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Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan #6)

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She works with the dead, but she works for the living.

“Down time” is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan’s vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe’s daug...more

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Published May 25th 2004 by Pocket Star (first published July 3rd 2003)

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Mar 06, 2011 John rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An unconvincing, totally forgettable novel. Like many other readers, I miss the elements that make the Bones TV show so appealing. I made the mistake of thinking that this was the first book in Reichs' series, so I was initially surprised at how phoned-in and convoluted it felt. The only part of the book that seemed passionately written was Tempe's environmental speech featured on the last two pages. Reichs writes in sentence fragments that read like sporadic bursts of machine gun fire, as if sh...more

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Mar 17, 2009 Weavre rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Weavre by: Samantha

Shelves: fiction-set-here-and-nowish

With a background in anthropology, I was intrigued by the idea of a book starring a female anthropologist, written by a female anthropologist. Kathy Reichs, of course, does and writes forensic work, which is far afield from the applied cultural material on which I once focused--but she writes a darned good novel! I liked the characters, and was pleasantly surprised to recognize the author's name when my kids turned on the TV show Bones, which I'd not watched before; Kathy Reichs is associated wi...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Stephen Clynes rated it 2 of 5 stars

bare bones continues the tale of Dr Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist. There are 3 parts to this story, the bones of a newborn baby, a plane crash and a cache of bones discovered in the woods. This novel is about Dr Brennan's life in and out of work. It is written in the first person and she is a likeable, hard working character. You will read some interesting forensic detail as Temperance goes about her job. Slowly the clues mount up and the investigation of suspects unfold.

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Feb 12, 2013 Mary rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: police-procedurals

This is my 6th Temperance Brennan novel--I am reading them in order. The two main themes--Tempe gets some sort of "back off" warning from the killer and promptly puts herself and/or her friends and family in imminent danger, and she gets knocked in the head A LOT--are tediously repeated here and I have faith that they will continue ad infinitum. To be honest, once I get to the part when she is rendered unconscious and awakens to find herself held prisoner but, strangely, left unshackled and ther...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Matt Schiariti rated it 4 of 5 stars

A hallmark of the Tempe Brennan series is a plot that seemingly starts as one thing but morphs into something that you couldn't have seen coming as the book progresses. Bare Bones is no exception.

The remains of a dead baby come across the desk of Dr. Brennan as she's working in her native North Carolina. At first glance the book seems like it's going to be a standard who dunnit. Was the baby stillborn? Unwanted? Who would do such a thing? How to identify the murderer if there even is one?

But, a...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Tara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I'm loving following the exploits of forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan as she helps to put away the bad guys. When I first picked up this series, I was expecting something more like the TV series. These books were a pleasant surprise.

Main differences:
TV series: Brennan works in the states full time at a university with a high tech lab.
Books: Brennan commutes between a police lab in Montreal, Quebec and a university in Colorado (I think, I'm writing this on my first cup of coffee...)

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Jul 01, 2012 Becca rated it 2 of 5 stars

I was initially interested in reading this book because I really enjoy the TV series based upon Kathy Reichs' life and story, Bones. I was excited about hearing more from the "same author" by reading some of Reichs' novels. I was sadly disappointed in this book. While a fun read and a captivating story at times, the narration style was weak, the dialogue forced, and the forensics sidelined. The characters are shallow with little development. At the end of the story, the main character, Dr. Brenn...more

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Dec 10, 2011 Nenia Campbell rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-2003s, x-series-bk-6

