When forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte Police Department’s Cold Case Unit, she wonders why she’s been asked to meet with a homicide cop — especially one 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, Tempe 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 Tempe can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath.

#1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox hit series Bones, Kathy Reichs returns with an unforgettable new novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a mysterious hit-and-run victim triggers an investigation into human trafficking. When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the worst. The girl’s body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse, police find an airline club card bearing the name of prominent local businessman John-Henry Story, who died in a horrific fire months earlier. How did Story and the girl know each other? Was she an illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she murdered? Was he? Tempe must also examine a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm veteran named Dominick Rockett stands accused of smuggling the objects into the country. Could there be some connection between the trafficking of antiquities and the trafficking of humans? As the complications pile on, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her daughter, Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the army. Meanwhile, Katy’s father, Pete, is growing frustrated by Tempe’s reluctance to finalize their divorce. As pressure mounts from all corners, Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that extends all the way from South America to Afghanistan and right to the center of Charlotte.

Under the microscope, the outer bone surface is a moonscape of craters…'Preliminary diagnosis?' 'Deformity of the bone. Maybe. Cortical destruction on a metacarpal. Maybe. Localised infection? Systemic disease process? Postmortem destruction, either purposeful or natural? A combination of the above? I don’t have a diagnosis…' The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check. Coroner Yves Bradette is being evasive, insisting the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it doesn’t quite add up, and a frustrated Tempe is convinced that Bradette is hiding something… It’s not Tempe’s case; she’s overwhelmed with more urgent work in the lab… But the nagging in her subconscious won’t let up. A memory triggered, deep in her hindbrain - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation… Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn’t have predicted where this case would lead, or the horrors it would eventually uncover… Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with her in this, her most deeply personal case yet?

It’s the second-to-last day of archaeological field school. Dr Temperance Brennan’s students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees, a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina, when a decomposing body is uncovered in a shallow grave off a lonely beach… The skeleton is articulated, the bone fresh and the vertebrae still connected by soft-tissue; the remains are encased in rotted fabric and topped by wisps of pale, blond hair - a recent burial, and a case Tempe must take. Dental remains and skeletal gender and race indicators suggest that the deceased is a middle-aged white male - but who was he? Why was he buried in a clandestine grave? And what does the unusual vertical hairline fracture of the sixth cervical vertebrae signify? While Tempe is trying to piece together the evidence, her personal life is thrown into turmoil. When a bullet - intended, perhaps, for her - puts Tempe’s estranged husband Pete in hospital, her unexpectedly emotional response complicates her on-off relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan… But before long, another body is discovered - and Tempe finds herself drawn deeper into a shocking and chilling investigation, set to challenge her entire view of humanity…

Life appears peaceful on Loggerhead Island – rescued from financial disaster, the research institute is flourishing once more. But the tranquility is quickly shattered when Tory Brennan and her technophile gang discover a mysterious box buried in the ground. A seemingly innocent treasure hunt soon turns into a nightmarish game of puzzles, as it becomes clear that one false move will lead to terrible, explosive consequences. The clock is ticking. Can Tory and the Virals crack the code in time to save the city – and their own lives?

The latest gripping thriller from world class forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs, bestselling author of Bare Bones and Monday Mourning Temperance Brennan has a mystifying new case in this eighth novel from New York Times bestselling author and world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. Tempe is called in to interpret the wounds of a man who was shot in the head, but while she tries to make sense of the fracture patterning, an unknown man slips her a photograph of a skeleton, telling her it holds the answer to the victim’s death. Detective Andrew Ryan is also on the case and, as his relationship with Tempe heats up, together they try to figure out who this orthodox Jew in the Israeli “import business” really was. Was he involved in the black market trade in antiquities? And what is the significance of the photo? With the help of Jacob Drum, a biblical archaeologist and old friend from the University of North Carolina, Tempe follows the trail of clues all the way to Israel. In the Holy Land, she learns of a strange ossuary at Masada, a shroud, and a tomb that may have held the remains of Jesus’s family. But the further she probes into the identity of the ancient skeleton, the more she seems to be putting herself in danger…

Temperance, forensic anthropologist for the state of Quebec, is recalled from a course for a gruesome duty. Biker war is raging in Quebec and two of its foot soldiers have blown themselves up. She is the person best qualified to make sense of what remains.

March in Montreal: It is a bitterly cold night and in the grounds of an old church forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan digs carefully. She is there to exhume the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood. But the body has been moved to an unmarked grave in a far corner of the cemetery. What will Tempe discover when the frozen ground finally yields to her tools?Just hours later, Tempe is called to the scene of an horrific arson. A young family has perished, and there seems to be no witness, no motive, no explanation.From the charred remains of the arson, to a trail of sinister cult activity and a terrifying showdown during an ice storm, Tempe gathers her evidence and confronts the terror of a killer out of control. ‘Another day. Another death. Death du Jour. My God, how many such days would there be?’

