Bones and Kathy Reichs

Categories: Mystery & Suspense

Kathy Reichs, a real live forensic anthropologist, writes wonderful mysteries surrounding a main character, Tempe Brennan, who is (guess what) a forensic anthropologist.

Tempe, like Kathy, works both in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in Montreal, Canada. Rather than self-aggrandizing and egocentric, her novels come across fresh and natural...well, at least as natural as a human being can be who is, for instance, digging teenage girls' bones out of a septic tank or trying to sort out whether this is a bag of bear bones or people bones.

In the latest novel, Cross Bones (2005), Tempe's investigation of a questionable death takes her to Israel and  the world of biblical archaeology, along with the very attractive detective Andrew Ryan.

A new book is expected in July: Break No Bones. The pre-publication publicity promises that this will be the best one yet, a wonderful blend of good writing, a good story, and scientific expertise.

While the novels are written in series, the reader would not lose any enjoyment by reading them out of order.

Get to know Tempe Brennan and Kathy Reichs. You won't be sorry!