Tempe and Ryan find themselves working together again while in the course of investigating an alleged suicide. The are lead to a 2,000 year skeleton, which others have believed were the bones of Jesus. Tempe & Ryan fly to Isreal to investigate leads and end up in the middle of a case involving unknown enemies of various conservative religious sects and political agencies. I thought this was not one of Kathy Reichs' best Tempe novels because the story was too conplex, there were too many players and enemies with foreign names, and it tended to drone on through long passages of hypothesizing. However, the chemistry and wit between Tempe and Ryan was fun and faster than I remembered from previous novels. The concept of the possibility of uncovering the bones of Jesus was also an interesting twist for this series. ( )

I like the Temperance Brennan novels more when they are set in the south, than when they are set in Canada. I enjoy them less when the character travels to foreign lands. The religious tones in this book were a little more than my agnostic mind could manage. I had to really struggle to remember the bible teachings of my youth to follow some of what was going on. ( )

This book had an OK storyline, but I found the writing style annoying. I was also unhappy with the ending, which was wrapped up too quickly for my taste. It felt to me as though the author just got sick of writing and decided to finish the book, so she had the main character explain how it all worked out. An OK read but not a masterpiece. ( )

This book starts off in Canada, but takes forensic anthropologust Tempe Brennan on a whirwind tour through the Holy Land in the search of the truth about an unnamed skeleton...Normally, I tend to avoid books that are compared with other favourite authors or books, particularly ones that say "better than so-and-so". Mainly, because I am cynical of hype and suspect I will be disappointed. Also because I'm probably quite contrary and don't like being told what I "should" like.So I have managed to get through life thus far without touching Kathy Reichs, mainly due to the comparisons with Patricia Cornwell, whose early books I absolutely adored but whose later ones left me somewhat cold. However, I decided that this was my chance and that the time had come to venture into Kathy Reichs' world, and wow! What a great ride it was! OK, OK, the plot may end up being a little far-fetched, but it certainly swept me along quite merrily with it and has encouraged me to seek out some more of her books for the future. ( )

Very interesting book. Mystery was good but the surrounding stroy and material was excellent. Fascinating information about early Israel, early Christianity, etc. Lead character is very intriguing. Not at all like the Bones on TV. Older, less conflicted, not as cool, a mother and ex-wife. I will read other books in this series as opportunities present. ( )