Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)

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Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan #3)

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"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...more

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Published July 1st 2001 by Pocket Star (first published July 25th 2000)

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Mar 18, 2012 Hayes rated it 3 of 5 stars

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A good page turner, but it had some editing issues (errors with a character switching in the middle of a scene and then switching back, oops...) and my personal bugaboo, excessive advertising: I don't want to know what brand of breakfast cereal you shared with the cat. Just say breakfast cereal.

I guess it's because I live in Europe where it happens less, or perhaps because my father was an advertiser, but it jumps out at me and not in a good way.* I'll give the series one more chance.

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Feb 14, 2008 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Deadly Decisions doesn't vary much from the pattern established in Reichs' first two Temperance Brennan novels. This one (again) features one of Brennan's friends/family in peril, and (again) teaches us much more about forensics than your average episode of CSI.

This time the featured forensic topic was blood spatter. Five pages worth of lecture, which I have to admit that I didn't read. I skimmed until I found the conclusion: "so this means that the victim was beaten before he was shot?" I don't...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008-read, fiction, guilty-pleasures, mysteries-n-thrills, twisted, the-single-woman, science-related

I think I liked this one in the series the best so far. Dr. Temperance Brennan keeps her instances of running off by herself and doing something knuckle-headed down to a minimum.

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Mar 11, 2009 Megan rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Deadly Decisions is the third mystery to feature forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. I must say that I started reading them because I had seen a few episodes of the TV series Bones and wanted to read the books it is based on. The two are pretty different, though. The setting, which is one of the things I enjoyed about the books has been changed from Montreal to Washington DC. And the main reason I enjoyed the few episodes I saw of Bones was Tempe's banter with her FBI agent played by Dav...more

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Jan 01, 2009 bookczuk rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bookcrossing, not-a-cozy-mystery-more-a-thriller, set-in-my-stomping-grounds, taught-me-something

I always like Reichs's books because she goes between North Carolina and Montreal-- two places I know well and can visualize as I read. The characters have become old friends, though I sometimes get squeamish when things get grizzly in the crime department (though the forensics doesn't bother me.)

The whole motorcycle thing is totally unfamiliar to me. I like fiction that teaches me something.

Will release today when I go for my dentist appointment.

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Dec 04, 2008 Catten rated it 4 of 5 stars

The forensic anthropologist who shuttles between North Carolina and Montréal caught my eye in '97 with Déjà Dead. I waited until 1999 for Death du Jour and was excited in November when I heard Kathy Reichs was releasing yet another one in July 2000.

While I highly recommend the first two as an alternative to Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta books, I think you might want to wait for this one to appear in paperback. It wasn't that bad, but I confess I was disappointed.

Maybe the subject of motorcyc...more

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May 08, 2013 Patricia Scholes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Kathy Reichs hit the ground running when her first book Deja Dead became a runaway NY Times Bestseller. She knows how to weave an intricate story, full of intrigue. Reading anything of hers does not disappoint.

Unless, however, you are a fan of the TV series, Bones. In that series, the TV Tempe is not the same person as the novel Tempe, so if you expect a similarity, be warned, that is all you’ll get, a similarity.

In the novel, Tempe’s career is similar to Reichs’. Both spend their time between Q...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Red Heaven rated it 3 of 5 stars

The third Tempe Brennan novel sees Reichs settling into an uncomfortably repetitive formula:

1. A friend or relative stays with Tempe, and gets involved in the case at hand.
2. A warning is sent and/or Tempe is physically attacked to warn her off the case.

I understand the reason for putting a sense of danger into the books with the second plot point, but find it hard to believe the forensic anthropologist would get targeted instead of the detectives working the case.

I was also annoyed about her ne...more The third Tempe Brennan novel sees Reichs settling into an uncomfortably repetitive formula:

1. A friend or relative stays with Tempe, and gets involved in the case at hand.
2. A warning is sent and/or Tempe is physically attacked to warn her off the case.

I understand the reason for putting a sense of danger into the books with the second plot point, but find it hard to believe the forensic anthropologist would get targeted instead of the detectives working the case.

I was also annoyed about her nephew Kit coming to stay with her and - gasp! what a coincidence! - the kid just happens to be crazy about Harley Davidson bikes and Tempe is working on a case involving rival biker gangs! Come on Kathy, don't insult our intelligence, and for the love of God, mix it up a bit instead of relying on the same plot construction each time. Also, this makes it the second book out of three with a connection between Montreal and the Carolinas. This is straining credibility, even though it mirrors the author's real life career.

