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Lasst Knochen sprechen
(Temperance Brennan #3)
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Ein ermordetes Mädchen, die Überreste zweier Motorradfahrer und der ausgegrabene Schädel einer jungen Frau – damit hat die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes alle Hände voll zu tun. Doch als sie einen brisanten Zusammenhang zwischen den Toten und zwei verfeindeten Motorrad-Banden erahnt, gerät nicht nur Tempe in Lebensgefahr. Leider entwic
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June 8th 2012
by Heyne
(first published July 25th 2000)
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Kathy Reichs’s creation of Temperance Brennan appeared to be a mirror image of the author. Reichs was a forensic anthropologist for the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec, Canada when I first read this many years ago. Deadly Decisions is the third book in this series and while it's too hit and miss overall, this one is a nice read.
Temperance is called away from Quantico when a young girl named Emily Anne becomes an innocent victim in the escalating turf war between biker gangs in ...more
Temperance is called away from Quantico when a young girl named Emily Anne becomes an innocent victim in the escalating turf war between biker gangs in ...more
Nov 25, 2008
Michelle
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
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
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Dr. Kathy Reichs is a real-life forensic anthropologist for the State of North Carolina and is also a professor at The University of North Carolina. Tempe Brennan holds the same positions in the series. Although loosely based on the T.V. movie series 'Bones', there are many significant differences between the two.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones—“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven” (People) stepping into the world of fore ...more
Dr. Kathy Reichs is a real-life forensic anthropologist for the State of North Carolina and is also a professor at The University of North Carolina. Tempe Brennan holds the same positions in the series. Although loosely based on the T.V. movie series 'Bones', there are many significant differences between the two.
DESCRIPTION
From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones—“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven” (People) stepping into the world of fore ...more
For someone so "smart" Tempe Brennan sure does some dumb things. Running into the line of fire, blatantly ignoring directives from seasoned detectives, going to biker bars alone at night, etc. The plotting in these books would be pretty good if the author didn't continually have her heroine behave in such an idiotic way in order to create suspense or reveal important plot threads. I also do not appreciate that some member of Tempe's family or a close friend is always somehow involved with the cr
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Done with Kathy Reichs. You know how some thrillers and mysteries are "OK," but a cut below "excellent"? Reichs is on the low end of OK. I can see how her work has popular appeal, but frankly it's trite, repetitive, formulaic, and not really compellingly written. (I can deal with trite and formulaic if something is really well-written.) After three of the Temperance Brennan books (and I might have read the fourth, but they're so uninspiring I neither remember nor care), I don't think Reichs is g
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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.
OKAY WHAT THE HELL DETECTIVE RYAN?!?!?! WHAT THE HELL!!!
UGH, Deadly Decisions made me want to murder him! Also.. what is this strange fascination with trying to kill Brennan and her family? Is there going to be a book where everyone is safe?
Other than that, I'm lowkey happy that Brennan was in the good ole VA. Now.. if she could do a hop, skip, and jump into DC - I would be even happier guys! Anyhoo, the new investigation in her life is with a motorcycle club. There's also another thing going on ...more
UGH, Deadly Decisions made me want to murder him! Also.. what is this strange fascination with trying to kill Brennan and her family? Is there going to be a book where everyone is safe?
Other than that, I'm lowkey happy that Brennan was in the good ole VA. Now.. if she could do a hop, skip, and jump into DC - I would be even happier guys! Anyhoo, the new investigation in her life is with a motorcycle club. There's also another thing going on ...more
I'm not sure whether I didn't like this as much as some of the other Temperance Brennan novels I've read due to it being one of the earlier in the series, or whether I'm just getting a bit tired of aspects of this novel that I didn't like. It was somewhat predictable, somewhat heavy with technical aspects, somewhat reliant on unbelievable co-incidences.
The novel focuses on Brennan's involvement in a case following the discovery of bones/corpses thought to be related to biker gang activity in Mon ...more
The novel focuses on Brennan's involvement in a case following the discovery of bones/corpses thought to be related to biker gang activity in Mon ...more
Our intrepid forensics lady is knee deep in skeletons and a biker insurrection in Canada. Ms Reichs does a good job of weaving science with action, and the usual humor.
Brennan with Hells Angels, Heathens, dirty cops and an errant nephew. I was really worried for her nephew for a while there. Glad it turned out the way it did. Great story! Loved it.
The further into this series I get the more I can enjoy it for what it is rather than comparing it to the tv adaptation Bones. Like with the second book I listened to this one on audio, one slight annoyance is that the narrator was different and so the voices for all the characters changed making it a little difficult to re-adjust and familiarise myself with who was speaking. The story line was interesting, informative and relatively fast paced. There are new developments with characters that le
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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
The second book was pretty good, though I thought the author was doing some back-peddling where the romantic interest was concerne ...more
Fast-pace read. Delightful.
3.5/5
The amount of times Tempy wonders if something or other was a deadly decision was super annoying. I love when the title appears in a book, but the amount of times it was said in this was repetitive and was quickly redundant.
The addition of Tempy's nephew, Kit, gave the book some more drama. But this asshole frustrated me to no end. He was such a stupid kid, and I just knew he was going to get into trouble the second he arrived in Quebec.
The motorcycle gang violence made this quite a graph ...more
The amount of times Tempy wonders if something or other was a deadly decision was super annoying. I love when the title appears in a book, but the amount of times it was said in this was repetitive and was quickly redundant.
The addition of Tempy's nephew, Kit, gave the book some more drama. But this asshole frustrated me to no end. He was such a stupid kid, and I just knew he was going to get into trouble the second he arrived in Quebec.
