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