NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Kathy Reichs’s upcoming novel Two Nights and the bonus novella Bones on Ice.No one speaks the language of suspense more brilliantly than Kathy Reichs, author of the acclaimed Temperance Brennan series. In Speaking in Bones, the forensic anthropologist finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous … drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur.
Professionally, Temperance Brennan knows exactly what to do—test, analyze, identify. Her personal life is another story. She’s at a loss, wondering how to answer police detective Andrew Ryan’s marriage proposal. But the matter of matrimony takes a backseat when murder rears its head.
Hazel “Lucky” Strike—a strident amateur detective who mines the Internet for cold cases—comes to Brennan with a tape recording of an unknown girl being held prisoner and terrorized. Strike is convinced the voice is that of eighteen-year-old Cora Teague, who went missing more than three years earlier. Strike is also certain that the teenager’s remains are gathering dust in Temperance Brennan’s lab.
Brennan has doubts about working with a self-styled websleuth. But when the evidence seems to add up, Brennan’s next stop is the treacherous backwoods where the chilling recording (and maybe Cora Teague’s bones) were discovered. Her forensic field trip only turns up more disturbing questions—along with gruesome proof of more untimely deaths.
While local legends of eerie nocturnal phenomena and sinister satanic cults abound, it’s a zealous and secretive religious sect that has Brennan spooked and struggling to separate the saints from the sinners. But there’s nothing, including fire and brimstone, that can distract her from digging up the truth and taking down a killer—even as Brennan finds herself in a place where angels fear to tread, devils demand their due, and she may be damned no matter what.
Praise for Speaking in Bones
“Speaking in Bones keeps the suspense high.”—Associated Press
“Temperance’s forensic sleuthing uncovers many secrets, along with a blockbuster psychological surprise.”—The Huffington Post
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Always love the books in this series, and the characters and NYC setting. Hard to put down.
Not my favorite
Good to know that unlike other highly successful crime writers, Kathy Reichs has not forgotten how to write!
Great read.
Always keeps you intrigued
Always a great read her books keep u turning page after page
All of Kathy’s books are superior books. They are great, because they are about life.
The short story that followed was more interesting.
Good read!
As with all of Kathy Reich’s books, Speaking in Bones was very well written and interesting. It grabbed a hold of me and wouldn’t let go until the end. The book also contained and interesting Novella and no additional charge.
Anything from this author is well worth reading!
I like learning new things while reading.
Reich’s books are always exciting, well written and interesting. This one does not change that statement.
I enjoy all of Kathy Reichs books, and this is no exception.
Not up to the author’s typical good standard.
Not her best book, but a good read.
This is the first I’ve read from this author. Didn’t realize when I picked it up that this fueled one of the TV shows I have enjoyed. The story was somewhat familiar because I’d already seen the episode but thoroughly enjoyed it’s twists and turns.
GREAT series, unusual plot line.
Always enjoy Kathy Reichs…
Always a great thriller