Kathy Reichs Book order (chronological)

Wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer Tempe Brennan hat als forensische Anthropologin schon Leichen in den verschiedensten Zuständen untersucht. Doch kaum etwas ist für sie so herausfordernd wie Großbrände und verkohlte Körper. Als sie nach Washington, D.C., gerufen wird, um die Opfer inmitten eines von Flammen zerstörten Gebäudes zu untersuchen, erwartet sie eine entsprechend grausige Szenerie. Die Hausruine befindet sich in einem Viertel mit bewegter Vergangenheit, die Eigentümer erweisen sich als zwielichtig. Schnell erhärtet sich der Verdacht, dass es sich um Brandstiftung handelt. Und dann geht ein weiteres Haus in Flammen auf …

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller, plunging forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan into the centre of a Washington, DC arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and violence.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-second high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc.Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men—tourists—have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found in a strange location with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But, recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them.Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common—other than the strange locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands’ seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn’t so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what’s at stake may actually have global significance.It isn’t long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud, and then Tempe herself becomes a target.

NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author KATHY REICHS returns with her next edge-of-your seat thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author KATHY REICHS returns with her next edge-of-your seat thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

Unnerving, unrelenting, unputdownable. Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim... Praise for Karin Slaughter 'A great read ... crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly 'Don't read this alone. Don't read this after dark. But do read it' Daily Mirror 'With Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter left a great many thriller writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With Kisscut, she leaves most of them behind' John Connolly 'Fast-paced and unsettling ...

EVERY BODY HAS SECRETS It all starts with a series of text messages. Each message contains a new picture of a corpse, missing its face and hands. Dr Temperance Brennan needs to find out who the dead man is, and why the images were sent to her. The only problem is, she has been kicked off the team. So she goes rogue, knowing that she is the only one who can solve this case. As she starts her investigation she discovers a connection to a decade-old missing child case. The more she uncovers, the darker and more twisted the picture becomes ...

From the former Chief Justice of Canada comes a riveting thriller featuring Jilly Truitt, a young defense attorney facing a deeply personal case. This gripping narrative explores the meaning of justice both in the courtroom and on the streets, appealing to fans of Kathy Reichs, Louise Penny, and Lisa Scottoline. Jilly, determined to win, finds herself pitted against her former mentor, prosecutor Cy Kenge. With a troubled past from her time in foster care behind her, she is now establishing her own criminal defense firm and earning a reputation as a fearless lawyer. When Vincent Trussardi, a wealthy and enigmatic figure, is accused of murdering his wife, Laura, Jilly takes on the challenge, despite warnings to steer clear of the Trussardi family. As she investigates Laura's death, Jilly hopes to uncover evidence that could create reasonable doubt. However, she encounters overwhelming evidence and uncooperative witnesses, raising questions about the truth. With her reputation and Vincent's life at stake, Jilly delves into the secrets surrounding the case, leading to a shocking revelation that will alter both the trial and her future. Set against the backdrop of Vancouver's gritty streets and the halls of justice, this thriller is infused with authenticity and suspense.

Meet Sunday Night, a woman with physical and psychological scars, and a killer instinct ... Sunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing. But a girl has gone missing, lost in the chaos of a bomb explosion, and the family needs Sunnie's help. Is the girl dead? Did someone take her? If she is out there, why doesn't she want to be found? It's time for Sunnie to face her own demons - because they might just lead her to the truth about what really happened all those years ago

Dalle acque gelate del North Carolina al sole battente della Florida, fino ai ghiacciai dell'Himalaya, sembra non esserci pausa per Temperance Brennan, la più celebre antropologa forense del thriller internazionale, impegnata, insieme al detective "Skinny" Slidell, in complicati esami autoptici e in misteriosi casi di omicidio. Si comincia con "Prime ossa": seguendo il flusso dei ricordi di Tempe, i lettori torneranno al primissimo caso, quello che la convinse ad abbandonare una tranquilla carriera accademica. In "Ossa in tasca" invece, resti umani rinvenuti in una sacca sulle rive di un lago cercano un'identità, mentre in "Ossa di palude" quella che doveva essere una meritata vacanza viene turbata da una scoperta raccapricciante: lo stomaco di un enorme serpente nasconde le prove di un omicidio. Nell'ultimo dei quattro lunghi racconti. "Ossa di ghiaccio", il compito di Tempe si dimostrerà ancora più pericoloso: identificare il corpo mummificato di una ventenne morta (ma per cause naturali?) tre anni prima sull'Everest.

