#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a
new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic
anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to
discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a
decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cell phone
number.
It's sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan,
still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling
nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when
she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new
picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. Immediately,
she's anxious to know who the dead man is, and why the images were sent
to her.
An identified corpse soon turns up, only partly answering her questions.
To win answers to the others, including the man's identity, she must go
rogue, working mostly outside the system. That's because Tempe's new
boss holds a fierce grudge against her and is determined to keep her out
of the case. Tempe bulls forward anyway, even as she begins questioning
her instincts. But the clues she discovers are disturbing and confusing.
Was the faceless man a spy? A trafficker? A target for assassination by
the government? And why was he carrying the name of a child missing for
almost a decade?
With help from a number of law enforcement associates including her
Montreal beau Andrew Ryan and the always-ready-with-a-smart-quip,
ex-homicide investigator Skinny Slidell, and utilizing new cutting-edge
forensic methods, Tempe draws closer to the astonishing truth.
But the more she uncovers, the darker and more twisted the picture
becomes...
