From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones,
the first Temperance Brennan novel in the "cleverly plotted and expertly
maintained series" (The New York Times Book Review).
Her life is devoted to justice--even for those she never knew.
In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in
North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore
Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and
stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern--and she
plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is
about to place those closest to her--her best friend and her own
daughter--in mortal danger...
"A genius at building suspense" (Daily News, New York), Kathy Reichs's
Temperance Brennan books are ripe with intricate settings and memorable
characters" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).