- Devil Bones
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Devil Bones Author(s) Kathy Reichs Country United States Language English Series Temperance Brennan Genre(s) Crime novel Publisher Simon and Schuster Publication date 2008 Media type Print Pages 320 (Hardcover) ISBN 978-0743294393 (Hardcover) Preceded by Bones to Ashes Followed by 206 Bones Devil Bones, published in 2008, is the eleventh novel by Kathy Reichs featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Plot
Charlotte, North Carolina. One of the town's oldest neighbourhoods.
An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house with sagging trim and peeling paint...
Called to the scene is forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan. Fighting her claustrophobia, and the unmistakable sweet, fetid odour of rotting flesh, Tempe descends the precariously steep, makeshift wooden steps.
What awaits her below is a ritualistic display: slain chickens and a goat - and a skull, ghostly pale, rests on a pedestal, the lower jaw missing, the empty orbits staring back at her. Two cauldrons stand nearby, beads and antlers suspended overhead.
Age, race and sex indicators confirm the skill as that of a young, black female - but how did she die, and when? Then, just as Tempe is working to determine the post-mortem interval, another body is uncovered. The corpse is headless, the torso carved with satanic symbols. Led by a preacher-turned-politician, citizen vigilantes blame Devil-worshipers and begin a witch-hunt, intent on revenge.
As Tempe struggles to keep her emotions and imagination from running away with her, she makes another chilling discovery. Even she couldn't have predicted where this cause would lead, or the shocking secrets it would eventually uncover. And the more Tempe learns, the more she seems to be putting herself in danger...
External links
Categories:- Novels by Kathy Reichs
- Crime novels
- 2008 novels
- Novels set in North Carolina
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