#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cell phone number.
It's sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan, still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. Immediately, she's anxious to know who the dead man is, and why the images were sent to her.
An identified corpse soon turns up, only partly answering her questions.
To win answers to the others, including the man's identity, she must go rogue, working mostly outside the system. That's because Tempe's new boss holds a fierce grudge against her and is determined to keep her out of the case. Tempe bulls forward anyway, even as she begins questioning her instincts. But the clues she discovers are disturbing and confusing. Was the faceless man a spy? A trafficker? A target for assassination by the government? And why was he carrying the name of a child missing for almost a decade?
With help from a number of law enforcement associates including her Montreal beau Andrew Ryan and the always-ready-with-a-smart-quip, ex-homicide investigator Skinny Slidell, and utilizing new cutting-edge forensic methods, Tempe draws closer to the astonishing truth.
But the more she uncovers, the darker and more twisted the picture becomes...
My Review:
Wow, this book was so fantastic! I just loved spending more time with Tempe, it's been a while, and yeah, she's changed since the last book, what with the diagnose of a brain aneurysm and all. Oh, and that her old boss in the Charlotte morgue, died and his replacement has a bit of a feud with Tempe. One that Tempe was in the right of, but wasn't in the position of power here. Yeah, not fun!
There's a lot going on in this book. The mystery into who the dead guy was and why. And how some missing child investigations got tied in. But also things like Tempe wondering if she was hallucinating. Yeah, this mystery was different, and where it ended, yeah, that was pretty unexpected! So fantastic to read!
Of course, we learn some new science stuff, which is always a treat in this series! This time it's about the imprints left on paper from writing on it, you know the old rub pencil on a sheet and see what was on the page above kind of thing. But more high tech.
The ending was a bit different from the others, in that the big action scene, which usually is the climax of the book, well, there were still a few more chapters and it's a bit of a slower ending then the other books. It was a bit unsettling, to tell the truth, and different, so yeah, I enjoyed it!
This book was just incredible, and I would love more time with these characters!
Author: Kathy Reichs
Series: Temperance Brennan #19
Read: December 9th, 2019
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Expected Publication: March 17th 2020
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