Speaking of insulting our intelligence, the scene with ketchup and a Shakespeare reference was REALLY iffy. I hope we don't get a repeat of such far-fetched nonsense as the series continues.

On the positive side, there are still moments of real tension in the book, and Reichs kept it relatively interesting, even though things are brought up and then barely mentioned for large chunks of the book. Tempe's tendency to list all the ingredients of her meals is getting a little tiring, but her depiction of interior dialogues is good, and there is some humor derived from her decision to get a new haircut. I also enjoyed the trip up Mont-Royal and the description of the city spread out below.

I liked the biker gang war plot as a change from the norm of these types of books, even though some of the surprises are telegraphed and so fairly predictable. Reichs, in my opinion, is still a pretty good writer in terms of use of language and readability and while this book had its faults, I still felt entertained by the end.(less)

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Nov 19, 2012 Matt Schiariti rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Overall I liked the premise of this book. A biker club gang war is in full effect in Canada and a series of deaths pulls Tempe right into the middle of the danger, not the least of which is collateral damage in the form of a 9 year old girl who was caught in the crossfire. Tempe gets involved with the police and vows to take down the bikers responsible for this meaningless loss of innocence.

Normally that makes for a pretty good Tempe Brennan book. But I did have a few issues with this one. In de...more Overall I liked the premise of this book. A biker club gang war is in full effect in Canada and a series of deaths pulls Tempe right into the middle of the danger, not the least of which is collateral damage in the form of a 9 year old girl who was caught in the crossfire. Tempe gets involved with the police and vows to take down the bikers responsible for this meaningless loss of innocence.

Normally that makes for a pretty good Tempe Brennan book. But I did have a few issues with this one. In death Du Jour we had crimes that were tied in between Tempe's place of Birth in the Carolinas and her summer home away from home in Canada. We get a very similar thing going on in this book. When it happens once then I can buy it. When it happens again and suspension of belief is hard to come by and I have a hard time buying it.

Also, Tempe's penchant for getting mugged and/or beaten as well as having various dead things placed on her person or property as a means of the bad guys warning her to back off of her investigation and her NOT TELLING THE AUTHORITIES about it is also difficult to believe. In Du Jour it was a mugging that she never told Ryan or anybody else about, in this book it was a little 'gift' that was left on her car that she refused to tell anybody about.

Another thing is people she's close to getting sucked into these dangerous situations along with her. In the last book it was her sister and in this one it's her sister's kid.

Those three things make it seem a little formulaic and kind of took me out of the experience because I felt like I just read it not that long ago in the previous book.

There's also alot of characters to keep track of in this one and many of them have biker nicknames and various biker affiliations. While the biker war and their politics was interesting to read about, it became a little hard to keep track of who owed loyalties to whom.

All the forensics is there in spades as with the previous two books and it can be very interesting. This time we get explanation of blood spatter. Anybody who's a fan of the great show Dexter will enjoy that aspect of the book!

So while it was a solid read, the issues I had with the book kept it from getting a higher rating than the previous two. I still look forward to see how Tempe's character progresses so I'm still going to be sticking with the series. (less)

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Jul 13, 2012 Shannon Winward rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first book was great, in spite of a few iffy coincidences. The writing is good, the science is fascinating, and the story rolls nicely - though the level of detail tends to slow it down a bit. We don't need to know what Tempe eats at every meal, the exact route that she takes to every new location, and exactly what building/view can be seen in any given direction.

The second book was pretty good, though I thought the author was doing some back-peddling where the romantic interest was concerne...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Elizabeth Noah rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is the 3rd book in the Temperance Brennan series. There is very little similarity between the Bones Tempe and the book Tempe. Overall though, the writing in this series is better than it was in the first book. Every story so far has a family member that ends up in trouble and Tempe comes to the rescue. I know that I will continue to read the next book in this series. So far, most of the storylines have been focued in the U.S., I would like to see one that is mainly done in NC--though the la...more This is the 3rd book in the Temperance Brennan series. There is very little similarity between the Bones Tempe and the book Tempe. Overall though, the writing in this series is better than it was in the first book. Every story so far has a family member that ends up in trouble and Tempe comes to the rescue. I know that I will continue to read the next book in this series. So far, most of the storylines have been focued in the U.S., I would like to see one that is mainly done in NC--though the last story with the monkey's and the 'cult' was based out of NC but, moved up to Canada where it started and the connection was made.