Kathy Reichs' Virals series has been an enormous hit with Young adult and adult readers alike. In this collection of short stories, Kathy ties up all the loose ends in Tory's world Fans of the Virals series will be thrilled with this companion volume that includes three short stories originally published as digital short stories as well as an all-new, never-before-seen Virals adventure! Shift, Swipe, Shock and the new story Spike give further glimpses of the Virals' world as they work with Tory's famous great aunt, Temperance Brennan, to solve more mysteries, take a look at where it all started before they became Virals, and get to the bottom of an attempted sabatoge at Kit and Whitney's wedding.

Tory Brennanová a její viráti na stopě zákeřných protivníků. Čtyři povídky poodhalí další tajemství ze světa virátů a fanoušci se v nich setkají i s Toryinou pratetou, slavnou soudní antropoložkou Temperance Brennanovou. Společně s ní budou naši hrdinové Tory, Ben, Hiram i Shelton řešit další záhady – na autogramiádě i ve výzkumném ústavu na ostrově Loggerhead. Prozradí, jak to vlastně všechno začalo a co se dělo předtím, než se z nich stali viráti. A v nejnovějším příběhu, který navazuje na poslední díl série, budou muset zachraňovat ohroženou svatbu Kita a Whitney.

Four stories starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan include "First Bones," which reveals how she got her start in the lab, and "Bones on Ice," in which she must identify a mummified corpse found on Mount Everest.

A terrifying new adventure for Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals as they come face to face with their greatest enemy. Tory Brennan and the Virals pack are forced to confront the existence of a rival pack - The Trinity - who wants them off the scene - declaring war by engraving 'One Territory. One Pack' on a local landmark. What's more this pack's powers seem stronger and their eyes glow red rather than golden when they flare. Chance Claybourne, who now owns his father's pharmaceutical company, shares The Trinity's powers - he accidentally infected himself and his ex-lab tech Will Speckman. Chance claims he's on Virals' side but can they trust him? And if Speckman is one of The Trinity, who are the other two? As the tension mounts between the two packs an even greater threat looms. Covert government agents are closing in on them, determined to find out exactly how their powers work, to experiment on them. Have The Trinity pack given them Virals to save themselves? Or are both packs at risk?

For every case Temperence Brennan has solved, there remain innumerable unidentified bodies in her lab. Information on some of these is available online, where amateur sleuths sometimes take a stab at solving cases. One day, Tempe gets a call from Hazel Lucky Strike, a web sleuth who believes she's successfully connected a body in Tempe's lab to a missing persons report on an eighteen-year-old named Cora Teague. Since the bones in her lab do seem to match Cora's medical records, Tempe looks into the case, returning to the spot where the bones were originally found. What seems at first to be an isolated tragedy takes on a more sinister cast as Tempe uncovers two more sets of bones nearby. When she then learns that the area is known as a viewing point for a famous unexplained light phenomenon with significance for a local cult, Tempe's suspicions turn to murder by ritual sacrifice -- a theory thrown into question when Hazel herself turns up dead. Still reeling from her mother's diagnosis and the shock of Andrew Ryan's potentially life-changing proposal, Tempe races to solve the murders before the body count climbs further.

A match has been obtained on DNA sample 7426 to Canadian national number 64899, identified as: Anique Pomerleau, white/female, DOB: 12/10/75 - the subject is currently not in custody. For a decade, Temperance Brennan has been haunted by the monster, Anique Pomerleau, killer of young women. The one who got away, the one who has now come back - coming for Tempe.

Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet. Morris Island has barely had a chance to return to normality after the high profile trial of the Gamemaster, when two local students seem to vanish into thin air. Tory Brennan and the Virals pack move quickly in their attempts to discover what has happened to their twin classmates. But the packâe(tm)s canine powers are growing wilder, and it is becoming ever harder to conceal the secret which protects them. When Tory and her friends find evidence of blood in the studentsâe(tm) basement, they realise that the disappearance is no game. But in order to save the twins, the Virals must risk the exposure of their powers, and in doing so put even their own lives in terrible danger.

Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet. Life appears peaceful on Loggerhead Island - rescued from financial disaster, the research institute is flourishing once more. But the tranquility is quickly shattered when Tory Brennan and her technophile gang discover a mysterious box buried in the ground. A seemingly innocent treasure hunt soon turns into a nightmarish game of puzzles, as it becomes clear that one false move will lead to terrible, explosive consequences. The clock is ticking. Can Tory and the Virals crack the code in time to save the city - and their own lives?

