"It's the second-to-last day of archeological field school. Dr Temperance Brennan's students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees, a barrier Island North of Charleston, South California, when a decomposing body is discovered in a shallow grave off a lonely beach.
The skeleton is articulated, the bone fresh and the vertebrae still connected by soft-tissue, the remains are encased in rotted fabric and topped by wisps of pale, blond hair - a recent burial, and a case Tempe must take.
Dental remains and skeletal gender and race indicators suggest that the deceased is a middle-aged white male - but who was he? Why was he buried in a clandestine grave? And what does the unusual fracture of the sixth cervical vertebra signify?
While Tempe is trying to piece together the evidence, her personal life is thrown into turmoil. When a bullet - intended, perhaps for her - puts her estranged husband Pete into hospital, Tempe's unexpected emotional response complicates her relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan.
But before long, another body is discovered - and Tempe finds herself drawn deeper into a shocking and chilling investigation, set to challenge her entire view of humanity..."
(from the cover)

The book will be travelling to the Netherlands. Have a safe journey!

This book did arrive, but I forgot to journal it. Put it on my desk and there it got covered under lots of paper. Thank you for your generosity. I will try to read this soon and pass it on.

The story is enjoyable, but I find Temperance Brennan so annoying. She does dumb things. And in the end she is treated as being so smart.
Also what irritated the heck out of me was the fact that an identifying chip for cats was treated like alien technology. Out of this world. I'm just not enjoying these stories as much as I would like.

Reserved for the wishlist-tag-game.

You've been tagged. Enjoy!

Arrived safely today. Thank you for the tag.

A quick enjoyable read. Another series that I’m way behind on so some things do feel a bit dated. Looking forward to Bones to Ashes which I also have on my TBR pile.

Sending this book to icila who has it on their wishlist.

Another Kathy Reichs from my wishlist, thanks so much !

Always interesting to read about the particular role of each bone and how it can speak to those who can understand.
Katy Reich beging a true forensic anthropologist is a bonus. True, the book is dated but scientist I'm not so still a pleasure to read.

Dans la boîte à livres.