• The Bone Code

  • A Temperance Brennan Novel
  • By: Kathy Reichs
  • Narrated by: Linda Emond
  • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (831 ratings)

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The Bone Code

By: Kathy Reichs
Narrated by: Linda Emond
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Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Kathy Reichs’ 20th “brilliant” (Louise Penny) thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations of unidentified bodies ignite a terrifying series of events. “This is A-game Reichs, with crisp prose, sharp dialogue, and plenty of suspense” (Booklist).

On the way to hurricane-ravaged Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, Tempe receives a call from the Charleston coroner. The storm has tossed ashore a medical waste container. Inside are two decomposed bodies wrapped in plastic and bound with electrical wire. Tempe recognizes many of the details as identical to those of an unsolved case she handled in Quebec 15 years earlier. With a growing sense of foreboding, she travels to Montreal to gather evidence.

Meanwhile, health authorities in South Carolina become increasingly alarmed as a human flesh-eating contagion spreads. So focused is Tempe on identifying the container victims that, initially, she doesn’t register how their murders and the pestilence may be related. But she does recognize one unsettling fact. Someone is protecting a dark secret - and willing to do anything to keep it hidden.

An absorbing look at the sinister uses to which genetics can be put and featuring a cascade of ever-more-shocking revelations, The Bone Code is “a murder mystery story that races across America at the speed of fright” (James Patterson).

©2021 Temperance Brennan, L.P. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved

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The Bone Code

One of her best stories, makes you hate the bad. . . no just plain evil person. A story for our present time . . . or maybe older then we might think!

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Genealogist’s delight!

Being a genealogist working with family dna, I loved this storyline. Another winner for Kathy Reichs.

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Wonderful

I'm so glad Kathy Reichs wrote a new book to add to her series, so good.

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And a good story and a great narrator but…

Small tip. Beaufort South Carolina is not pronounced with the French phonetic pronunciation. I know, I know, it’s a southern thing but it is pronounced “Bewfert”

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good listen

will listen again.
Narrator's voice is very pleasant.
Kathy's awesome.
I always look forward to her new publishings.

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excellent

bones is always good. this one very interesting. one two three four five word quota met

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Boring

I usually like Reichs books but found this pretty boring. The last hour was pretty good.

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Great twists and turns

Wonderful story, excellent pace, and lots of surprises. As
Always compelling and multi-sensory writing.

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Great as Usual!

Another well written and performed book.
Filled with information that scares you in this time of pandemic.

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too soon

I get so involved with these books, time flies and too soon they are finished.
the characters are great, so humor is just right and the story line captivating

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