The gripping new Temperance Brennan novel from the world-class forensic anthropologist and Number 1 bestselling author Kathy Reichs The body of a teenage girl is discovered along a desolate highway on the outskirts of Charlotte. Inside her purse is the ID card of a local businessman who died in a fire months earlier. Who was the girl? And was she murdered? Dr Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist, must find the answers. She soon learns that a Gulf War veteran stands accused of smuggling artefacts into the country. Could there be a connection between the two cases? Convinced that the girlâe(tm)s death was no accident, Tempe soon finds herself at the centre of a conspiracy that extends from South America to Afghanistan. But to find justice for the dead, she must be more courageous - and take more extreme action - than ever before.

Fouiller ses souvenirs. Temperance Brennan n'a plus que ça à faire pour ne pas sombrer dans la folie. Que faire d'autre lorsqu'on se réveille pieds et poings liés dans l'obscurité, enfermée dans un espace exigu et glacial ? Impossible pour l'anthropologue judiciaire de se souvenir des circonstances de son enlèvement. Mais, petit à petit, elle reconstitue le puzzle des derniers jours : le cauchemar a commencé avec la découverte du cadavre d'une certaine Rose Jurmain... Du fond de son caveau, Tempe pressent que sa survie dépend sûrement de sa capacité à résoudre cette enquête.

Hlavní roli hraje soudní antropoložka Temperance Brennanová v třech poutavých příbězích. První příběh začíná na místě leteckého neštěstí v Severní Karolíně, kde se Brennanová podílí na identifikaci ostatků. Tragédie, při které zahynulo 80 lidí, vyvolává otázky o příčinách havárie, přičemž se objevují podezření na radikála, pojištěnou manželku nebo důležitého svědka gangové války. Brennanová je šokována, když objeví nohu, která nepatří žádnému z pasažérů. Druhý příběh se odehrává v Guatemale, kde Brennanová a její tým zkoumají masakr z roku 1982, kdy vojáci napadli vesnici Chupan Ya. Bez záznamů o události čelí vyšetřovatelé nebezpečným útokům a Brennanová se dostává do složité pavučiny mocenských a finančních zájmů, které daleko přesahují místní hranice. Ve třetím příběhu havaruje malé letadlo v Severní Karolíně, přičemž pilot a cestující zahynuli a jejich těla jsou spálená. Kromě vyšetřování nehody se objevují tajemné kosti na odlehlé farmě, které se na první pohled zdají být zvířecími. Jakmile jsou kosti převezeny do laboratoře, čekají Brennanovou nečekaná překvapení.

V hlavní roli Temperance Brennanová Tři detektivní příběhy oblíbené americké autorky, v nichž znovu přivádí na scénu soudní antropoložku Temperance Brennanovou, „Sběratelku kostí“, která ovšem nečeká, až násilné činy vyřeší policie, ale sama odvážně bojuje s vrahy a zabijáky a „její“ případy ji zcela pohlcují… Nejdříve se její hrdinka zaplétá do příběhu plného voodoo, santeríe a satanismu a pokouší se zjistit totožnost dvou mladých obětí. Poté odhaluje složitý příběh rafinované záměny a vraždy. Na začátku posledního příběhu se Temperance Brennanová probírá z bezvědomí v malém, tmavém a studeném prostoru…

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth "pulse-pounding" (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan--a story of infanticide and murder set in the high stakes, high danger world of diamond mining. Beneath a diamond's perfect surface lies a story of violence and greed. Just like bones... In a run-down Montreal apartment, Tempe finds heartbreaking evidence of three innocent lives ended. The landlord says Alma Rogers lives there--is she the same woman who checked into a city hospital as Amy Roberts, then fled before doctors could treat her uncontrolled bleeding? Is she Alva Rodriguez, sought by a man who appeared at the crime scene? Heading up an investigation crackling with the sexual tension of past intimacies, Tempe leads homicide detective Andrew Ryan and police sergeant Ollie Hasty along the woman's trail and into the farthest reaches of mining country--where the grim industry of unearthing diamonds exacts a price in blood. And where the truths the unlikely trio uncovers are more sinister than they could have imagined.

A serial novel featuring contributions by twenty-six masters of suspense follows detective Jon Nunn as he re-opens a ten-year-old case to discover if the wrong person was convicted and put to death for the murder of art curator Christopher Thomas.

HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWIST The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. A 300-year-old legend Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues. A deadly path It isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure.Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. Dead bodies litter the trail. Time is running out before the island will be sold. Will the Virals' special powers be enough to save them?

