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Agatha Donkar Lund
Aug 22, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, 2007, mystery
Devoured this in a day; since this novel and Margaret Maron's Hard Row are two of the books I've most looked forward to this year, it's unsurprising. And I honestly think that this could have been Reichs' best Bones novel -- aside from my growing irritation at her reluctance to finish Tempe's relationship with Andrew Ryan one way or the other once and for all, this book has a first rate, complex mystery, an ongoing appearance by Tempe's sister Harry (who I adore), and LEPROSY. Leprosy, people! L ...more
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Kat (A Journey In Reading)
I have had this book for a couple of years and decided to read it yesterday. I love the tv show. The book was good, but for people not in the medical field some parts of it may appear to be just "extra words", describing diatoms for example.

Temperance Brennan has been asked to help idenitfy a skeleton, help with 3 missing girls, and is looking for a long lost childhood friend. I hate to say it, but it wasn't a mystery that kept until the end. It was pretty easy to figure out what happens about
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Lisa
Jul 16, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-adults
As good as her others... getting tired of the over-detailed forensic stuff.... I find myself skipping it to get to the story.
Madeleine
Kind of gruesome. Nevertheless will keep the series in mind for trains and planes.
Suzanne
Jul 01, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: mysteries
I loved learning about Tempe's childhood. Another fascinating mystery! ...more
Nadine in NY Jones
Jan 06, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: forensics, mystery
Joanne
Jul 15, 2008 rated it liked it
Sarita
Nov 07, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-2010
Doina
Jan 13, 2009 rated it liked it
Verity
Feb 08, 2009 rated it liked it
Maggie
May 14, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audio-books
Leroy
Oct 09, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Kimberly
Feb 08, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-i-own
Joseph
Jun 28, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: mystery
Jennifer
Sep 07, 2010 rated it liked it
Amy W
Feb 07, 2011 rated it really liked it
Camille
Oct 27, 2011 rated it really liked it
Tania
Dec 14, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2016
Sylvie
Jan 11, 2016 rated it liked it
Katy
Feb 18, 2017 rated it liked it
Wanda
Jan 10, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Sarah
Feb 11, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nrpg, uno-2019