Review “A CONSPIRACY OF BONES” By Kathy Reichs

Nineteen must be the lucky number this year for thriller readers, so I would go to Vegas and place it all on #19 immediately. Not only did the amazing Pendergast get his nineteenth case in print (Preston & Child), but Kathy Reichs delivers this riveting novel that just so happens to be the nineteenth case featuring her popular forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.

Temperance is still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm she suffered. Trying to recuperate in the stifling hot air of Charlotte, North Carolina, Temperance’s days and nights are getting worse, unfortunately, and not better. Not only is she having nightmares regularly, but she’s also experiencing horrendous headaches and what she believes are hallucinations.

Receiving a series of text messages that focus upon a picture of a corpse that’s missing both its face and hands, Temperance’s always quick brain goes into overdrive wondering why and who sent the pictures to her. When a corpse is found in that exact condition, Tempe finds herself working outside the norm in order to identify the corpse and find out what is going on. She must not only deal with an obvious killer lurking out there, but the fact that her own boss has a grudge against her and is trying to stop Tempe from investigating the case makes her even more eager to plow ahead and solve it.

Not entirely alone, longtime associates and friends, including Andrew Ryan, her beau, and sarcastic ex-homicide investigator, Skinny Slidell, come to her aid. The small team combines their skills, talents and brand new forensic methods to uncover the truth and put an actual face to the man who is somehow mixed up in a great many mysteries.

Yet another plot with an astonishing twist and an amazing ending, readers and the many fans of Temperance will be thrilled to know that, even at 19, this author and her character haven’t shown any signs of slowing down. Bring on #20!

Review “A Conspiracy of Bones” by Kathy Reichs

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