One thing I love about Kathy Reichs, that really makes her stand apart from other novels of the genre, is how much trivia is incorporated into her mysteries. I'm one of those huge geeks that reads nonfiction for fun. I believe that if the writing isn't dry, and is somewhat sensationalistic, science and history can be as entertaining as fiction. Likewise, I believe fiction is enhanced by science and research, if it's pertinent. Some people think that Reichs's books are a bit of an information bom...more One thing I love about Kathy Reichs, that really makes her stand apart from other novels of the genre, is how much trivia is incorporated into her mysteries. I'm one of those huge geeks that reads nonfiction for fun. I believe that if the writing isn't dry, and is somewhat sensationalistic, science and history can be as entertaining as fiction. Likewise, I believe fiction is enhanced by science and research, if it's pertinent. Some people think that Reichs's books are a bit of an information bomb on forensic anthropology but I think it's awesome! I love learning about the structures that can be used to distinguish between genders and ethnicity, and how there's always exceptions to the rule. Plus, since these are murder mysteries, other experts get called in to explain the other vastly complicated types of evidence — and lucky me: this book touched on THREE fascinating new topics!!

1) Melungeons. I had honestly never come across this term before. Apparently, Melungeons are people with fairly European facial traits with dark skin, hair, and eyes. They are tri-racial, meaning that they have Sub-Saharan, Native American, and European ancestry. They mostly tend to be in the East, and comprise a very small amount of the population. This makes sense, because I'm reading LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME, and it postulates that Phoenicians were among the first groups to actually set foot on American turf before Columbus. Imagine my excitement when Reichs mentions the Phoenicians as one of the potential sources of this Sub-Saharan ancestry. I love it when the books I'm reading tie in together! It's like brain crack.

2) Spix's Macaw. I'd never heard about this animal before, either, although the so-called Blue Macaw in the movie Rio is apparently a Spix's macaw. Go figure. It's a very rare parrot, with bright blue feathers. According to BARE BONES, the last parrot in the wild died in 2000 (which seems to be supported by the information I saw in my quick web browse). However, a small but significant amount still exist in captivity. There is apparently quite a market for them, nearly as cutthroat and valuable as the drug trade, and the parrots can sell for $40,000-$100,000!

3) Klinefelter's Syndrome & Turner's Syndrome. OK, OK, to be honest, I already knew about these. I'm a psychology major with a passion for biology and find genetics amazing (I remember, I was the only one in the class who really “got” it, and the professor was always asking me to draw diagrams on the board to explain to everyone — I'm sure they hated that smarty-pants Hermione Granger wannabe that I was), and I was super excited to revisit this fascinating topic. Especially since I just got done with a GLBT studies course that did the topic of sex and gender to death.

Turner's Syndrome is defined as having only one X chromosome (genotype: XO). It leads to a lot of health problems, spatial ability problems, and, of course, the kicker: infertility.

Klinefelter's Syndrome is defined as having an extra X chromosome (for males, genotype: XXY). These men tend to be tall, they don't have a lot of muscle tone but lots of body fat, don't really have high levels of testosterone, high voice, not a lot of facial or body hair (if any), and, like most sex chromosome-related mutations, they are also infertile. Interestingly, when I looked this up, I found that there's a variant (XXYY) which used to be diagnosed as a subset of Klinefelter's until further research revealed slightly different symptoms (more developmental issues and severer health problems. Also, mental retardation is apparently more likely with this variant).

Not only is BARE BONES a fabulous whodunnit, you also get to learn a lot of cool trivia to gross out friends. And hey — if you need any further urging, just look at Sookie Stackhouse. She didn't go to college, but she knows a cartload of gee-whiz! Inspiring factoids. Why? Because she reads a lot of mysteries and romance novels! (Although, you should probably still go to college, if you can… job industries aren't nearly as impressed by autodidacts as they should be.)(less)

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Jun 15, 2011 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Probably closer to 2.5 stars. The author has some repeated, annoying habits which prevent me from fully enjoying the mystery.
One is to be constantly, obviously foreshadowing the next action at the end of a chapter. For example, chapter 4 ends with the following:
"Things will be fine, I told myself.
Wrong.
Things were going to get worse before they got worse."
Once in a while, that would be ok. But when you're ending almost every chapter with this type of thing, and I'm noticing it, it's not working...more

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Jul 31, 2010 Rebekkila rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcrossing, thrillers, book-on-cd

