#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her
sixteenth riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe
Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit and run in
North Carolina triggers an investigation into international human
trafficking.
When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a
desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the
worst. The girl's body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse police
find the ID card of a prominent local businessman, John-Henry Story, who
died in a horrific flea market fire months earlier. Was the girl an
illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she murdered?
The medical examiner has also asked Tempe to examine a bundle of
Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm veteran
named Dominick Rockett stands accused of smuggling the objects into the
country. Could there be some connection between the trafficking of
antiquitiesand the trafficking of humans?
As the case deepens, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her
daughter Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan,
impulsively enlists in the Army. As pressure mounts from all corners,
Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that extends all
the way from South America, to Afghanistan, and right to the center of
Charlotte. "A genius at building suspense" (Daily News, New York),
Kathy Reichs is at her brilliant best in this thrilling novel.
