Death Du Jour

A Novel

De: Kathy Reichs

Narrado por: 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.

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!

Love the Temperance Brennan series

Would you consider the audio edition of Death du Jour to be better than the print version?

I would likely enjoy the print version much more than the audio version.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Bonnie Hurren?

Right now I feel anyone could do better! I will seriously make note of who the narrator is prior to purchasing more. I may never buy another audio book with this narrator. Maybe it's just the material she's reading but it's really pretty bad in my opinion. I keep listening because I do not currently have the time to actually read the book and I do love the series, but her speaking and certainly trying to change her voice for the characters is awful. The older men all sound like old women. Her daughter sounds like a gruff old man. Ryan-well Ryan could be an Irish American but I definitely dislike having different narrators across the same series. I have some of the books further in the series and I recall enjoying them, but haven't listened to those in a while.

yet another great book

I love Temperance brennan love the show and loving the books book worm serial reader