Bones to Ashes
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Received after mooching on bookmooch. This is the latest in the Tempe Brennan series.
"The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check.
Coroner Yves Bradette is being evasive, insisting that the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it doesn't add up, and a frustrated Tempe is convinced that Bradette is missing something.
It's not Tempe's case; she's overwhelmed with more urgent work in the lab. But the nagging in her subconscious won't let up. A memory triggered, deep in her hindbrain - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation...
Detective Andrew Ryan is working a series of parallel cases, and requires Tempe's forensic experience. Three missing persons, three unidentified bodies - all female, all early-to-mid teens. Could there be a serial killer at work? Is Bradette's skeleton another in this tragic line of young victims? Or is Tempe overreacting, making connections where non exist? Can she and Ryan put their personal tensions aside and stop the killer before another young girl falls prey?
Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn't have predicted where this case would lead, or the horrors it would eventually uncover. Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with her in this, her most deeply personal case yet?"
I didn't feel that I really got involved in this... and know I've read a forensic novel lately which included leprosy but now can't remember which?
"The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check.
Coroner Yves Bradette is being evasive, insisting that the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it doesn't add up, and a frustrated Tempe is convinced that Bradette is missing something.
It's not Tempe's case; she's overwhelmed with more urgent work in the lab. But the nagging in her subconscious won't let up. A memory triggered, deep in her hindbrain - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation...
Detective Andrew Ryan is working a series of parallel cases, and requires Tempe's forensic experience. Three missing persons, three unidentified bodies - all female, all early-to-mid teens. Could there be a serial killer at work? Is Bradette's skeleton another in this tragic line of young victims? Or is Tempe overreacting, making connections where non exist? Can she and Ryan put their personal tensions aside and stop the killer before another young girl falls prey?
Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn't have predicted where this case would lead, or the horrors it would eventually uncover. Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with her in this, her most deeply personal case yet?"
I didn't feel that I really got involved in this... and know I've read a forensic novel lately which included leprosy but now can't remember which?
Journal Entry 2 by beckydore at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (7/2/2008 UTC) at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Sending to Rahar109. It's on your wishlist - hope you enjoy it!!
Sending to Rahar109. It's on your wishlist - hope you enjoy it!!
Arrived in the post this morning.
A lovely surprise, thank you!
A lovely surprise, thank you!
Enjoyable thriller, but not quite up to the standards of previous books, perhaps because I read the acknowledgements and knew that leprosy was going to feature.
Journal Entry 5 by 
rahar109
at The White Hart in Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, July 17, 2009
rahar109 at The White Hart in Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, July 17, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (7/17/2009 UTC) at The White Hart in Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
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Being taken to the meet-up on July 18th at 12.30.
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Being taken to the meet-up on July 18th at 12.30.
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Picked up in White Hart. Rather a lot of cases dealt with; my memory wasn't up to keeping track of them all properly! Apart from that I enjoyed it and learnt a bit about the history of Nova Scotia / Acadia. To be 'travelled' to London Trafalgar Square 4th plinth.
