Bones Are Forever

(Temperance Brennan 15)

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Linda Emond

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A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from the world-class forensic anthropologist and #1 bestselling author Kathy Reichs

A newborn 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. But when the autopsies reveal that the children died of unnatural causes, the hunt for the mother - a young woman with a seedy past and at least three aliases - is on.

The trail leads Tempe to Yellowknife, a cold, desolate diamond-mining town on the edge of the Arctic Circle, where her quest for the truth only throws up more questions, more secrets, and more dead bodies.

Taking risks and working alone, Tempe refuses to give up until she has discovered why the babies died. But in such a hostile environment, can she avoid being the next victim?
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Dr Kathy Reichs is a professional forensic anthropologist. She has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the FBI, and even a United Nations Tribunal on Genocide.

However, she is best known for her internationally bestselling Temperance Brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit TV series Bones.
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Many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work:

'Kathy Reichs writes smart – no, make that brilliant – mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross.' JAMES PATTERSON

'One of my favourite writers.' KARIN SLAUGHTER

'I love Kathy Reichs? – always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something.' LEE CHILD

'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She’s the real deal.' DAVID BALDACCI

'Each book in Kathy Reichs’s fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They’re filled with riveting twists and turns – and no matter how many books she writes, I just can’t get enough!' LISA SCOTTOLINE

'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs.' CLIVE CUSSLER

Something to get your mind working

Where does Bones Are Forever rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This would be in my Top 5 so far this year, and I get through a lot of titles from various sources.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bones Are Forever?

Hard to single out one particular sgement as it held my attention throughout.

What about Linda Emond’s performance did you like?

A sound and professional delivery, which enables the listener to concentrate on the story.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I had to listen to it without interruption.Too good to put down.

Any additional comments?

An interesting and absorbing story and, as is usual with Kathy Reichs, highly informative as well. I'll be storing this to listen to again. There is always a long wait between her titles, but they are worth it.

One of the best in the series.

Bones are Forever is probably one of the best of the series featuring Tempe Brennan. It tells the story of a young woman who turns up at the hospital. The doctor thinks she has just given birth, but the woman denies it. After the doctor reports this to the police, the bodies of 3 babies are found in her place of residence. A story full of family secrets, greed, prostitution and murder. Well narrated by Linda Emond.

very interesting

great story, and very educational,
story was well told love it👍
will recommend this author.

Solid addition to long running series

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Bones was dumb enough to get kidnapped yet again. I would like Cathy to explore a different device for the dark moment prior to the finale.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

For me the most interesting aspect of this book was the medical condition of the dead childrens' mother. The least interesting was the degree of minutiae about diamond mining.

Which character – as performed by Linda Emond – was your favorite?

Bones. She makes the Bone's character warm and real, portraying the sadness of Bone's personal conflicts with warmth, understanding and sincerity.

Do you think Bones Are Forever needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes. There needs to be resolve in the relationship between Bones and Andrew Ryan. I will feel cheated without a happy resolve to their relationship.I wouldn't mind reading continuing entries in this storyline. Is Bones too old to be surprised by a late pregnancy?I love the forensic detail, but Cathy must remember that we don't need to know everything she has researched about such things as diamond mining and in her previous book, racing circuits.

Any additional comments?

It's almost as if someone else wrote the bits in this book about diamond mining and in the last book (racing cars/circuits) for Kathy.The factoids are dumped in, in indigestable chuncks and I wonder if Kathy even did most of the research herself. This would explain the unevenness of the last couple of books. I'd rather see one book every two years and have it recapture the sparkle of the earlier books in the Bones series.I picked up the first Bones novel I ever read in a slush pile. It was Fatal Voyage and it was not many months after 9/11. I was hooked. I found all the back copies and siphoned them up. I've followed Kathy ever since.Keep on writing "Bones" Kathy, but don't spread yourself too thin.