Bones to Ashes

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Linda Emond

In Kathy Reichs's tenth bestselling novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, the discovery of a young girl's skeleton in Acadia, Canada might be connected to the disappearance of Tempe's childhood friend.

For Tempe Brennan, the discovery of a young girl's skeleton in Acadia, Canada, is more than just another case. Evangeline, Tempe's childhood best friend, was also from Acadia. Named for the character in the Longfellow poem, Evangeline was the most exotic person in Tempe's eight-year-old world. When Evangeline disappeared, Tempe was warned not to search for her, that the girl was "dangerous."

Thirty years later, flooded with memories, Tempe cannot help wondering if this skeleton could be the friend she had lost so many years ago. And what is the meaning of the strange skeletal lesions found on the bones of the young girl?

Meanwhile, Tempe's beau, Ryan, investigates a series of cold cases. Two girls dead. Three missing. Could the New Brunswick skeleton be part of the pattern? As Tempe draws on the latest advances in forensic anthropology to penetrate the past, Ryan hunts down a serial predator.©2007 Temperance Brennan, LP; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster, Inc.

Tired of tempi getting hit in head

In all her stories she gets hit in head. She should be dead by now. Needs to stay in morgue.

Good book, great narration!

What did you love best about Bones to Ashes?

The narration. Linda Emond's voice is clear and solid, and she acts out the drama of the novel without being, well, overly dramatic - very fitting, I believe, for the character of Temperance Brennan. Though i'm not an expert on French accents, the ones she did sounded pretty good to me!

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Compared to other Kathy Reichs books I've read, this one took a while to get going. There was a lot of exposition in the first third of the book - Tempe in her lab/office, looking at bodies, explaining things - and it was difficult to keep the different skeletons straight. Once she began getting out of the office, though, and doing some investigating, the story picked up considerably, and all the pieces were fit together.

What does Linda Emond bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

As mentioned above, I believe Linda really captures Temperance as the narrator of the story. Her tone is even but not droning, intelligent, assured but still inquisitive. She really brings a depth to the reading that I don't think I would have experienced just from reading the book myself.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Once it got going after the first third or so...yes!

Addicted to these books!

They keep getting better and better like another reviewer said. I do enjoy certain narrators better than others, Linda Emond did a great job with inflection and character differences. Great book.

A good Reichs book!

Kathy Reichs wrote a good one following a few average ones previously in the series.

Best at the end

Usual fare....but it finally gets good at the end. Fabulous narrative by the reader..that's the REAL plus.