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Bones Never Lie: A Novel (Temperance Brennan) (original 2014; edition 2014)

by Kathy Reichs

Series: Temperance Brennan (17)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Kathy Reichs’s upcoming novel Two Nights.

The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself “a genius at building suspense” (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine who’s brilliant to the bone. “Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden,” says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered.
Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet with a homicide cop who’s a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common—the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue—unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath.
But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another’s throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.
In Bones Never Lie, Kathy Reichs never fails to satisfy readers looking for psychological suspense that’s more than skin-deep.
Don’t miss Kathy Reichs’s short story “Swamp Bones” in the back of the book.

“Kathy Reichs writes smart—no, make that brilliant—mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross.”—James Patterson
“Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She’s the real deal.”—David Baldacci
“Kathy Reichs continues to be one of the most distinctive and talented writers in the genre. Her legion of readers worldwide will agree with me when I declare that the more books she writes, the more enthusiastic fans she’ll garner.”—Sandra Brown
“Each book in Kathy Reichs’s fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They’re filled with riveting twists and turns—and no matter how many books she writes, I just can’t get enough!”—Lisa Scottoline
“I love Kathy Reichs?—always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something.”—Lee Child

“Reichs, a forensic anthropologist, makes her crime novels intriguingly realistic.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Tempe Brennan is the lab lady most likely to dethrone Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta.”—USA Today
“Reichs always delivers a pulse-pounding story.”—Publishers Weekly.
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Title:Bones Never Lie: A Novel (Temperance Brennan)
Authors:Kathy Reichs
Info:Bantam (2014), Hardcover, 336 pages
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
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  JBarringer | Dec 15, 2023 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I liked this one better than I did her last few books. Katy wasn't in it which helped. And Ryan featured a fair bit with a huge surprise right at the end. That alone made the whole book worthwhile! Tempe has also calmed down a bit and did not keep deliberately putting herself into danger or at least not without taking some precautions first. So it was all quite readable and in fact enjoyable. If you have enjoyed the series so far then don't give up before you have read this one. ( )
  csayban | Oct 19, 2023 |
I don't know why. I just have to finish the series.
  Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |
I always enjoy the Tempe Brennan books, but this one just didn't click for me. Too much of a one-person show (Tempe). Everybody else, maybe except Slidell, are not really well drawn:
Andrew Ryan = he's there but not really there, as he's dealing with his own personal loss
victims = there are about 4 or 5 or 6 girls missing or murdered, yet they are all quite interchangeable. I got lost in which one got missing or murdered where and when
Anique Pomerleau = she never really makes an appearance, because she is dead by the time she does
Tempe's mum = she's in an old-people's home and not all there, yet she is such an IT wizard that she finds two very important clues...Hmmm....
Umpie Rodas = He sounded like an interesting character, but is only present in a few chapters
Ajax guy = some guy with ultra OCD.
Slidell vs Tinker = their constant bickering created some interesting dialogue, but to the extent that the dialogue takes centre stage rather than the person. Again, I don't think the Tinker guy was well developed as a character.
Henriette Hull = she plays an interesting role towards the end, but I can't remember who she was. Was she the crime reporter at the newspaper?

And as others have pointed out: I finished the book, I know who has done it, but I still struggle to verbalise why that person did kill the victims.

Still an OK read, and Kathy Reichs is a good writer. But I prefer her earlier books where the focus is more on the procedure rather than the main character. ( )
  TallArnie | May 2, 2023 |
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As an author she has her tremendous asset of technical and bureaucratic knowledge - this needless to say, carries her a very long way. Missing, however, is the sense of atmosphere...
 

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Beltrán, CarlosCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Borowitz, KatherineNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stark, JanetExecutive producersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Kathy Reichs’s upcoming novel Two Nights.

The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself “a genius at building suspense” (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine who’s brilliant to the bone. “Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden,” says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered.
Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet with a homicide cop who’s a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common—the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue—unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath.
But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another’s throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.
In Bones Never Lie, Kathy Reichs never fails to satisfy readers looking for psychological suspense that’s more than skin-deep.
Don’t miss Kathy Reichs’s short story “Swamp Bones” in the back of the book.

“Kathy Reichs writes smart—no, make that brilliant—mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross.”—James Patterson
“Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She’s the real deal.”—David Baldacci
“Kathy Reichs continues to be one of the most distinctive and talented writers in the genre. Her legion of readers worldwide will agree with me when I declare that the more books she writes, the more enthusiastic fans she’ll garner.”—Sandra Brown
“Each book in Kathy Reichs’s fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They’re filled with riveting twists and turns—and no matter how many books she writes, I just can’t get enough!”—Lisa Scottoline
“I love Kathy Reichs?—always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something.”—Lee Child

“Reichs, a forensic anthropologist, makes her crime novels intriguingly realistic.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Tempe Brennan is the lab lady most likely to dethrone Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta.”—USA Today
“Reichs always delivers a pulse-pounding story.”—Publishers Weekly.

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