It's a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, looks forward to her first vacation in years. A romantic vacation. She's almost out the door when the bones start appearing.A newborn's charred remains turn up in a woodstove. A small plane crashes in a North Carolina cornfield on a sunny afternoon. Both pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition. And what is the mysterious black substance covering the...more

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Jul 22, 2010 Jerry rated it 3 of 5 stars

Average entry in 6-book forensic anthropologist series,,,

We've read this entire series and have generally been pleased with the story lines; the reasonably charismatic leading lady, Tempe Brennan; the dual setting of Charlotte and Montreal; and the technicalities of the work being performed to identify victims from bones and chasing clues sometimes all the way to the perpetrators. Much of the books sounds almost autobiographical, as both the technical work and the geographic settings mirror the...more Average entry in 6-book forensic anthropologist series,,,

We've read this entire series and have generally been pleased with the story lines; the reasonably charismatic leading lady, Tempe Brennan; the dual setting of Charlotte and Montreal; and the technicalities of the work being performed to identify victims from bones and chasing clues sometimes all the way to the perpetrators. Much of the books sounds almost autobiographical, as both the technical work and the geographic settings mirror the real life profession of author Dr. Kathy Reichs. We felt her just prior novel, "Grave Secrets", suffered from too much detective work and chasing of criminals, for which Tempe has no particular training nor skills, just a penchant for action. In that book, her specialty skills took second place by far. However, in this latest novel, if anything we have a flood of victims so dominating Tempe's time she barely has a few hours for Canadian love interest Andrew Ryan, a real detective who is visiting Tempe in Charlotte for their first really serious affair. Some scenes with Ryan and daughter Katy added some human interest to an otherwise somewhat gory story. In fact, there wind up being so many dead bodies, including several skeletons of black bears (hence the pun book title), one almost needs a scorecard to keep all the characters and happenings straight. There was a very interesting description of how certain animal organs are being illegally harvested for sale to (mostly) Oriental customers whom attribute curative powers to, in this case, bear gall bladders of all things. Meanwhile dope smuggling, rare bird smuggling, and (by the way) a human murder or two, keep the plot jumping with developments. There are in fact so many sub-plots that miraculously intertwine before it's all over that the book suffers in our mind from being "over-worked".

Reichs has enjoyed success with fresh forensic territory and great timing with the high level of current interest in "CSI" and similar TV shows. A tendency to overwhelm us with detailed analysis in the early books has given way to complicated plot development, no doubt under the guidance of the editors and publishers to "dumb" things down and appeal to a broader audience. Reichs has built a nice fan club to date, but the spotty reception given her last two outings may indicate trouble is brewing. We'd suggest that if you're new to this author, start with one of her first couple of books and let these later ones go for a while. Meanwhile, we hope Reichs can set a firmer direction with her next Tempe Brennan adventure.

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Jun 09, 2010 Jlaurenmc rated it 4 of 5 stars

Tempe Brennan series book #5 (Grave Secrets) was not my favorite. But before I could get bored and move on to other books & series & authors, Reichs wrote Bare Bones and pulled me right back into her world of uncovered bones and murder conspiracies. Reichs chose a theme for each of the Tempe books I've read thus far - -there was the motorcycle gang one, the religious cult one, the Guatemalan genocide one, and now with Bare Bones there is the animal rights one. I say all that rather flipp...more Tempe Brennan series book #5 (Grave Secrets) was not my favorite. But before I could get bored and move on to other books & series & authors, Reichs wrote Bare Bones and pulled me right back into her world of uncovered bones and murder conspiracies. Reichs chose a theme for each of the Tempe books I've read thus far - -there was the motorcycle gang one, the religious cult one, the Guatemalan genocide one, and now with Bare Bones there is the animal rights one. I say all that rather flippantly, but, a) it is true and b) it actually makes the series more interesting than if she didn't have a shtick. With her method of writing books centered around distinct themes, Reichs continuously puts Tempe into new and (for the most part) interesting situations. This minimizes boredom in readers (especially those like me who wait until the series is 14 books in, and so read all of them as fast as I can in order).

