Fatal Voyage - Kathy Reichs

Being a fan of Kathy Reichs, I was looking forward to reading her fourth novel, having previously really enjoyed the first three. I have only recently got into the thriller genre and am lapping it up, trying out different authors, but Reichs has been my favourite so far, along with Martina Cole. Fatal Voyage again features Dr Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist. This time, there is (as you may have guessed from the book’s title) a plane crash that needs investigating, as it appears suspicious. Tempe is called upon to help out and temporarily moves to the area, Swain County in North Carolina, USA. While working on the large crash site, Tempe ...

In the last decade there has been something of an explosion of women-focused crime novels. Female police detectives, pathologists, psychologists and private eyes vie for the crown of champion crime literature heroine but for several years it was Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta who wore the laurels. However, Kathy Reich’s creation, Temperance Brennnan, has certainly given Scarpetta something to think about. Like Kay Scarpetta, Temperance is an expert in her field – forensic anthropology, a forty-something career-minded woman who can never quite leave her work behind at the end of the day. She divides her time between lecturing and forensic work in Carolina and ...

Once again, kathy Reichs does not fail to impress with this, her fourth outing for forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. Probably the best of her novels yet by far, this takes a completely diffrent route to that taken conventionally by most female crime writers and shows Reichs' ability to spin a believable and credible story to full efffect. Tempe Brennan is on her way to a university to give a talk on her profession when she hears about a plane crash that has just happened locally. As part of a goverment body that is called in to help identify bodies and remains in such incidents, Tempe decides to volunteer her services- the better to preserve the scene ...