Reviews
"Kathy Reichs writes smart--no, make that brilliant--mysteries that are as realistic as non-fiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher or Alex Cross." --James Patterson "Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She's the real deal." -- David Baldacci "Kathy Reichs continues to be one of the most distinctive and talented writers in the genre. Her legions of readers worldwide will agree with me when I declare that the more books she writes, the more enthusiastic fans she'll garner." -- Sandra Brown, "Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs or crafts a better sentence. Her latest forensic investigation, A Conspiracy of Bones , rivets with its non-stop pursuit of some of the vilest villains ever." -- Clive Cussler, bestselling author of Night Probe and Sahara, "Over the course of twenty books, Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey, mazey tales grounded in real science, with plots springing from the author's prodigious knowledge and passion for truth and justice. We readers are truly grateful--and looking forward to the next twenty!" --Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus novels, "Don't miss this one! The corpse is ghastly. The investigation is intense. So many pulse-pounding twists and surprises--it kept me guessing till the end!" -- R.L. Stine, bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street, "I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell. The Bone Code over-achieves. Temperance Brennan uses all her skills as a forensic anthropologist to solve a murder mystery story that races across America at the speed of fright." --James Patterson, "As usual in this venerable franchise, the forensics are grimly detailed, the cliffhanger chapter endings nonstop, and the range of incidents competing for attention with the issues the newest remains have thrown into the spotlight dizzying....Comfort food for fans who are far past the point of being easily shocked." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They're filled with riveting twists and turns. No matter how many novels she writes, I just can't get enough!" -- Lisa Scottoline "Reichs always delivers a pulse-pounding story." -- Publishers Weekly "Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden." -- New York Times Book Review, "This is Kathy Reichs as you've never read her before. The story starts like a pistol shot and fires nonstop through over three hundred layered pages. The twists are meticulously planned and thrown like bamboozling curves on the edge of the plate. But you will see new layers to the brilliant Tempe Brennan that may surprise you. Read this book. It was created by a master of the genre who knocks it out of the park." -- David Baldacci, bestselling author of One Good Deed and Redemption, "A strong story told in a breezy fashion with an interesting [array of] memorable minor characters." -- Evening Standard (UK), " Reichs roars back with a Temperance Brennan mystery unlike any that have come before it....One of the book's central themes is Brennan's lack of confidence in her own mind: could she be imagining connections between unrelated facts? The novel shows us a more vulnerable side of Brennan, and Reichs' writing style is subtly different, too, as though she were trying to make us feel ever so slightly off-kilter. A complete success." --Booklist (Starred Review), "No face, no hands, and a ton of breathtaking questions. I dare you to figure out all the red herrings. So utterly good! This is Kathy Reichs doing what she does best: sorting through the bones until the shocking end." -- Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist, "Kathy Reichs is expert at making science both scary and thrilling, and she's in top form in The Bone Code . The story moves at such a relentless pace I couldn't stop turning the pages!" --Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Choose Me, "Sinister and chilling. In Tempe Brennan's riveting return to the investigative trail, she suddenly finds herself caught in a tangled web. Who can she trust? Maybe not even herself. Bones is back and better than ever." -- Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Never Tell, Look for Me , and Right Behind You, "Tempe Brennan is back, dealing with health issues, career setbacks, and the nagging--and driving--fear of inadequacy that is the flipside of her talent. Reichs's fast-paced, tightly-constructed, and very contemporary story dives underground here, both literally and virtually, as she follows the thinnest of threads deeper and deeper into a shocking conspiracy. You will find it hard to put down." -- Mark Bowden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stone and Black Hawk Down, "One of the absolute best thrillers of the year! Both Temperance Brennan and Kathy Reichs are at the top of their games in this brilliant rollercoaster of a tale. I can't recall when this many twists have been so masterfully woven into a novel. But, of course, it's not all about plot. The characters, too--good, bad and in between--come breathtakingly alive with heart-gripping effect. A great series has just gotten greater." -- Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestseller author of The Bone Collector and The Never Game, "Few crime writers are as edifying and terrifying as Kathy Reichs. She never lets you forget that "folk do the damnedest things." -- The Times (UK), "Readers have come to expect certain things from a Brennan novel: a strong protagonist, a cast of well-drawn supporting characters, an intriguing mystery, a surprising resolution, and at least one really good scene in which Brennan puts someone in their place...Fans will happily check all those boxes here: this is A-game Reichs, with crisp prose, sharp dialogue, and plenty of suspense." -- Booklist, "It's a pleasure to see Temperance returning to what she does best, peeling back the layers and using her forensic brilliance to expose a shocking cover-up... A Conspiracy of Bones offers page-turning proof that Kathy Reichs won't be giving up her forensic-anthropologist-in-distress throne anytime soon." -- David Morrell, bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art, Praise for A Conspiracy of Bones and Kathy Reichs: "We relish [Reich's] Temperance Brennan mysteries... [she] has always been strong on plot, and this one has plenty of twists." --New York Times Book Review, "Reminiscent of Patricia Cornwell at the top of her game . . . Moves along like a Harley-Davidson leading the pack." -- The San Francisco Examiner "Bloody good beach reading!" -- USA Today "Brennan is a winner, and so is Reichs." -- Daily News, "I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell. The Bone Code over-achieves. Temperance Brennan uses all her skills as a forensic anthropologist to solve a murder mystery story that races across America at the speed of fright." -- James Patterson, " A Conspiracy of Bones shows off Kathy Reichs' dazzling new level of plotting mastery. A thrilling read from one of my favorite writers." -- Karin Slaughter, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Lost Widow, Pieces of Her, and Cop Town, "Kathy Reichs pits the indomitable Temperance Brennan against straight-from-today's-headlines terror to create a story that launches at maximum velocity and never lets up. Edgy. Eerie. Irresistible. Don't miss this one." -- Sandra Brown, bestselling author of Outfox , Tailspin , and Seeing Red, " The Bone Code is a brilliant entry in a ground-breaking series and does Temperance Brennan proud. The story has all the elements we've come to expect--it's smart, gripping, and builds to a heart-stopping crescendo. More than twenty years ago, these wonderful novels began paving the way for other writers, especially Canadians like me, to be noticed. I owe Kathy and Tempe a debt of gratitude, not just for helping to make my own writing life possible but for hours of white-knuckle reading." --Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Devils Are Here