At a friend's request, Dr. Bill Brockton is called away from the Body Farm--his human-decomposition research facility at the University of Tennessee--to help prove that a woman's suicide was, in fact, murder. But Brockton's quick consulting trip takes a harrowing detour through the Florida panhandle when two adolescent skulls are discovered near the ruins of a once-notorious juvenile detention facility, destroyed by fire more than four decades ago. Local stories about the North Florida Boys' Reformatory are chilling: nightmarish tales of savage beatings, torture, and worse. Guided by the diary of a former "student," Brockton's team soon makes a grisly discovery: a cluster of shallow graves containing the bones of teenage boys, all of whom suffered violent deaths. But the search for answers becomes more perilous the closer Brockton comes to the truth--because unexpected skeletons reside in some surprisingly prominent closets . . . and summoning ghosts from the past can have devastating consequences in the present.

#1 "New York Times" bestseller Reichs is back with her 14th novel featuring America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan.

Souborné vydání tří detektivních románů představuje neústupnou soudní antropoložku Temperance Brennanovou. První román, který se stal bestsellerem na žebříčku New York Times a získal prestižní Ellisovu cenu, zaujal čtenáře a byl přeložen do devatenácti jazyků. V dalším díle, Mrtvá světice, autorka rozšiřuje svůj příběh a představuje bohatý ansámbl postav, napětí a fascinující kriminalistické detaily. Dr. Temperance Brennanová, forenzní antropoložka z Quebecu, během kruté zimy v Montrealu objevuje mrtvolu sestry Élisabeth Nicolet, která byla pohřbena před více než sto lety. Zvláštní rakev, nalezená v rozpadajícím se kostele, poskytuje první vodítko k osudu této klášterní sestry. Hádanka kolem jejího života a smrti kontrastuje s nálezy v nedávno vyhořelé chatě, kde čekají na Tempe zuhelnatělá těla. Kdo byli ti lidé a co je zavedlo k tragickému konci? Detektiv Andrew Ryan, k němuž Tempe cítila přitažlivost, se spolu s ní podílí na vyšetřování případu žhářství, které je spojeno s tajemnou socioložkou a opičí kolonií na karolinském ostrově. Tempe je pohlcena případem a zároveň se potýká s osobními problémy, včetně starostí o svou sestru Harry, která hledá duchovní procitnutí.

The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat and only one thing can save it: a lot of money. Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No one know where, but Tory Brennan is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues.

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Hlavní postavou je soudní antropoložka Temperance Brennanová, která se v příbězích od Kathy Reichs zaplétá do fascinujících a komplikovaných vyšetřování. V prvním příběhu se dostává k vraždě ortodoxního žida v Montrealu, kde se setkává s tajemstvím sahajícím až do biblických časů. Záhadná fotografie kostry ji přivádí k otázkám, které zpochybňují církevní dogmata. V dalším příběhu je povolána do Jižní Karolíny, kde při archeologických vykopávkách objevuje kostru nedávno zemřelého a začíná se potýkat s rostoucím počtem mrtvých. Třetí příběh ji zavádí do kanadské Akádie, kde je nalezena kostra dívky, jež by mohla patřit její dávné přítelkyni Évangéline, která zmizela před třiceti lety. Brennanová se musí vyrovnat nejen s bolestnou minulostí, ale také s podivnými lézemi na kostech, které naznačují něco víc než jen běžný zločin. Příběhy kombinují napětí, historické tajemství a osobní drama, což z nich činí poutavé čtení.

Reichs--#1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit "Bones"--returns with the 13th riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan.

Fantastic new series of novels from the Sunday Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs

You have an enemy, Dr Brennan. It is in your interest to learn who placed that call. A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation that she missed or concealed crucial evidence. Before Tempe can get to the one man with information, he turns up dead. The heiress isn t the only elderly female to have appeared on Tempe s gurney recently. Back in Montreal, three more women have died, their bodies brutally discarded. Tempe is convinced there s a link between their deaths and that of the heiress. But what or who connects them? Tempe struggles with the clues, but nothing adds up. Has she made grave errors or is some unknown foe sabotaging her? It soon becomes frighteningly clear. It s not simply Tempe s career at risk. Her life is at stake too.

Reichs--#1 "New York Times"-bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the FOX television drama "Bones"--returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, in her 11th riveting novel in which Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly mix of voodoo and devil worship.

As a child, she was told to forget about the missing girl. But some memories don’t die….The discovery of a skeleton in Acadia, Canada, reawakens a traumatic episode for forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan: Could the young girl’s remains be those of Évangéline Landry, Tempe’s friend who disappeared when Tempe was twelve? Exotic, free-spirited, and slightly older, Évangéline enlivened Tempe’s summer beach visits…then vanished amid whispers that she was “dangerous.” Now, faced with bones scarred with inexplicable lesions, Tempe is consumed with solving a decades-old mystery — while her lover, detective Andrew Ryan, urgently needs her attention on a wave of teenage abductions and murders. With both Ryan and her ex-husband making surprising future plans, Tempe may soon find that her world has painfully and irrevocably changed once again.