Bare Bones brings Brennan back to the North Carolina setting I love more than any other (although reading about Montreal is interesting, as was the foreign soil of Guatemala). I'm a southern girl through-and-through, and so enjoy a southern book more than anything else. Tempe is ready to leave on vacation when a bag of bones found at a picnic interferes and creates a delay. Other factors compound until Tempe is thoroughly embroiled in a series of investigations that prevent her departure completely. Tempe is joined by a love interest (I'll leave out details, as that's left as a cliffhanger in Grave Secrets) who helps her work the cases. Things become personal when Tempe receives threats to both herself and to her daughter Katy.

Two of the cases bring Tempe into the world of endangered animal poaching and trafficking. Both the bears of North Carolina and a particular kind of parrot from South America find themselves topics of Tempe's research when she discovers bear bones mixed in with human ones, then a bird feather mixed into a drug cache. Katy's new boyfriend also turns out to be a wildlife resources agency official, and Tempe is unsure how she feels about him. Could he be involved in some of her cases, or is it just a bad case of mother's intuition and feeling overprotective?

Great action, and great views of the inner workings of Tempe's psyche. Reichs shows what she's made of in this novel, and it -- like the Guatemalan Civil War novel just released prior to this one -- is drawn from Reichs' personal experience. At the novel's end, Reichs explains in minor detail her real-life case that inspired Bare Bones. Also, cute title, huh? (Get it? Bear bones = Bare bones?) (less)

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Jun 01, 2010 (´*•.¸ღBexღ¸.•*´) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to (´*•.¸ღBexღ¸.•*´) by: Anyone that likes a good Mystery

Shelves: own

"Bare Bones" is the sixth novel in the Tempe Brennan series, and as such builds upon previous characters, past events, and past plots, but hey...if the formula works, don't mess with it. Brennan, like author Kathy Reichs, is a forensic anthropologist who works between North Carolina and the province of Québec identifying causes of death and IDs remains too badly mangled or maimed for local experts (including the occasional animal).
In "Bare Bones" we find Tempe back from her expedition in Guatema...more "Bare Bones" is the sixth novel in the Tempe Brennan series, and as such builds upon previous characters, past events, and past plots, but hey...if the formula works, don't mess with it. Brennan, like author Kathy Reichs, is a forensic anthropologist who works between North Carolina and the province of Québec identifying causes of death and IDs remains too badly mangled or maimed for local experts (including the occasional animal).
In "Bare Bones" we find Tempe back from her expedition in Guatemala (the setting of her last novel "Grave Secrets") about to go on a much-needed and long-anticipated beach vacation with detective Andrew Ryan, a colleague from Montréal. However, a series of ominous events derails her leisure time: a newborn's charred remains found in a crack house, a downed drug plane, a cache of bear (and human) bones on a farm, and missing federal agents draw Tempe into another sinister web of deception, danger and death. A mysterious stalker, the Grim Reaper, threatens all that Tempe loves by leaving chilling snapshots as seen through the scope of a high-powered rifle. What has Tempe stumbled onto?

This time around (and much to my consternation), Tempe spends no time Québec. That was one of the draws that I loved so much in "Déjà Dead:" the vivid descriptions of "La Belle Province," the descriptions of local Montréal hangouts and restaurants, the charming québécois touches, all set Kathy Reichs apart. In "Bare Bones," however, Reichs grounds Tempe in the South. I loved the research about Melungeons (a subject of great interest to me). Melungeons (meaning "cursed" or "lost soul") live in the Appalachians and are believed to be descendants of Portuguese sailors, Roanoke survivors, First Nations, and possibly Turkish slaves among others), but overall the book seemed to cover less new ground than past outings. Similarly, the three plots are much less loosely connected than in previous novels. The budding romance between Tempe and Ryan was very deftly and gently carried out, although Ryan is not actually present for most of the novel. Tempe's Green Party rants at the end of the book seemed incongruous, more a political statement than in character for Tempe, but overall "Bare Bones" is another enjoyable read from Reichs. I only hope the next novel is set in Québec once more.
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Apr 30, 2013 Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: review-copy

