| The success of the Fox TV show Bones, based on | | | | rare treat indeed for the discerning mystery reader! |
| bestseller Reichs's series featuring forensic | | | | Kathy Reichs is a working forensic anthropologist |
| anthropologist Temperance Brennan (Cross Bones, | | | | who can also write! She combines her brilliance in both |
| etc.), bodes well for this latest installment, in which | | | | arts in her mesmerizing novels, and Break No Bones is |
| Brennan once again stumbles on a modern-day | | | | the best yet! I am awed by its power and her ability |
| mystery inadvertently. While supervising a dig of | | | | to demonstrate what I call 'the silent secrets in the |
| Native American burial grounds in Charleston, S.C., | | | | bones.' Once again, I am so impressed with the |
| Brennan finds more recent remains. Soon, her | | | | wealth of knowledge Reichs draws on, her |
| ex-husband, who's a lawyer, appears in town, | | | | suspenseful plotting, and her marvelous ear for |
| pursuing leads in a missing persons case connected | | | | dialogue and sense of place. Temperance Brennan |
| with a local church. Bodies start piling up at an | | | | rides again in this compelling tale of a suspenseful |
| alarming rate, and Brennan begins to suspect that the | | | | murder probe. |
| deaths are linked to each other—and her | | | | Reichs' fans will be delighted; I predict an overnight |
| ex-husband's inquiry. | | | | bestseller! Reading Break No Bones kept pulling me |
| Reichs's down-to-earth heroine is an appealing | | | | away from my own deadlines, but I loved it! |
| creation, who deftly juggles personal problems with | | | | Following the tremendous success of Cross Bones, |
| professional challenges. Despite the somewhat | | | | Kathy Reichs explores another high-profile topic in |
| obvious solution, this novel confirms the series' place | | | | Break No Bones -- a case that lands forensic |
| in the front rank of the ever-expanding forensic | | | | anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the middle of |
| thriller subgenre. | | | | a gruesome international scheme. |
| In this ninth in the popular series, forensic | | | | Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent |
| anthropologist Tempe Brennan is spending two | | | | colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching a lackluster |
| weeks in May on Dewees, a barrier island north of | | | | archaeology field school in the ruins of a Native |
| Charleston, South Carolina, where she is leading a | | | | American burial ground on the Charleston shore. |
| student excavation of a prehistoric site when one of | | | | But when Tempe stumbles upon a fresh skeleton |
| the bodies they find isn't so ancient. After reporting | | | | among the ancient bones, her old friend Emma |
| her find to her friend Emma Rousseau, coroner at | | | | Rousseau, the local coroner, persuades her to stay |
| the Charleston County Coroner's Office, Tempe | | | | on and help with the investigation. When Emma |
| learns that Emma is ill and unable to investigate; so | | | | reveals a disturbing secret, it becomes more |
| Tempe fills in for her as a consultant. When another | | | | important than ever for Tempe to help her friend |
| body is found in a different location, the forensic | | | | close the case. |
| examination of the bones shows a similarity in the | | | | The body count begins to climb. An unidentified man |
| manner of death. As Tempe investigates further, | | | | is found hanging from a tree deep in the woods. |
| another body turns up, leading her to a horrifying | | | | Another corpse shows up in a barrel. There are |
| conclusion about the motive for these deaths. | | | | mysterious nicks on bones in several bodies, and |
| Complicating matters, Tempe's estranged husband | | | | signs of strangulation. Tempe follows the trail to a |
| moves into the house she has borrowed, and her | | | | free street clinic with a belligerent staff, a suspicious |
| boyfriend arrives unexpectedly from Montreal. | | | | doctor, and a donor who is a charismatic |
| Tempe must work through her ambivalence about | | | | televangelist. Clues abound in the most unlikely places |
| divorcing her unfaithful husband, for whom she still | | | | as Tempe uses her unique knowledge and skills to |
| has feelings, but she also cares for her boyfriend. | | | | build her case, even as the local sheriff remains |
| Readers who enjoy Patricia Cornwell's mysteries will | | | | dubious and her own life is threatened. |
| appreciate the forensic detail here, and more | | | | Tempe's love life is also complicated. |
| character-oriented readers will respond to Reichs' | | | | Ryan, her current flame, has come down to visit her |
| likable and well-developed cast, from the local sheriff | | | | from Montreal, and Pete, her former husband, is |
| to Tempe herself, a dedicated woman who feels | | | | investigating the disappearance of a local woman -- |
| compelled to provide justice for those who can no | | | | and he and Tempe are staying in the same borrowed |
| longer speak for themselves. An engrossing entry in | | | | beach house. Ryan and Pete compete for her |
| a widely read series. | | | | attentions, and Tempe finds herself more distracted |
| A brilliant novel in the tradition of the best Southern | | | | by her feelings for both men than she expected. |
| gothic writing! What a pleasure it is to watch Tempe | | | | Break No Bones is a smart, taut thriller featuring the |
| Brennan on the job once again, this time in the | | | | kind of high-stakes crime that makes the headlines |
| perfectly realized world of South Carolina. Reichs's | | | | every week. |
| seamless blending of fascinating science and dead-on | | | | Reichs, the inspiration for the hit FOX TV show |
| psychological portrayals, not to mention a whirlwind | | | | Bones, is writing at the top of her form, and Tempe |
| of a plot, make Break No Bones a must read." "A | | | | has never been more compelling. |