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Cold, Cold Bones

#21 in series

by Kathy Reichs
Linda Emond
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#1 New York Times bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs's twenty-first novel is "her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing" (Michael Connelly)—and features forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who uncovers a series of gruesome killings eerily reenacting the most shocking of her prior cases.
Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball.

GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens.

There seems to be no pattern to the subsequent killings uncovered, except that each mimics in some way a homicide that a younger Tempe had been called in to analyze. Who or what is targeting her, and why?

Could this elaborately staged scene be the prelude to a twist that is even more shocking? Tempe is at a loss to establish the motive for what is going on...and then her daughter disappears.

"The crowning achievement of a master storyteller" (Nelson DeMille), Cold, Cold Bones is a novel of revenge—one in which revisiting the past may prove the only way to unravel the present.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Temperance Brennan

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 5, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781797138992
      • File size: 309585 KB
      • Duration: 10:44:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Linda Emond is terrific in the latest Temperance Brennan audiobook, and the characters remain compelling. While some listeners may find the plot of this North Carolina-based mystery predictable, it is entertaining. Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, has a sense of humor, and Emond captures it nicely. She also is able to perform both parts of the conversations between Brennan and her PTSD-afflicted daughter, Katy, reflecting their disparate emotions and voices. Her performance as Detective Erskine "Skinny" Slidell, a tough cop and Brennan antagonist, carries the right amount of crankiness. The story begins with a human eyeball having been delivered to Brennan's house, which is followed by copycat elements of earlier Brennan cases. The villain may not be a surprise, but Emond helps make this audiobook worthwhile. G.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 19, 2022
      At the start of bestseller Reichs’s elaborately plotted 21st Temperance Brennan novel (after 2021’s The Bone Code), the forensic anthropologist finds a package on her doorstep in Charlotte, N.C., containing a human eyeball “impaled like a bug on a pin.” Her search to discover its provenance leads her to an abandoned outhouse on the campus of Belmont Abbey College, where a body matching the DNA of the eye is found. Other victims turn up, each in macabre circumstances. “Some psycho is imitating my old cases,” Brennan observes, and the killer’s violence is escalating. Brennan’s boyfriend, Andrew Ryan, a former Quebec homicide detective turned PI, shows up to help with the investigation. Meanwhile, Brennan’s daughter, Katy, honorably discharged from the Army after two stints in Afghanistan, has returned to Charlotte and is finding her way back into civilian life. Jim-dandy details about autopsies and the significance of bones compensate in part for a plot with too much rehashing of old cases and Brennan too often rushing into dangerous situations without calling for backup. Established fans will enjoy spending time with old friends. Agent: Deneen Howell, Williams & Connolly.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Reich's 21st book in the "Temperance Brennan" series (after The Bone Code) finds forensic anthropologist Tempe back at home in North Carolina. Her daughter, Katy, has retired from the military, and Tempe suspects that she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. One night, they find a package on Tempe's front porch with a severed human eyeball etched with GPS coordinates. This leads to another body, and soon, in a grisly avalanche, more victims begin to appear, all killed in different ways. As the body count rises, Tempe soon makes the connection that the murders are copy-cat depictions of past cases that she has worked. Helping her solve the mystery is retired detective Erskine "Skinny" Slidell. Linda Emond, a longtime narrator of other titles in the series, delivers a solid performance, sensitively portraying Reichs's characters and conveying their full emotional range. VERDICT With nonstop action, intricate forensic details, and top-notch suspense, it's no wonder that readers keep returning to Reichs's popular series. A winner for public library collections.--Phillip Oliver

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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