A skeleton of a young girl aged about 14 years old. Who is she , how old are the bones, where is she from? Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is Struggling to keep her emotions in check. This skeleton along with a growing list of missing children stir Temps emotions and ignite a memory from her own childhood. The disappearance of her friend, no warning, no explanation. With temps emotions now running at full speed she now decides to take matters into her own hands. Unprepared for the horrors she uncovers can she come out in one piece.? This is the second Kathy Reichs novel I have read , unfortunately it is not as good as the ...  Read the complete review

Bones to ashes is a detective story set in Montreal and based around visiting American forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Detectives who are not strictly speaking detectives seems to be all the rage these days, as do "cold cases", which also feature heavily in bones to ashes. It's not the sort of detective novel I would normally read, but I thought I would give it a go. Unfortunately, I think Bones to ashes was not a good choice. Bones to ashes is eerily reminiscent in style to another detective novel I read some time ago where I couldn't shake the impression that the book was written primarily for women who wanted to identify with the main ...  Read the complete review

In what is the tenth novel to feature Forensic Anthropologist, Temperance Brennan, we finally get to see a little of what makes our heroine tick. Asked by a colleague to examine some bones that have been kept for years, almost as a mascot, by a Detective with a morbid curiosity, Tempe finds herself flashing back to her childhood and a friend who disappeared one summer never to be heard from again. The bones in question belong to a female no older than 14 years old and seem to be marked with scars reminiscent of some kind of infection. Amidst a busy case-load, Tempe is told to work on the bones in her own free time and this leads her into an investigation that ultimately .  Read the complete review