Kathy Reichs's brilliant debut bestselling thriller, featuring Forensic Anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Bagged and discarded, the dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery.
Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, has been researching recent disappearances in the city.
Soon she is convinced that a serial killer is at work. But when no one else seems to care, her anger forces her to take matters into her own hands. Her determined probing has placed those closest to her in mortal danger, however.
Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough before the killer strikes again?
Kathy Reichs is vice president of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists; a member of the RCMP National Police Services Advisory Council; forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec; and a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Her first book,Deja Dead, catapulted her to fame when it became aNew York Timesbestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. All 14 of her Temperance Brennan novels have beenSunday TimesNo. 1 bestsellers. For more information visitwww.kathyreichs.com.