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206 Bones / Kathy Reichs
"206 Bones" opens with Tempe Brennan regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan accompany the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe is accused of mishandling the case. Someone has made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call is dead, and Tempe is left in the dark. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why?
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- ISBN: 9780743294393
- ISBN: 0743294394
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First Scribner Hardcover Edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2009
- Copyright: ©2009
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Radium Hot Springs Public Library | FIC REI (Text) | 35130000012207 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2009 May #2
"The new Tempe Brennan thriller opens with the forensic anthropologist being held by an unknown captor, hidden away in some cold, dark place. As she struggles to remember what has happened to her, the story shifts to Brennan's recent autopsy of the remains of a missing womanâand to an accusation that she deliberately tried to cover up a murder. As Brennan and her investigative partner, Lieutenant Andrew Ryan, of the Montreal police, try to find out who would want to ruin Tempe's reputation, they stumble on a possible serial killer. Can Brennan solve the case and rescue her reputation? Well, of course she can, but there's still the matter of who abducted Tempe, and why . . . and whether she can extricate herself from what appears to be certain death. Some readers, especially those familiar with the TV series Bones, based on the Brennan novels, might find the novel a bit episodic, as Brennan moves from case to case (there are even short captive scenes positioned where commercial breaks would naturally fall if this were a television show). On the other hand, Reichs is telling a story that requires an episodic structure: Brennan puts together clues gleaned from a series of cases, spread out in time, to unmask a villain. And, it's worth noting, the author pulls off a Jeffery Deaverâworthy unmasking, too: few readers will see this plot twist coming. A very good installment in a popular series." Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 June #2
Dr. Temperance Brennan unaccountably begins making mistakes.Could the Cook County forensic anthropologist really have misidentified a murder as accidental death? An anonymous tipster insists on it to the deceased person's well-connected relative, which sends Tempe up to Quebec where the body was originally found. The death now seems tied to the fates of three other elderly women, all of whom perished violently. Det. Andy Ryan, Tempe's on-again/off-again boyfriend, tries to help, but her new lab tech is surly and uncooperative, and the lab's latest hotshot is quick to point out her failings, which include an overlooked bullet track, phalanges gone missing and no notice of telltale tetracycline staining on the teeth. Eventually, Tempe realizes that her competence isn't slipping; she is being sabotaged. Six cases will come into question, and her lab status will be thoroughly compromised before she almost succumbs to an abduction that leaves her trussed up and helpless in an old military burial ground. Nearly as many plots as there are bones in the body, some to please medical pedants, some to appease ghouls, and some to show off the smart-mouth repartee Tempe (Devil Bones, 2008, etc.) has been indulging in since she got her own TV series on Fox. Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2009 April #1
Yes, there are 206 bones in the human body-and when Tempe Brennan wakes up bound hand and foot in a dark, enclosed place, she probably feels that every one of hers is broken. She recalls accusations about a mishandled autopsy, but the rest is...a classic Reichs mystery. With a ten-city tour. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
Awaking bound in an underground tunnel, forensic anthropologist Temperance "Tempe" Brennan struggles to put together the events leading up to her abduction. She remembers accompanying her ex-husband, Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, to Chicago to check out a cold case-where she learned that someone has accused her of bungling her initial postmortem. Professional feathers ruffled, Tempe returns to Quebec to clear her name. Her fellow examiners are also on edge as a new pathologist displays an unerring ability to find errors in their work. Verdict This 12th forensic thriller in the series (after Devil Bones) will delight fans of medical mysteries by Patricia Cornwell and Tess Gerritsen. Reichs is a forensic anthropologist, and she's a heck of a lot of fun to read. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/09.]-Karen Kleckner, Deerfield P.L., IL Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 June #3
At the start of bestseller Reichs's outstanding 12th thriller to feature Dr. Temperance Brennan (after Devil Bones), Brennan finds herself bound and injured in an underground tomb. In flashbacks, Reichs fills in the how and why of the forensic anthropologist's deadly predicament. When Brennan and Andrew Ryan of the Sret du Qubec arrive in Chicago on business, she's accused of botching the autopsy of Rose Jurmain, a Canadian heiress. Knowing only that an anonymous caller instigated the investigation, Brennan is determined to uncover who's out to sabotage her. Back in her Montreal lab, Brennan soon realizes that not only is Jurmain's death possibly linked to the brutal murders of other elderly women but that whoever is out to tarnish her reputation refuses to back off. With her usual blend of cutting-edge forensic science and a stubborn, compelling heroine, Reichs manages to juggle several story lines without losing an ounce of momentum. (Aug.)
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