Temperance Brennan is back from Guatemala (Grave Secrets Novel) and planning her vacation which has to be put on hold because of a ‘bunch’ of bones turning up at different locations. First the remains of a new-born baby are discovered. Then bones are found in a wood and at a nearby farmhouse. Then when small plane crashes and bursts into flames, mysterious black substance is found on the bodies of the pilot and passenger and the burnt-out interior. Temperance Brennan finds herself working overti...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Panthère Rousse rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ce n'est pas le meilleur livre de Kathy Reichs, mais on y apprend des choses sur la contrebande d'organes d'animaux.

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Campé dans le milieu du trafic d’organes d’animaux en voie de disparition, LES OS TROUBLES pose d’importantes questions et tient en haleine jusqu’à la fin.

Il fait chaud à mourir cet été à Charlotte et Temperance Brennan, anthropologue judiciaire pour le compte du North Caroline Medical Examiner, ne pense qu’à ses vacances. Pas n’importe quelles vacances pui...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Book Concierge rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Reichs writes a good suspense/thriller. Book six in the series starring forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance (Tempe) Brennan begins with the remains of an infant found in a wood stove. Before we know it Tempe’s planned beach getaway with Montreal detective Andrew Ryan is on hold while she investigates a plane crash and a bag of remains found in a park.

I enjoy these books for the forensic anthropology and quick pace. I’m irritated by Tempe’s continued “h...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Katherine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Baby bones in a wood stove, bear skeletons minus the paws, a plane crash, missing people, and threatening e-mails. Are they all connected? What is the common element? Why do the pieces of the mystery seem to be related, but do not come together? These are some of the questions Temperance Brennan needs to answer.
There are so many intermixed puzzles in this book it is sometimes hard to keep track of them. However, Kathy Reichs manages to pull everything together for an interesting and page turning...more

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Oct 15, 2009 Meghan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am enjoying this story, but the reader makes a noise with her mouth between words, something like smacking. It is driving me nuts. Does she read all of this series?

Also, the author seems to do a strange thing where instead of the saying "So and So said...", the reader reads a quote and then does an aside to atribute it to the speaker. It took me a while to figure out why one person constantly said the name of the other after each quote in the conversation. Kind of strange. I would like to see...more

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Mar 12, 2012 Jeffrey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, read-in-2012

Kathy Reichs writes her best dialog to date, but provides a less satisfying mystery in this volume.

Temperance Brennan is finally getting a chance for a weekend away with her new beau when disaster strikes in the form of a small plane crash and the discovery of a skull leads her into the world of smuggling where she uncovers that some people move more than drugs illegally.

I won't get into a discussion of who her beau is, as that is left up in the air in the last volume. I will, however, mention t...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Jane rated it 3 of 5 stars

"Bare Bones" is a fairly quick and good read containing enough action and plot to keep things moving ... and, as always, some unusual information ... I sometimes use to start conversations.

The basics of the story are forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan is working on a burnt newborn infant, a plane crash, and bones in an outhouse while trying to escape for a vacation with Andrew Ryan and worrying about her daughter Katy's new beau. Sound like too many plots and too many characters to t...more

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Apr 02, 2009 Lbrownblack rated it 2 of 5 stars

My mother in law gave me this book at the beach because she knows of my interest in forensics, but, also, because Kathy Reichs attended UNCC (and she teaches there.) The story was good, but, I do not enjoy Kathy Reich's writing style. She uses improper grammar, incomplete sentences, seemingly random punctuation at times, overuses metaphor, and is sometimes hard to follow. Clearly, her style has not hindered her popularity. I had forgotten exactly what it was about this book I didn't like, and, I...more

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Jan 12, 2011 Maggie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I didn't care for this novel as much as I liked her later work

which oddly gives me hope that like most writers she goes through some good and bad spots with her long-standing characters. I still really want to read her first Temperance Brennan book.

