This is the eighth Temperance Brennan book by Kathy Reichs. Most books center between one of two places, Montreal and the Southern US. This book startThis is the eighth Temperance Brennan book by Kathy Reichs. Most books center between one of two places, Montreal and the Southern US. This book starts in Montreal and the reconstruction of an Orthodox Jews face after he had been shot. A picture of a skeleton draws Tempe in and makes her question. Many things happen, but she ends up with the skeleton that is from the 1st century Israel. She ends up flying to Jerusalem with Ryan to take the skeleton back. Enter Jake Drum the scholar that she has known for two decades, and the drama of the contested city. The skeleton is stolen, her room is gone through, and she discovers another skeleton with even more controversial history than Max (the first skeleton). The next week is fraught with danger and Tempe must save her friends and ends up solving the all the murders with one demented conversation. As they cross the Atlantic she tries to reconcile what was thought to happen with her historical knowledge. This is another great mystery that brings a new element into it. ...more
Eugenia Swift is a director of a renowned glass museum in Seattle. Cyrus Colfax is a security expert. They are thrown together in a Glass House on a rEugenia Swift is a director of a renowned glass museum in Seattle. Cyrus Colfax is a security expert. They are thrown together in a Glass House on a remote island. When their relationship turns warmer, they try to track down more information on the elusive Hades cup. With a few murder attempts and the reasons for staying on island ending, they head back to Eugenia’s. They find a surprise there and another murder attempt. This was a good romantic suspense. The only thing the matter with this book is that the technology discussed dates the book. Over an entertaining read. ...more
This is the fourth book in the Harper Connelly series. Tolliver and Harper are adjusting to a new relationship and are on their way to visit their twoThis is the fourth book in the Harper Connelly series. Tolliver and Harper are adjusting to a new relationship and are on their way to visit their two sisters. When their relationship comes out, many people are disgusted. Tolliver’s father is trying to get back in his children’s good graces. Tolliver is shot and Harper must take care of him. Throughout the week it is very trying, with Tolliver’s father trying to manipulate him, a missing baby, and more coming to light about her sister, Cameron. As dirty secrets are uncovered, the lives of the strange family will never be the same. She sets it up as an ending or a new beginning of turning the series in a new way. I am interested to see what happens next. ...more
This is one the Temperance Brennan books, and takes place in Charlotte. At the beginning of the book, Tempe is finishing up a case and trying to get oThis is one the Temperance Brennan books, and takes place in Charlotte. At the beginning of the book, Tempe is finishing up a case and trying to get out before she is pulled into another. She has a few days left before her vacation. When attending a BBQ she finds some bones and is drawn back into work on the day her guest is to arrive. She is called into a plane crash that same day and she sees the beginning of her vacation go up in smoke. Her guest is at her home when she finally gets home and she lets him know it will just be a little while before they can head to the beach. When it rains it floods and she is pulled into other cases. She brings her guest, Ryan, into the case. Driving between the Carolinas and getting to know Ryan better is proving to be trying. When she finally is on the trail of the killers, she is kidnapped. The story ends with her helping to close all of the cases and some of the culprits dying. This was a fascinating story with the customary twist at the end. ...more
This is a Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist book that takes place in the South. You have everything in this story, suspense, death, spooky rThis is a Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist book that takes place in the South. You have everything in this story, suspense, death, spooky religions, and vigilantes. The story opens with bones, of course. The bones being in the sub-basement of a very old house, means Tempe is called in. The bones that look like they were involved in the occult worship means that they don’t know what they are searching for. A couple of headless corpses with devil worship symbols carved in them confuse them more. When one of the investigating cops is murdered in the line of duty, the pressure to solve the cases is tremendous. An old flame and one on the back burner, make this an intriguing yet entertaining story. I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes the detail and suspense of a Reich’s book. ...more
At different points of this story I thought that I might have read this story before, but by the end I realized I hadn’t. The twists and turns the stoAt different points of this story I thought that I might have read this story before, but by the end I realized I hadn’t. The twists and turns the story took were very interesting. Now the “bedroom” scenes were a little over the top and I am glad there were only two of them in the entire story. Some authors don’t understand “fading to black” or “less is more” as this book shows. This book must have been earlier in her career; some of the other Brenda Joyce books are not so vocal on certain aspects of those scenes. Moving on, the story itself was very good and had me turning the pages and wondering who killed Kate and what was Hal’s obsession with her. It was a page turner that I recommend to those that like the more suspenseful stories as long you can get through the bedroom scenes. I tend to skip those parts, so focused on the rest of the story. A decent book overall. ...more
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