This story line starts in Canada where there is a motorcycle gang war has been on going. Caught in the line of fire was a little girl. Along the way, the cops are shown a grave where 2 other supposedly victims are buried from a long time ago. When they map out the area to pinpoint the exact location where they are, they come across a surprise--the bones of a young teenage girl--but only a few bones.

Tempe, then is back in NC where she is talking to a friend also in the business and is told of a case from years ago of a teenage girl who was killed but, not all her bones were ever recovered. Back in Canada Tempe compares the bones to one from the U.S. and comes to the conclusion that they are from the same person, Savannah Osprey.

This time her nephew, Kit, is in the story. She lets him stay with her for a bit and he starts to hanging out with a crowd she is not very fond of--a motorcycle crowd from an introduction by Lyle Crease, a TV host. Tempe however, is not very fond of Lyle.

In the meantime, Tempe boss ends up in the hospital and Tempe's lvoe interest?? Andrew Ryan is fingered as a dirty cop. Tempe is not sure what to think about Ryan as she runs into him at a motorcycle hangout and he ends up saving her life and her being raped by stating she is not worth it. While doing this he also sends her a hidden Shakespeare message in which she has doubts about him being a dirty cop.

Near the end, she ask Kit not to hang out with his new motorcycle friends as she does not think they are good for him. Like most any other 20 something year-old, he does the opposite and goes with the to a very public funeral in which it is expected to have a lot of tension from rival gangs and some retaliation. As on cue, Kit ends up being used as a human shield for Lyle. By luck, Brennan goes in to try and save him from being shot/killed, and in a typical Bones fashion, Ryan, somehow makes it in and saves Tempe and Kit.

The story ends with finding out that the TV star was once associated with a motorcycle gang in the U.S., Kit realizes that maybe he should not hang out with the gang and that he will go back to Texas with his mom who came when she found out he had been shot. Tempe is still left hanging as to what is the real truth about Ryan, and solved the case of who murdered the girl from the U.S. and how her bones ended up both there and in Canada and about who had killed a few other gang members that were killed in retallation to the first killing that she was brought in on.(less)

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Nov 16, 2010 Cinzia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 19, 2010 Ana T. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers, read-in-2010

I am slowly making my way through Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series and this time I read Deadly Decisions, book nº 3.

The book starts with a young girl being murdered amidst a bike gang war. Brennan finds herself very affected by it and she soon starts investigating, not only this death but others related to the bikers as she becomes a part of the task force involved with biker gang crime. When asked to dig an old crime scene she finds not only the bones of two bikers as expected but also t...more I am slowly making my way through Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series and this time I read Deadly Decisions, book nº 3.

The book starts with a young girl being murdered amidst a bike gang war. Brennan finds herself very affected by it and she soon starts investigating, not only this death but others related to the bikers as she becomes a part of the task force involved with biker gang crime. When asked to dig an old crime scene she finds not only the bones of two bikers as expected but also those of a young girl that goes on to try to identify. Reich’s books are filled with forensic explanations and this one is no different. I really like her attention to detail although sometimes it makes for a very dry read.

Besides the case she is working on Brennan also has to deal with her nephew who has come to visit and, being fascinated with bikes, can't stay away from some of the bikers that may well be the bad guys in Brennan's case. Now, I like to think I'm pretty tolerant and understanding, but I have to confess that I really disliked Kit and several times thought why Temperance didn't buy him a ticket home and be done with it. Some things are just too serious to let happen and while Kit was fairly immature but thought himself a responsible adult that knew the limits, the fact is that he didn't know where was getting into and Temperance wasn't honest with him from the beginning (I mean you could see right away that the reporter was bad news...).

Another development was Brennan's relationship with Andrew Ryan. Early in the story he is accused of being one of the bad guys and he doesn't appear for most of it. When he does Brennan is made aware of what really is going on and it seems they will have to go their different ways for a while. I have to say that although I did like the story I think Brennan's life apart from the job could use with another direction. I didn't particularly like the nephew or the sister and I was reminded that in Cornwell's Scarpetta books there is also a sister and a niece (instead of the nephew). I would like to see more interaction with the daughter and with Ryan.

The mystery itself was more or less predictable and after so much time spent thinking about the bones of the teenage girl I was expecting another kind of resolution. The way it was it seemed too neat and quickly solved. Still Reichs makes for an interesting read when you want a forensic thriller and I already have book 4 to start one of these days.

Grade: 4/5
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Dec 06, 2009 Eric rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

This was a pretty crappy mystery novel, set up for big hopes by the fact that it is the books that the TV series Bones is based on.