Tempe's work at the Jeffersonian Institute is put on hold when Special Agent Seeley Booth, stalled on a case deposing a Chicago mob family, calls her in to assist with a bizarre discovery: a plastic bag of skeletal remains -- and a chilling note -- left on the steps of a federal building. Tempe determines the bones are from different corpses, suggesting a serial killer's handiwork. A suspect is quickly taken into custody, but Tempe senses the case is far from closed. And as Booth's Mafia case heats up with violent twists and bloody discoveries, including ties to one of Chicago's most gruesome and notorious killers, Tempe must unravel the story of the bones, where the truth lies buried -- in order to stay alive.

It's the second-to-last day of archaeological field school - the students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees, a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina, when a much more recent burial is uncovered.

Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's final novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times). In noir master Raymond Chandler's Playback, Philip Marlowe is hired by an influential lawyer he's never heard of to tail a gorgeous redhead, but then decides he'd rather help out the redhead. She's been acquitted of her alcoholic husband's murder, but her father-in-law prefers not to take the court's word for it. "Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence:" -- Ross Macdonald

'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head' is the on-scene assessment, but the victim's relatives are adamant in their rejection of suicide as an explanation. Discovered in a closet, a week after death, the body is barely recognisable. Extreme heat has accelerated decomposition, and Dr Temperance Brennan's forensic expertise is required.|PB

Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for both North Caolina and Quebec, has come from Charlotte to Montreal during the bleak days of December to testify as an expert witness at a murder trial.

It's a summer of record-breaking heat in Charlotte and Dr Temperance Brennan is looking forward to her first vacation in years. She's almost out the door when the bones start appearing. First there's the newborn skeleton found in a wood stove. Next, a small plane flies into a rock face. Both the pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition.

In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Temperance Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates. And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City. When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of death. But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn. It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's secrets buried.

Temperance Brennan rushes to North Carolina to help with a plane crash, when her investigations lead to an evil that will test her courage.

This book takes you into the scenes of 40 infamous crimes and the heart of forensic investigations. It explores true crime cases that have captured public attention, detailing the scientific procedures that helped solve them—from gathering elusive physical clues to analyzing weapons and bodies using advanced scientific methods. The narrative weaves through the history of forensic science and the technologies that support it, including fingerprinting, autopsies, handwriting analysis, ballistics, hair sampling, blood typing, DNA testing, dental records, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and toxicology. High-profile cases illustrate forensic advancements, dating back to 1775 when Paul Revere identified a slain soldier using dentures, up to recent events like the Oklahoma bombing. Familiar cases include The Lindbergh Kidnapping, Pan Am Flight 103, The Kennedy Investigation, The Hitler Diaries, Wayne Williams, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey MacDonald, Dr. Josef Mengele, Robert Maxwell's suicide, Tsar Nicholas II, and The World Trade Center bombing. The author presents the facts without speculation, ensuring a comprehensive and well-researched exploration of these cases. This book is described as "a fascinating book ... [and] an excellent mini-encyclopedia of widely discussed, high-profile cases" by former Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas T. Noguchi.

"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

Een Canadese pathologe-anatoom probeert een seksueel verknipte seriemoordenaar op te sporen.

Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs exploded onto bestseller lists worldwide with her phenomenal debut novel Déjà Dead -- and introduced "[a] brilliant heroine" (Glamour) in league with Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta. Dr. Temperance Brennan, Quebec's director of forensic anthropology, now returns in a thrilling new investigation into the secrets of the dead. In the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. Although Tempe thrives on such enigmas from the past, it's a chain of contemporary deaths and disappearances that has seized her attention -- and she alone is ideally placed to make a chilling connection among the seemingly unrelated events. At the crime scene, at the morgue, and in the lab, Tempe probes a mystery that sweeps from a deadly Quebec fire to startling discoveries in the Carolinas, and culminates in Montreal with a terrifying showdown -- a nerve-shattering test of both her forensic expertise and her skills for survival.

An Alternate Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found here. The meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery. 'Too decomposed for standard autopsy. Request anthropologic expertise.' Enter Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, who has been researching recent disappearances in the city. Despite the cynicism of Detective Claudel who heads the investigation, Brennan is convinced that a serial killer is at work. Her forensic expertise finally convinces Claudel, but only after the body count has risen... Tempe takes matters into her own hands, but her determined probing places those closest to her in mortal danger. Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough before the killer strikes again?