When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions--and
danger--forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who
can solve the case in this "triumphant second appearance" (Publishers
Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs.
Tempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students
at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.
When she stumbles upon a recent skeleton among the ancient bones, she
starts asking questions. She's the expert they might have called in, but
lucky for the police she's already there. The skeleton leads her to a
free street clinic where patients have begun to go missing, and some
have wound up dead. What is going on and who is to blame? The
charismatic televangelist who oversees the clinic? The shady doctor who
practices there? Or is it the clinic staff?
Ryan is in Montreal, though he may come down for a visit. If he does,
Tempe will have to juggle him and Detective Galiano, an old flame, who
is in town investigating the disappearance of a wealthy young woman.
This is a phenomenally high stakes business where one dead body can save
a couple of lives, maybe more. Along with the corpses, Tempe
investigates the sick moral logic of the mastermind behind the
operation.
Kathy Reichs has returned Tempe to America and put her in the middle of
a sinister trafficking ring that's local and global. The suspense is
intense, and the world is riveting. Kathy Reichs's books are expert and
smart with a taut energy, and this is her best plot and writing yet.
