false 281350 45 Temperance Brennan is helping her Guatemalan colleagues identify the remains of villagers who were "disappeared" 20 years ago when she's called in to consult on four more recent disappearances. Is there a serial killer loose in Guatemala City, or is the fate of the young women who've gone missing--including the daughter of the Canadian ambassador--connected to the murder of a human-rights investigator looking into the decades-old massacre? Brennan, the protagonist of Reichs's popular series, is literally hip-deep in intrigue, between the well in Chupan Ya where she unearths the bones of women and children slain in Guatemala's bloody civil war and the septic tank in the capital where the remains of one of the missing girls turn up. Tempe is a standout in crime fiction's crowded field of forensics experts--she's one of its more complex and interesting protagonists, dealing with intriguing cases that often cross national borders and a personal life that's rich in possibilities the author skillfully exploits. Tempe--and Reichs--just keep getting better. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 2747794 15 7 2002 Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5) total:2101|5:487|4:875|3:651|2:74|1:14| 2101 8050 2967 116 4 1 false false Mon Feb 11 07:23:07 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 07:26:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 11:43:25 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:44:11 -0800 2008
For the innocents:

Guatemala
1962-1996

New York, New York
Arlington, Virginia
Shanksville, Pennsylvania
September 11, 2001

I have touched their bones. I mourn for them.
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(from inside flap)
It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers ravaged the village of Chupan Ya, Raping and killing women and children. Twenty-three victims are said to lie in the well where, twenty years later, Dr. Temperance Brennan and a team...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:55:16 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 09:36:29 -0700 2009
I enjoyed this installment of the Temperance Brennan books. I'm reading them out of order, which for the mos...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:44:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 09:44:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:37:07 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 06:38:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:52:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:56:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 18:47:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:54:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 18:51:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 19:18:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 07 08:34:19 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 08:34:34 -0800 2008 Since I posted about Bones I couldn't resist posting my review of Grave Secrets. It's not your typical review because I first picked it up after hearing it was better than Cornwell's series about Kay Scarpetta and I wanted to compare them. This is what came out:

I read my first Kath...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 12:16:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:16:51 -0800 2009
I did not enjoy this novel. It actually belongs to R (though he hasn't read it), but I decided to read it in order to see how the TV series, Bones, compares to the original creation(s)....more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jun 15 11:25:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:02:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 16 16:36:49 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:40:19 -0800 2009 The main character, Dr. Temperance Brennan (the same character as the TV sho...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 05 07:40:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 16:32:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 07:40:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:20:18 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:11:47 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Apr 21 05:08:06 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 05:08:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Aug 10 17:10:02 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 18:37:49 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 17:10:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 10:26:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:27:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Nov 28 19:38:56 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 19:49:54 -0800 2008
I hate books where every chapter ends with a cliffhanger. It's much more interesting when little answers are given to keep you going.

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