In this novel, the heroine is tracking down several mysterious potential murders (head & hands uncovered in a privy, infant remains in a wood stove and the crisped cadavers found in a cessna on the side of a rock face. The murders are seeming...more

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Apr 09, 2009 Breann Thompson rated it 3 of 5 stars

If you like Kathy Reichs, and you like the Fox Television show "Bones," it's a safe bet that Ms. Reichs's "Bare Bones" will be right up your alley.

As usual, the writing is a little heavy with comparisons (i.e. "wrinkled brown face, fuzzy gray, hair voice like ripping duct tape"... there are over 200 uses of "like") but nothing more than you would expect.

The plot is good, though a little hastily wrapped up. In Temperence Brennan novels, you can usually expect to find everything solved in approxim...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Michael rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery, forensic, north-carolina

I think that in this particular story the mystery is overly complex, and the suspense is a bit too muted for my taste. This series featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan can always be counted on for her to solve a fascinating murder mystery from a complex array of threads. The realism is good, based on the author�s experience. The books usually show a good balance between the forensic puzzles, a witty personality, and skills in collaboration with law enforcement and peers. In this...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Larry Hoffer added it

Another fun, quick read. Kathy Reichs has yet to disappoint me, although I've not read all of the books in this series. I don't watch "Bones" on TV, but the more of these I read, the more I wonder if I should, to see how the books compare to the show.

This book finds Tempe looking forward to a beach vacation with new crush, Montreal detective Ryan. And then fate steps in, the form of bones. First it's the skeleton of a newborn baby found in a woodstove, then it's bones found by her dog during a...more

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Apr 13, 2010 Stacie M. Ritchie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense, mystery

This is one the Temperance Brennan books, and takes place in Charlotte. At the beginning of the book, Tempe is finishing up a case and trying to get out before she is pulled into another. She has a few days left before her vacation. When attending a BBQ she finds some bones and is drawn back into work on the day her guest is to arrive. She is called into a plane crash that same day and she sees the beginning of her vacation go up in smoke. Her guest is at her home when she finally gets home and...more

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May 15, 2007 stephanie rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: trashythrillers

started reading because this is who bones is based off of - the author, not the character in the books, though temperance is the character on tv. (who writes books featuring forensic anthropologist "kathy" - so meta!) but i couldn't get into the writing, i wasn't interested at all in the characters/plot, and basically took it back to the library before finishing.

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Apr 04, 2011 Liz Abinante rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: xyz-2011, kindle, fiction-mystery

I love/hated this book. I loved that Tempe finally gave into being with Ryan. I loved that she didn't try to convince her readers that yet another case spread from the Carolinas to her work in Quebec.

I hated that she keeps trying to stretch things so thin that you feel like you're reading two separate novels for the first 75% of the book. You know this is happening, and yet you're supposed to be surprised by the conclusion. I'm not.

Everything is connected. SPOILER ALERT! All of her books are l...more

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Aug 09, 2009 Toni Osborne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Temperance Brennan book 6

The story begins with Tempe and Andrew Ryan looking forward to spending a romantic vacation together away from the pressure of their professions. But once again their romantic interlude is scuttled when their expertise is required.

At the scene of a small plane crash, Tempe is needed to investigate and identify the remains. While buried up to her neck in dead bodies, other cases are sent her way in the form of sub-plots: one is the charred body of a new born and the other...more

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Jun 18, 2011 June rated it 2 of 5 stars

Call me a fool, but I'm reading yet another Temperance Brennan book. I think this will be my last. Did Reichs just mention leprosy again?? Really?

I'm finding myself rolling my eyes one too many times while reading this book. Brennan's daughter refers to her mother as 'an alkie' when they are offered drinks at a party. Really?

'Where was that report? I vowed to find out. My vow paid off sooner than I'd expected.'
Yes, those are the last three lines of chapter 25. Chapters 1-36 end in pretty much...more

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