And by based on, they both have main characters that are named Temperence Brennan who just happen to be forensic anthropologists.

That's about the extent to which Bones is based on these books.

I read number three first, because it was the earliest one that Tracy could find at the library.

It is a very clinical description of a week in the life of this woman who just ha...more

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Nov 05, 2009 Barbra rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the third in the Temperance Brennan series. Good series based in Montreal - good bilingual dialogue and great insight into the workings of the forensic lab.

Back Cover Blurb:
A nine-year-old girl dies on her way to ballet class, caught in outlaw biker crossfire. Violence is spilling on to the streets of Montreal and Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the state, has to pick up the pieces.
She knows she shouldn't let emotion get in the way of her role as scientist, but when ni...more

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May 18, 2013 Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Temperance Brennan manages to make a connection between a skull in Montreal and the partial skeleton of a teenager in North Carolina. And caught in between is a 9-year-old girl who is shot at on a Montreal street. As Tempe decides gets involved in this case, she discovers that the biker gangs are involved. Her nephew becomes a bit too interested in their lifestyle and also gets involved with a not so upfront reporter. Looking into the deaths of young girls killed twenty years apart, Tempe reveal...more

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Mar 27, 2010 Jlaurenmc rated it 4 of 5 stars

The third installment in Kathy Reichs's Bones-inspiring series featuring Tempe Brennan began as nothing much to write home about. Halfway through, however, Deadly Decisions grabbed my attention and caused me to sit up reading half the night last night.

Think biker gangs gone wild and bones dug up from decade-old graves. That's how the novel begins, and it took a lot for me to keep going. Namely, I really like Tempe and I'm determined to read Reichs's series about her in order. That's about the on...more The third installment in Kathy Reichs's Bones-inspiring series featuring Tempe Brennan began as nothing much to write home about. Halfway through, however, Deadly Decisions grabbed my attention and caused me to sit up reading half the night last night.

Think biker gangs gone wild and bones dug up from decade-old graves. That's how the novel begins, and it took a lot for me to keep going. Namely, I really like Tempe and I'm determined to read Reichs's series about her in order. That's about the only thing that made me continue to read. I think it's normal for writers to get a sophomore-slump a few books into their series. That's what I told myself the problem was. A couple of books under her belt, Reichs probably signed some sort of contract and had to continue writing, plot idea or no plot idea.

I have little interest in biker violence, especially in Canada. I'm not sure I even believed that kind of stuff really happened. During a bored moment mid-read, I googled "biker gang murders" and "bikers shot Canada" and "biker territory wars". And I found that much of Reichs's plot for Deadly Decisions was, in fact, fact-based. Browse some of the stories I found:

* "In Depth: Biker gangs in Canada" from the CBC website
* "Timeline of the Bandidos Massacre" from the CBC website
* "Shedden massacre" entry from Wikipedia.org
* "Bandidos guilty; read tweets here: All six found guilty of first-degree murder or manslaughter" article from the London Free Press website

During the course of the novel, Tempe is added to a special task force set up to investigate gang-related crimes, especially biker ones. This puts her into direct conflict with some of the toughest opponents she has faced thus far. Add her nephew Kit into the mix, and Tempe is pushed to the limit. Additionally, her new romantic interest and long-time coworker Andrew Ryan has been accused of drug involvement and embezzling stolen goods. With no one to turn to, Tempe throws herself into the investigation at hand.

While some of the plot wasn't thrilling to me, Tempe is at her best in this novel. I enjoyed the involvement during this and the previous book in the series of her family in her life in Montreal. Loved ones behaving badly ups the ante for this forensic anthropologist. (less)

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Jun 15, 2011 Manugw rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

UNINTERISTING, UNCONVING, AND UNSUBSTANTIAL

Being a bright forensic anthropologist does not mean a succesful crime fiction writer
In light of the author background and loving hard boiling crime fiction I picked this book with great expectation looking for its "added value", that is elaborated scientific explanations through the analysis of forensic evidence discovered in circumstances that encircle a well crafted crime fiction plot. Unfortunately I was utterly dissapointed, that was not what I hav...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Tracie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read the first three Temperance Brennan books in quick succession. The third book, Deadly Decisions, felt like a combination of the first two. The same amateur attempts to explain scientific terms to a layman (really? A forensic anthropologist doesn’t know about a disease that affects skeletal development?). The same coincidental triangle of locations (So all crimes clearly have a connection to Montreal, South Carolina, and Texas?) and the same subplot focused on Brennan’s trying to convince t...more

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Apr 04, 2011 Martina rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-novels

