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.
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