The motorcycle gang violence made this quite a graph ...more
Temperance Brennan returns to Montreal, Canada, to face the bones of an innocent and two bikers. There is a gang war brewing and she is soon called to a biker clubhouse where more bones are found, including the head and two leg bones of an unknown child. The findings drive her to get to the bottom of the mystery of why the two children were killed, who the second one is and along the way, to keep her teenage nephew Kit (whose father took him fishing and then left him on Brennan's doorstep) out o
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Deadly (boring) decision to read this one.
Boredom started at around one fourth through and progressively increased. Completed the book only because I want to complete the series ..
Plus the fact that I am doing sort of a BR with Srividya helped .
Am not going to talk much about this one which involves I) Tempe digging out bone after bone ,ii) biker gangs , iii)Kit her obnoxious nephew .. and IV)some mystery surrounding Ryan arrested for sale of drugs .
Boredom started at around one fourth through and progressively increased. Completed the book only because I want to complete the series ..
Plus the fact that I am doing sort of a BR with Srividya helped .
Am not going to talk much about this one which involves I) Tempe digging out bone after bone ,ii) biker gangs , iii)Kit her obnoxious nephew .. and IV)some mystery surrounding Ryan arrested for sale of drugs .
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.
From the Publisher
Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussa ...more
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.
From the Publisher
Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussa ...more
Basic Info
Format: Audio
Length/Page Count: About 4.5 hrs
Genre: Mystery
Reason for Reading: Idk.
At A Glance
Love Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: Idk!
Triggers: n/a
Rating: 2.5 stars
Score Sheet
All out of ten
Cover: 7
Plot: 4
Characters: 3
World Building: 4
Flow: 4
Series Congruity: 6
Writing: 5
Ending: 5
Total: 4
In Dept
Best Part: It was short
Worst Part: blood spatter lecture
Thoughts Had: I'm bored to death.
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: No
Recommending: No
Short Review: *sigh* I gave ...more
I don't usually like these books when they are set in Canada but this one was okay though I think it was because I just ignored all the French. I much prefer Dr. Temperance Brennan's character and personality on the TV show Bones as opposed to the books. She comes across as a brainless twit most times and whiny and/or insecure as well. Our TV heroine is never insecure or whiny for that matter. With that said, I did like the storyline though bikers (and outlaw bikers at that) aren't my thing. I n
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Feb 15, 2013
John Carter
rated it
liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery,
brennan-temperance
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
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Temperance Brennan on tv is a great, funny, albeit antisocial woman. But the antisocial part makes her even more fun to watch. Temperance Brennan in the book is the most unprofessional anthropologist I have ever seen. In every book I read about her it says that she's very good in keeping her personal and professional life apart, but she keeps doing just the opposite in every book I read. Maybe she's delusional. It also seems like she feels to be above everyone else, for instance the detectives a
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My decision to read this book: not so deadly.
The books are definitely good, it's just me. I am having a hard time getting into the plot. Maybe it's the avalanche of names (especially for the victims and places) or it could be the out-of-nowhere French. Or it could be both.
Or maybe I'm trying too hard.
typo:
p92: Cerebral spinal fluid is constantly produced in spaces in the brain called ventricles. Normally it circulates through four ventricles, and flows over the the brain's surface and down the s ...more
The books are definitely good, it's just me. I am having a hard time getting into the plot. Maybe it's the avalanche of names (especially for the victims and places) or it could be the out-of-nowhere French. Or it could be both.
Or maybe I'm trying too hard.
typo:
p92: Cerebral spinal fluid is constantly produced in spaces in the brain called ventricles. Normally it circulates through four ventricles, and flows over the the brain's surface and down the s ...more
Forensic Anthropologist Temperance (Tempe) Brennan has been inundated with new murders in the outlaw biker world of Montreal. She even discovers three decomposed bodies, also related to the biker world. As the action heats up, Tempe and her nephew make decisions which may turn out to be deadly decisions! As usual, Kathy Reichs does her research and clues us in on the forensics of the murders and the cultural anthropology of outlaw biker gangs.
A terrible thing has happened. A little girl was caught in the crossfire between two rival motorcycle gangs in Montreal. She had nothing to do with whatever retributions were being meted out. Nonetheless, because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussant is dead. Her body is on an autopsy table at the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Meicine Legale in Montreal, where Dr. Temperance Brennan works as a forensic anthropologist. She can and has handled
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Apr 03, 2017
Melanie
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-and-thriller
I just finished reading the first three Temperance Brennan novels. As a Canadian it is fun for me to read a novel that includes Montreal. I have only ever made it as far as Quebec, however the "canadianisms" that the author includes I find to be fun little quirks for us Canucks to recognize and enjoy. With that aside I am truly enjoying the pace of these novels and the twists and turns that make the mystery enjoyable but do not completely spoil the reader's ability to perhaps sleuth their own wa
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Mar 17, 2014
KJ
rated it
liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audio-book,
50-books-a-year-2014
This one seemed a better to me than the last two. I can see this is one of those story lines where the author feels it is overly necessary to have a personal tie between the main character and the action (in this case her nephew involved with biker gangs). I know fiction is... well.. fiction and not real life but the completely unrealistic scenarios in which every story has someone she cares about tied in with the bad guys in so schmucky a way gets to be, as my mother would say, "a bit much." I
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Nov 20, 2020
Christine
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
best-women-thriller-writers
I was disappointed that Ryan did not have a large role with Brennan in this book. The previous one set up the relationship so good....I was also put off by all the facts about mc gangs and their bikes.....
3.5/5
I have been following this series of books for many years now and have always enjoyed every reading experience. Recently I have revisited them again as my daughter wanted me to buddy read them with her after discovering the television series and then seeing the books in our bookshelves. Even though I explained that the books and TV show are two different entities, she was still determined to read them. So here I am, many books later and enjoying them just as much as I did the first time. I am gl
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