Temperance Brennan
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    Deja Dead | Kathy Reichs
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    It's June in Montreal, and Dr. Temperance Brennan, who has left a shaky marriage back home in North Carolina to take on the challenging assignment of Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, looks forward to a relaxing weekend in beautiful Quebec City. First, though, she must stop at a newly uncovered burial site in the heart of the city. The remains are probably old and only of archeological interest, but Tempe must make sure they're not a case for the police. One look at the decomposed and decapitated corpse, stored neatly in plastic bags, tells her she'll spend the weekend in the crime lab.

    Mixed

    The book itself is great, but the narrator sounds like she's on a respirator. Her inspirations are so distracting. I don't know if she's a heavy bre..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 04 2011 by Kay (USA)
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    Death du Jour: A Temperance Brennan Novel, Book 2 | Kathy Reichs
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    Death du Jour: A Temperance Brennan Novel, Book 2

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    Dr. Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist for the Province of Quebec, digs for a corpse where Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, dead for over a century and now a candidate for sainthood, should be lying in her grave. A strange, small coffin, buried in the recesses of a decaying church, holds the first clue to the cloistered nun's fate. The puzzle surrounding Sister Elisabeth Nicolet's life and death provides a welcome contrast to discoveries at a burning chalet, where scorched and twisted bodies await Tempe's professional expertise.

    Disappointing
    Reviewed on Jun 13 2012 by RM (Wildwood, Missouri, United States)
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    Deadly Decisions | Kathy Reichs
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    Deadly Decisions

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    Violence is escalating, and spilling onto the streets of Montreal. A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. The body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan has to pick up the pieces: she knows she shouldn't let emotion get in the way, but when nine-year-old Emily's body is wheeled into the morgue she cannot help but react.

    A good story line.
    Reviewed on Nov 12 2012 by Gail (Australia)
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    Fatal Voyage | Kathy Reichs
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    Fatal Voyage

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    When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is called in to identify the victims. A chance discovery concerns her: a severed foot, well away from the main crash site. A deserted house close by is buried so deep in the woods that locals claim to know nothing of its existence. And her examination of the foot throws up more questions than answers. Before she can make any progress Tempe's professional standing is threatened.

    Interesting enough to compel me to go on
    Reviewed on Apr 01 2012 by Michele (Stafford, Australia)
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    Fatal Voyage | Kathy Reichs
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    Temperance Brennan hears the news on her car radio. An Air TransSouth flight has gone down in the mountains of western North Carolina, taking with it 88 passengers and crew. An a forensic anthropologist and a member of the regional DMORT team, Tempe rushes to the scene to assist in body recovery and identification. She finds a field of carnage: torsos in trees, limbs strewn among bursting suitcases, and smoldering debris. Many of the dead are members of a university soccer team. Is her daughter among them?

    Good, but a bit tedious in places
    Reviewed on Jan 11 2013 by Kathi (Sterling, VA, United States)
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    Grave Secrets | Kathy Reichs
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    Grave Secrets

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    Powerful entertainment from the crime fiction superstar who combines riveting authenticity with witty, elegant prose. Best selling author Kathy Reichs "keeps the twists coming, and by the novel's climax, she has skillfully interwoven her many subplots and red herrings into a satisfying puddle of sex, sleaze, greed and gore," says Publishers Weekly.

    Good story

    I like K Reichs books and this is my first audio. The story line is interesting and believable, but now that I think about it, I really enjoyed the na..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jun 24 2003 by Don (Brooks , GA, USA)
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    Grave Secrets | Kathy Reichs
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    Guatemala, in the searing heat.The bones of a child no more than two years old are uncovered when mass graves are excavated.Twenty-three women and children are said to lie where forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is searching for remains, in what is one of the most heartbreaking cases of her career.Then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City...

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    Bare Bones | Kathy Reichs
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    Dr. Temperance Brennan looks forward to her first vacation in years. She's almost out the door when the bones start appearing. Most puzzling of all are the bones discovered at a remote farm outside Charlotte. The remains seem to be of animal origin, but Tempe is shocked when she gets them to her lab. Why are the X rays and DNA so perplexing? Who is trying to keep Tempe from the answers? Someone is following her, and must be stopped before it's too late.

    Not as good

    I am a fan of Kathy Reich and have read all her books and listened to all available too but this was a disappontment. No real suspense, the science w..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 22 2003 by Sara (Tofield, Alberta, Canada)
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    Monday Mourning | Kathy Reichs
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    Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for both North Carolina and Quebec, has come from Charlotte to Montreal during the bleak days of December to testify as an expert witness at a murder trial. She should be going over her notes, but instead she's digging in the basement of a pizza parlor. Not fun. Freezing cold. Crawling rats. And now, the skeletonized remains of three young women. How did they get there? When did they die?

    Disappointing

    Having read Reichs' previous novels I was extremely disappointed with this book - the story is quite frankly poor and very predictable. The so called..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jun 29 2004 by Andrew (GlossopUnited Kingdom)
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    Cross Bones: A Novel | Kathy Reichs
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    Cross Bones: A Novel

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    When an Orthodox Jew is found shot to death in Montreal, Temperance Brennan is called in to examine the body and to figure out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her a photograph of a skeleton and assures her the picture is the key to the victim's death. Before she knows it, Tempe is involved in an international mystery as old as Jesus, a mystery that could rewrite 2000 years of religious history. that could rewrite 2000 years of religious history. Tempe learns that the stranger's picture shows bones uncovered during an archeological dig.

    struggling to keep listening
    Reviewed on May 24 2012 by Kristi (United States)
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    Break No Bones | Kathy Reichs
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    The inspiration for the hit Fox series Bones, Kathy Reichs explores another high-stakes crime from today's headlines, in a case that lands forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme.

