false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171968160m/128752.jpg 128752 32 "As I was packaging what remained of the dead baby, the man I would kill was burning pavement north toward Charlotte." <p> With this opening sentence, Kathy Reichs serves notice that her heroine, Temperance Brennan, is in for one of her scariest, most gruesome adventures yet. As fans of this popular series already know, Tempe is a forensic anthropologist: an expert in the human form (especially bones) who helps solve crimes. The abovementioned infant is only the first in a series of grisly remains, both human and animal, that Tempe must sort through and decode. Meanwhile, as several seemingly unrelated cases begin to intertwine, her sleuthing puts her in the crosshairs of a very nasty stalker who hides behind an e-mail alias.<p> Reichs knows how to keep the narrative ball rolling with a canny mix of plot developments, character delineation, and scientific detail, all relayed in Tempe's smart, breezy, sarcastic voice. In fact, <I>Bare Bones</I> has a few <I>too</I> many characters and plot lines for Reichs--or most readers--to keep perfect track of. But it's a fun ride anyway, enlivened by some steamy romantic scenes and some fascinating, appalling information about the illicit trade in endangered wildlife (did you know that bears' gall bladders fetch more money per ounce than cocaine?). <I>Bare Bones</I> is a crisp, enjoyable read that cements Kathy Reichs's standing as the best forensic-thriller writer at work today. <I>--Nicholas H. Allison</I> 1389389 book 2003 Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6) total:2221|5:482|4:903|3:703|2:114|1:19| 2221 8378 3146 153 4 3 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 07:43:53 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 07:18:50 -0700 2008
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Also, the author seems to do a strange thing where instead of the saying "So and So said...", the reader reads...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Apr 02 07:26:51 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:34:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:07:59 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:15:39 -0700 2009
As usual, the writing is a little heavy with comparisons (i.e. "wrinkled brown face, fuzzy gray, hair voice like rip...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue May 15 16:30:04 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 16:35:47 -0700 2007 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 c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 09:45:44 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 08:47:49 -0700 2009
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.

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(from the inside flap)

It's a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. Tmperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, looks forward to her first vacation in years. A romantic vacation. She's almost ou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:18:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:33:08 -0700 2009
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I loved this one! Years ago I read the first two books in Reichs' series and I remember enjoying them, so it was like going home when I picked this one up. In need of relief from reading submissions (I'm a publisher) and this was close at hand.

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