Like Brennan, Reichs is a forensic anthropologist practicing both in North Carolina and Quebec. Her intimate knowledge of forensics and crime scene investigations makes for an honest rendition of a thrilling tale. Though often compared to Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, Tempe Brennan stands alone above other characters in the genre. Highly recommended for all popular fiction collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 3/1/03.]-Nanci Milone Hill, Lucius Beebe Memorial Lib., Wakefield, MA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2003 March #1
Dead bodies disrupt Tempe Brennan's vacation, pointing to ominous doings at a remote farm. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2003 May #1
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. (July 1) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