Following her most successful book to date, Kathy Reichs — international number one bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the Fox television hit «Bones» — returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly mix of voodoo, Santería, and devil worship in her quest to identify two young victims. In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery — a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine, there is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog. Nothing is clear — neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy’s body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans. They begin a witch hunt, intent on seeking revenge. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan — “five-five, feisty, and forty-plus” — is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds in this, Kathy Reichs’s eleventh taut, always surprising, scientifically fascinating mystery. With a popular series on Fox — now in its third season and in full syndication — Kathy Reichs has established herself as the dominant talent in forensic mystery writing. «Devil Bones» features Reichs’s signature blend of forensic descriptions that “chill to the bone” («Entertainment Weekly») and the surprising plot twists that have made her books phenomenal bestsellers in the United States and around the world.

Emily Anne Toussaint, una niña de nueve años, muere en una calle de Montreal como consecuencia de un tiroteo entre bandas rivales. Savannah Osprey, una adolescente de Carolina del Norte, desaparece de su casa y se encuentran partes de lo que tal vez sea su esqueleto a cientos de kilómetros de distancia. Estas muertes conmueven profundamente a la Dr. Temperance Brennan, antropóloga forense que trabaja en Montreal y en Carolina del Norte. Como científica, Tempe debería mostrarse desapasionada y objetiva. Como persona preocupada por los demás, su máximo deseo es que los asesinos desaparezcan de las calles. Emily Anne murió durante una pelea entre bandas. La víctima de Carolina del Norte, Savannah Osprey, fue vista por última vez mientras viajaba con un motorista. Todo ello apunta a una misma dirección y la impulsa a iniciar un viaje inquietante por el mundo de las bandas de motoristas que actúan al margen de la ley. Por otro lado, el sobrino de Tempe, Kit, está fascinado con las motocicletas. ¿Pero es capaz de entender la diferencia entre los motoristas inofensivos y las bandas organizadas, o acaso está demasiado deslumbrado como para comprender que los motoristas proscritos son un grave problema para la sociedad?

When twin classmates are abducted from Bolton Prep, Tory and the Virals decide there's no one better equipped than them to investigate. But the gang has other problems to face. Their powers are growing wilder, and becoming harder to control. Chance Claybourne is investigating the disastrous medical experiment that twisted their DNA. The bonds that unite them are weakening, threatening the future of the pack itself. The Virals must decipher the clues and track down a ruthless criminal before he strikes again, all while protecting their secret from prying eyes. And «everyone» seems to be watching.

When forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan joins the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team mobilized to investigate an airplane crash in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains, she literally stumbles on a body part that doesn't match up with the remains of any of the plane's passengers. The leg she grabs out of the jaws of a coyote feeding on the carnage scattered around the site belongs to an unidentified elderly man, and seems to have no connection with the disaster. But an abandoned hunting lodge near the crash site does, although before Tempe can figure out exactly how they're linked, she's pulled off the DMORT unit and forced to stand idly by as her professional reputation goes up in flames. When Andrew Ryan, a detective familiar to readers of Kathy Reichs's earlier books («Deja Dead», «Death du Jour», «Deadly Decisions»), appears on the scene, another mystery begins to unfold. There seems to be no trace of two men on the plane's manifest, Ryan's partner and his seatmate, a criminal who was being escorted back to Canada via Washington, D.C., the doomed flight's final destination, to stand trial for murder. As usual, Reichs serves up a solid helping of forensic science as the DMORT operatives do their thing, and Tempe traces the remains of a man killed 40 years ago to a series of ritual murders of senior citizens, and further to those whose influence was responsible for her firing. Reichs keeps the narrative moving along despite the somewhat ponderous technical and scientific information; her pacing is brisk and her series heroine in fine form. Tempe's romantic life gets more interesting with every new adventure. A solid thriller that will please the best-selling author's regular readers and serve as a good introduction to new ones.

Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the medical examiners in Montreal and North Carolina, departs from home turf to journey to Guatemala, where her skills will be tested to the limit. It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers entered the village of Chupan Ya and rounded up the women and children. Families and neighbors refer to their lost members as "the disappeared". The bodies are said to lie in a mass grave. Tempe brings all her skill to uncover the savagery of the past. But something savage is happening today. Four girls are missing from Guatemala City, including the daughter of a high-ranking government official. When a young archaeologist is brutally murdered, Tempe realizes that she may be the next victim in a web of intrigue that connects the historical and contemporary murders.

La antropóloga forense Temperance Brennan es una de las primeras personas en acudir al monte donde acaba de estrellarse un pequeño avión de pasajeros. Casi todos ellos eran estudiantes que formaban parte de un equipo de béisbol, y entre las víctimas también podría encontrarse Katy, la hija de Tempe. Asustada la doctora decide investigar los motivos de la tragedia y, a partir de ese momento, se verá envuelta en una conspiración dirigida a entorpecer por todos los medios su trabajo y acabar con su vida.

