At 20 pages in, I was already annoyed by the author's habit of taking paragraphs of description, slapping quotation marks around it, and calling it dialogue. And yet, I carried on to the bitter end. Which I saw coming a mile away.This isn't one of Tempe's greatest hits. The crimes are unremarkable (for the genre, anyway) and the twists are... less than twisty. Plus the Brennan-Ryan romance is back in its tedious "will they (again) or won't they (again)" mode.My biggest beef is that Reichs is clearly using the novel as a megaphone with which to complain about uncertified experts practicing forensics. And while I agree that I'd much rather have a board certified forensic anthropologist examining my dry & dessicated corpse, I really don't need Reichs to take a sledgehammer and beat that opinion into my skull. ( )

This book had a lot of technical jargon that at times was difficult to follow. A pleasant read and look forward to the next book in the series. ( )

I didn't realize this, but this is the 12th book in a series featuring Temperance Brennan and is the basis for the television show, Bones.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and I will be looking forward to reading more in this series! I've only seen the television show a couple of times, so I can't compare the two. This is a series I would recommend to the mystery/thriller lovers! ( )

Loved this one. Having a co-worker try to sabatage you would be so frustrating. ( )

Apparently this is the 12th book in a series of Temperance Brennan books by Kathy Reichs. This was the first in the series I have read as it was an Early Reviewer book and it's descriptioin was intriguing. Although I didn't win the book through ER, I was lucky enough to obtain an ARC through a friend and I'm quite thrilled at having a new author to follow.

In this book, someone is out to make Temperance Brennan look very bad at her job. Inept. And they do a good job of it until she starts putting the pieces together by solving her cases and that leads her to the people out to get her. Some use of flash forwards that all tie up nicely in the end, this was a good thriller.

I enjoyed the medical descriptions and details because I find this field fascinating. Set in Canada, the use of French words heavily throughout slowed down my reading.

I haven't watched the show on T.V., so can't compare them, but it does make me want to watch the show now. And I will definitely pick up more of the series to read. ( )