Death Du Jour

A Novel

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Bonnie Hurren

When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions—and danger—forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who can solve the case in this “triumphant second appearance” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs.

Tempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.

When she stumbles upon a recent skeleton among the ancient bones, she starts asking questions. She’s the expert they might have called in, but lucky for the police she’s already there. The skeleton leads her to a free street clinic where patients have begun to go missing, and some have wound up dead. What is going on and who is to blame? The charismatic televangelist who oversees the clinic? The shady doctor who practices there? Or is it the clinic staff?

Ryan is in Montreal, though he may come down for a visit. If he does, Tempe will have to juggle him and Detective Galiano, an old flame, who is in town investigating the disappearance of a wealthy young woman. This is a phenomenally high stakes business where one dead body can save a couple of lives, maybe more. Along with the corpses, Tempe investigates the sick moral logic of the mastermind behind the operation.

Kathy Reichs has returned Tempe to America and put her in the middle of a sinister trafficking ring that’s local and global. The suspense is intense, and the world is riveting. Kathy Reichs’s books are expert and smart with a taut energy, and this is her best plot and writing yet.

Entertaining but not mind-blowing

Narrator horribly mispronounces several words ("marcaber" for macabre), protagonist has NO common sense, loose conclusion.

Great Story

I loved the story, but wasn't crazy about the narrator. I had a hard time differentiating between characters, based on her voices. I can't be certain, but I felt like her choices weren't necessarily consistent either.

Another great Kathy Reichs book

Great book with a lot of Quebec, Ryan, and Harry. Tempe Brennan at her finest, with work, sleuthing, terror, mystery, and several new mysterious characters thrown in. As usual, the very sarcastic and witty humor is thrown in to counteract the gruesome nature of Twmpe's work. Great example of a strong, smart, independent woman who does not ignore her instincts and gut, even when it sometimes leads to more than she bargained for. Love the suspense and the witty dialogue, Tempe's first person narration, and the subtle references to current times.

Riveting and addicting!!!

An amazing story written weaves together perfectly so that it all comes to a climactic end

Excellent Story, Great Descriptions

Where does Death du Jour rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Usually my sister picks the audio books to listen to on our way up to Door County, Wisconsin. I'm picking ones I want to listen to while I'm working, switching between books and music and TV programs. I'm a big Bones fan, and I noticed that many of the other Kathy Reichs fans are as well. I really enjoyed this book and the other one (206 Bones) and will continue to listen to them, regardless of who is narrating them.

What did you like best about this story?

This was a different narrator than the first Temperance Brennan book I read and it was easier to listen to her. Her French was excellent and her voice and the tonal quality of the descriptive language of various locations was excellent. When the book required her narration to be suspenseful, she definitely was.

Have you listened to any of Bonnie Hurren’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, this was my first.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When she became emotional to the college professor about the murders (and means of murder) of infants and such, and at the time, she felt (Daisy Gannett (sp?) was responsible) which was how the crime part of the book actually started.

Slow build up but a good story, bad narration

The accents done by the narrator were awful. The story itself was a slow build, but overall was good.

not fond of southern accent attempt. also it's not constant making it distracting

I loved the story!! I thought the characters were really well fleshed out and very interesting

Not Sure

I felt that the basic plot was pretty good.. But the story dragged when it went into a bit too much forensic detail. I like the forensics but not at the extent of the story.

You'll get over the Narrator Quickly

I've read some other reviews that said that the book was amazing but the narration leaves a lot to be desired, that is definitely the case for the first few chapters of this book. It was difficult to get into because the narrator sounds totally different than Kathy reichs first book, but once you get into it she really does do a great job! I thoroughly enjoyed this story I highly recommend it to anybody interested in another Bones audible story!

Starting to Get Good

Death Du Jour was an intense read, there was lots of twist in turns. There was points when I thought the story was trailing off into different directions but in the end everything came full circle and connected. The more of these Temperance Brennan novels I read the more I can't get enough of them. I've got 2 down now I just have 15 more to go!