false 128759 35 When forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan joins the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team mobilized to investigate an airplane crash in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains, she literally stumbles on a body part that doesn't match up with the remains of any of the plane's passengers. The leg she grabs out of the jaws of a coyote feeding on the carnage scattered around the site belongs to an unidentified elderly man, and seems to have no connection with the disaster. But an abandoned hunting lodge near the crash site does, although before Tempe can figure out exactly how they're linked, she's pulled off the DMORT unit and forced to stand idly by as her professional reputation goes up in flames. When Andrew Ryan, a detective familiar to readers of Kathy Reichs's earlier books (<I>Deja Dead</I>, <I>Death du Jour</I>, <I>Deadly Decisions</I>), appears on the scene, another mystery begins to unfold. There seems to be no trace of two men on the plane's manifest, Ryan's partner and his seatmate, a criminal who was being escorted back to Canada via Washington, D.C., the doomed flight's final destination, to stand trial for murder. <p> As usual, Reichs serves up a solid helping of forensic science as the DMORT operatives do their thing, and Tempe traces the remains of a man killed 40 years ago to a series of ritual murders of senior citizens, and further to those whose influence was responsible for her firing. Reichs keeps the narrative moving along despite the somewhat ponderous technical and scientific information; her pacing is brisk and her series heroine in fine form. Tempe's romantic life gets more interesting with every new adventure. A solid thriller that will please the best-selling author's regular readers and serve as a good introduction to new ones. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 1080365 2001 Fatal Voyage (Temperance Brennan, #4) total:2054|5:484|4:888|3:591|2:79|1:11| 2054 7918 2872 119 5 1 false false Tue Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Apr 24 17:45:42 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 17:46:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 12:07:36 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:08:29 -0800 2008
The book opens with a somewhat confusing description of bodies scattered through a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:06:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 08:20:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:04:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:38:26 -0700 2009
This novel follows Ms Reichs other bestsellers by providing the reader with engaging characters, a good sense of humour, facts that give it a plausible and realistic dimension. This author is remarkably talented in describing forensic details for the layman bring...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 17 20:24:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:21:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:30:22 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:37:26 -0700 2009 Bones in this book! Reichs' book Brennan is totally different. While I like some of the medical clues & deductions, some of the explanations went a little too much into detail & I thought detracted from the story. About mid-book I was beginning to think I'd need a prog...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 10:05:36 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 10:07:23 -0700 2009
As others have reviewed, the Temerpance Brennan in the books is a far deferent character then that on the tv show Bones. That said, I like both versions of Brennan for diff...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:25:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:26:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 09:48:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:25:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:42:31 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:46:46 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 11:30:10 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:27:19 -0800 2008
As usual, Brenna...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 09:33:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 18:21:13 -0700 2009
The story line itself was fascinating and kept me turning the pages with suspense. But the cursing and horrific ending I could have done without. I mean I get that death is brutal, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 10:54:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 11:03:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:51:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:53:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 09:21:51 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 09:23:23 -0700 2009
Loved the setting, of course. Can't go wrong wit...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 06:06:22 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 18:19:12 -0800 2008
I like this book the best so far. The other three were so much more dry, and full of textbook like descriptions of forensic processes. While interesting, it got old after a while. I like the fact that Tempe is out of her office and in a new environment. I was also happy to see ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 20:33:33 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 20:34:16 -0700 2008
The story itself is g...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 16 12:41:15 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:56:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:41:15 -0700 2009
Tempe is great and I find reading her inner dialogue and the intricacies of her job as a Forensic Anthropologist fascinating.]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:56:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 09:11:19 -0700 2009 That being said, this was my least favorite so far, and the formu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 03:43:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 03:46:29 -0700 2009