    Unbearable reader

    This reader is as bland as it gets. She has no gift for inhabiting the characters. This book has a lot of scientific and technical aspects, and with a..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 11 2007 by Book Maven ()
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    Bones to Ashes | Kathy Reichs
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    Bones to Ashes

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    When the skeleton of a young girl, not yet a teenager, is discovered in Acadia, Canada, Tempe Brennan is reminded of Evangelina, her best friend in her preteen years, who was mysteriously taken away when she was 12. Evangelina was from strange and faraway Acadia. She was named after Evangeline in the Longfellow poem, and loved poetry. Tempe found her exotic and glamorous, and then suddenly she was gone, and Tempe was told not to try to find her, that she was "dangerous".

    Average All Around

    This book has an average plot with shallow character development. Another downside is the heavy reliance on the French language which is then translat..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 27 2008 by Lannielui (Yakima, Washington)
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    Bones to Ashes | Kathy Reichs
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    Bones to Ashes

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    Under the microscope, the outer bone surface is a moonscape of craters…‘Preliminary diagnosis?’‘Deformity of the bone. Maybe. Cortical destruction on a metacarpal. Maybe. Localised infection? Systemic disease process? Postmortem destruction, either purposeful or natural? A combination of the above? I don’t have a diagnosis…’

    Bones to ashes

    I like to read books with mystery and Kathy Reichs books have that in them.

    Reviewed on Oct 02 2011 by "unknown" (Cairns, Australia)
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    Devil Bones: A Novel | Kathy Reichs
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    Devil Bones: A Novel

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    In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery - a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog.

    Devil Bones

    This book kept me fully engrossed from beginning to end. It is subtle and has unexpected humor. The characters make the book with their depth and fu..Show More »

    Reviewed on Sep 07 2008 by gwennieg (Burney, CA USA)
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    Devil Bones | Kathy Reichs
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    An 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.

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    206 Bones: A Novel | Kathy Reichs
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    206 Bones: A Novel

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    There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct...

    Wow, pretty sure this is the in the series

    This is by far my favorite book in the series. There was the usual science, the wonderful Brennan and Yeah, Andrew Ryan. This novel had more character..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 30 2009 by M. Chinander (Southern Oregon USA)
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    206 Bones | Kathy Reichs
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    ‘You have an enemy, Dr. Brennan. It is in your interest to learn who placed that call.’ A routine case turns sinister when Dr. Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation that she missed or concealed crucial evidence. Before Tempe can get to the one man with information, he turns up dead.

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    Spider Bones: A Novel | Kathy Reichs
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    John Lowery was declared dead in 1968—the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual practice. The corpse is later identified as John Lowery. But how could Lowery have died twice, and how did an American soldier end up in Canada?

    consistenly 'bones'

    I have been a fan of the TV version of Bones for years, but this is the first novel I have read. In many ways, I found the book Temperance Brennan to..Show More »

    Reviewed on Sep 27 2010 by Stephen (Sarasota, FL, United States)
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    Flash and Bones: Temperance Brennan, Book 14 | Kathy Reichs
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    Flash and Bones: Temperance Brennan, Book 14

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    Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan’s office at the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner to share a devastating story. Twelve years earlier, Wayne Gamble’s sister, Cindi, then a high school senior and aspiring racer, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right-wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse.

    Don't start here if you're new to the series!

    I am a hard-core Bones fan, and last summer started reading the books that the series is based on. Her writing style amuses me and I love the mysterie..Show More »

    Reviewed on Aug 30 2011 by Tia (CHANDLER, AZ, United States)
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    Flash and Bones: Temperance Brennan, Book 14 | Kathy Reichs
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    Flash and Bones: Temperance Brennan, Book 14

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    In the run up to the biggest NASCAR race week of the year, Dr Temperance Brennan is called to a landfill site backing onto the Charlotte speedway track in North Carolina. Someone has discovered a barrel of hardened asphalt with a human hand poking through the top. With the country's press trained on Charlotte, it is up to Tempe to try to release and identify the body in the barrel.

    I enjoyed this story in the series

    This story was just as good as are the others in this series Kathy REICHS IS A GREAT AUTHOR I HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF HER BOOKS THAT I HAV`E READ

    Reviewed on Nov 30 2011 by Mark (Launceston, Australia)
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    Bones Are Forever | Kathy Reichs
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    A new-born baby is found wedged in a vanity cabinet in a rundown apartment near Montreal. Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec, is brought in to investigate. While there, she discovers the mummified remains of two more babies within the same room. Shocked and distressed, Tempe must use all her skills and inner strength to focus on the facts.

    Solid addition to long running series
    Reviewed on Sep 17 2012 by G. J. Ware (Hamilton, New Zealand)
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    Bones Are Forever: A Temperance Brennan Novel, Book 15 | Kathy Reichs
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    Bones Are Forever: A Temperance Brennan Novel, Book 15

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    Temperance Brennan has been asked to examine the corpses of three dead babies in Montreal. It’s a difficult assignment, complicated further by the fact that her long-time flame Detective Ryan is investigating the infants’ mother, a former (and possibly current) prostitute. When the woman flees to Edmonton, the investigation is joined by Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant with whom Tempe had an ill-advised fling over a decade earlier. The dissonant team heads to remotest Yellowknife - mining country - to pursue an ever more sinister trail.

    Temperance Brennan lives up to my expectations
    Reviewed on Sep 13 2012 by Linda (Bowie, MD, United States)
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    Bones of the Lost: A Temperance Brennan Novel, Book 16

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    New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her 16th riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit and run in North Carolina triggers an investigation into international human trafficking.

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