Nothing special.
It started ok, with the main character wanting to "avenge" the death of a 9-year-old girl by finding her murderer, but this intention soon disappears as the war between motorcycle gangs grows in its intensity. As the book ends, we do not know who actually shot the bullet which killed the girl. We have some more murders, Doctor Brennan actually solves the mystery of an unknown skeleton, but it seems to me that there are too many sub-plots and that a bit of the focus gets lost. At...more

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Jan 08, 2010 Diane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: guilty-pleasures

The death of 9-year old Emily Anne Toussaint during a war between two rival motorcycle gangs angers Temperance Brennan so much she volunteers to work on the gang task force - anything to help find the killer(s). The action moves between Montreal, scene of the current war, to South Carolina, home to vital clues. I was intrigued with the in-depth dicussions of blood spatter patterns, origins & evoluntion of outlaw motorcycle gangs, details of custom Harley Davidsons and more. Tempe again has t...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Melitta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: antropologia-forense, crime, kathy-reichs, temperance-brennan

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Feb 15, 2012 Elizabeth Freeman rated it 3 of 5 stars

I don't really see myself continuing on with this series. I started reading them because of the TV show, but I'm just not impressed enough to keep going... reading the same book three times is probably enough.
I feel like the story would have been pretty good, but Kathy Reichs is terrible at descriptive writing. My favorite thing about reading is the fact that you have to use your imagination and create the scenery in your head, but I cannot for the life of me picture the settings Reichs half-way...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Donna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense

Deadly Décisions, is an early book (No. 3 of 16 published to date) in the Temperance Brennan series. Having read most of them, I'm happy to report that most are much better than this one.

In Deadly Décisions, the author seems to have been more interested in proselytizing about the evils of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs (OMCs) than about telling a good story. Amidst a great deal of gratuitous violence, the plot contains so many convoluted threads that a reader would need a map to follow them all (if one...more

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Dec 04, 2008 Michelle rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: american-mystery, suspense

This book made me wonder why some female mystery authors choose to endow their female protagonists with so much unecessary angst. Reichs is one of several authors that I've read lately who is guilty of this. The protagonist can't just solve crime. She has to juggle relationship issues, neurotic family and friends, pets, concerns about her appearance (hair and weight), money worries, etc and catch a murderer. Yeah, I know that those are all "real" concerns, but if I wanted to read a book about wo...more

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Mar 29, 2009 Anne added it

This is probably my favorite though the reason is probably pretty weak. Reichs quotes Shakespeare's Sonnet LXVI as a means for Tempe's boyfriend to get her out of trouble and it has become my favorite of the sonnets:

Tired with all these for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimmed in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplaced,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,
And strength by...more

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Feb 19, 2013 John Carter rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: brennan-temperance, mystery

Very good, but I have to take a star away for our heroine’s obtuseness. On page 30 a revelation is made about her police boyfriend that’s very distressing. As a reader you say, “No reason for distress. The obvious explanation is X.” On page 78 the boyfriend’s partner shows up just as confused and distressed. And you think, “These people are supposed to be trained investigators. Not even considering something so obvious—how do they keep their jobs?” It’s not ’til 299 that the solution even occurs...more

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Aug 08, 2011 Emma rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An enjoyable Tempe Brennan adventure, much in the same vein as the first two - why change the formula when it works so well! This time Tempe is involved in investigating a number of murders that have taken place recently due to a biker war in Quebec, but then she finds some bones that take her back down to Carolina to solve a decade-old mystery of a missing 16 year old girl.

Of course, there is the requisite personal tie for Tempe when her 19-year old nephew Kit comes to stay and gets involved wi...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Gabigabs rated it 3 of 5 stars

A motorcycle war is raging in Montreal, and when an innocent child is killed in its course, Tempe Brennan volunteers to take on extra duties to help solve the crime and find the killers.

I found this book the least interesting in the Temperance Brennan series. Perhaps it's because motorcycle gangs are not on the top of the list of my interest, and this book spends great deal of time lecturing about them.

I have an interest in forensic science and appreciated the information Cathy Reichs provided...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Theresa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Fun, entertaining CSI-type book. Tempe Brennan is a forensic anthropologist, working for the police in Montreal and the university in Charlotte, NC. In this installment of the series, bicycle gangs in Quebec have started a war, killing a small child in the process. Tempe joins a task force in bringing the killers to justice; in the process, she brings herself and her nephew closer to the danger. I find the plot device of her nephew not quite convincing-he's visiting her after getting into troubl...more

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