En Quebec requieren a la forense Brennan para que averigüe si los restos de un viejo cadáver pertenecen a la hermana Elisabeth Nicolet, monja que quieren beatificar y que ha sido encontrada en un lugar donde no fue enterrada originalmente. Algo muy misterioso. De paso, la hermana Julienne le cuenta a Brennan que su sobrina ha desaparecido.Poco después requieren a Brennan para que ayude en un caso: una casa que ha ardido de forma extraña y seguramente intencionada tiene en su interior varios cadáveres, el de una anciana asesinada de un tiro, el de una pareja con dos bebés (los niños presentan extraños cortes) y los de otra pareja que falleció quemada en el piso de arriba. Nadie sabe quiénes son porque la anciana era la única vecina que había conocido el vecindario.

La antropóloga forense Temperance Brennan de Carolina del Norte y Quebec ha llegado a Montreal desde Charlotte, durante los fríos días de diciembre, para declarar como testigo experta en un juicio por asesinato. Debería repasar sus notas, pero en lugar de eso está cavando en el sótano —plagado de ratas— de una pizzería donde han aparecido los esqueletos de tres mujeres jóvenes. ¿Cuándo murieron? ¿Cómo llegaron hasta allí? El inspector de homicidios, Luc Claudel, cree que se trata de huesos antiguos. El dueño de la pizzería, que encontró botones del siglo XIX junto a los esqueletos, está convencido de ello. Pero hay algo que no tiene sentido. Tempe analiza los huesos y las dentaduras en su laboratorio y descubre la procedencia de las mujeres. Si estuviera en lo cierto, Claudel tiene tres asesinatos recientes en sus manos.Mientras Tempe intenta encontrar respuestas a sus problemas personales y a las investigaciones, se ve de pronto inmersa en un endemoniado caso del que probablemente no pueda escapar. Aquellas mujeres desaparecieron y nunca volvieron, ella podría ser la siguiente…

The freezing Montreal winter turns even colder when blue-eyed cop Andrew Ryan is too busy mounting a sting operation and squiring a fetching youngster around to pay much attention to the forensic anthropologist who’s his sometime squeeze. Temperance Brennan can’t even turn to her chum Anne for much solace because Anne, on a leave of absence from her marriage, is needy herself. Work is no consolation either, since Tempe is facing a riddle she can’t solve. How old are the girls’ bones discovered under a pizza shop? Maybe a hundred years, maybe less. Homicide cops Claudel and Charbonneau have more pressing matters to deal with-that sting, for instance. So Tempe goes a-hunting, determined to identify whose bones they are and what their history was. She uncovers a possible link to Montreal Mafioso Nick “The Knife” Cataneo and even stronger ties to a smarmy pawnbroker and his terrified girlfriend. But it is 21st-century forensic wizardry that leads Tempe to stomach-churning confrontations in which many are revealed to have been tortured, one more dies, Anne is concussed, and Tempe herself is practically incinerated. Knowledgeable and brave enough to outgore Patricia Cornwell, Reichs (Bare Bones, 2003, etc.) still can’t balance her love of science-think carbon-dating for dummies-with her passion for Grand Guignol. Some sassy repartee, but mostly lots and lots of bodies.

La investigadora Tempe Brennan tiene que viajar a Carolina del Sur para sustituir a un colega y coordinar a un grupo de estudiantes de arqueología que trabajan en un cementerio de indios americanos. El tranquilo y rutinario trabajo de campo pronto se ve alterado al descubrirse en el antiguo yacimiento indio un esqueleto reciente. Emma Rousseau, la forense local y vieja amiga de Tempe, la convence para que se encargue de investigar un caso que poco a poco se va complicando, al igual que su vida personal, en la que repentinamente compiten por sus atenciones su novio Ryan y su ex marido Pete, que investiga la desaparición de una mujer. El rastro de pistas encontradas al ir apareciendo nuevos cadáveres conducirá a Tempe a una clínica gratuita donde el ambiente es hostil y parecen existir secretos que pueden llegar a ser peligrosos.En Ningún hueso roto, Kathy Reichs demuestra mejor que nunca sus conocimientos forenses y su habilidad para construir historias en que la tensión creciente deja sin respiro al lector.

Tory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute. As a renowned forensic anthropologist, Tempe is obviously qualified to figure out whodunit, but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own. Yet the crime is puzzling. Who could have accessed the labs at LIRI, and how could they have gotten the equipment off the island? It's Brennan vs. Brennan in this short story that gives readers a brand new insight into the world of the Virals.

Having Temperance Brennan for a great aunt comes with a few perks – including an invite to the famous forensic anthropologist’s book signing at Comic-Con. But while Tory and the Virals are taking in the legendary convention in all its nerdy glory, a priceless Terminator robot is stolen from the crowded exhibition hall. When the bot-napper threatens to destroy it unless a hefty ransom is paid, Tory leaps at the chance to help her Aunt Tempe with the investigation. Subtle clues lead the Virals into all the weirdness that Comic-Con has to offer — strange costumes, ferocious mock battles, and fanboy geekdom beyond their wildest dreams — but the Terminator seems to have vanished without a trace, and the clock is ticking. Can the Virals identify the thief and locate the missing robot before it’s too late?