Grave Secrets
(Temperance Brennan 5)
Published on 6. March 2012
448 pages
978-1-4090-3536-7 (ISBN)
Description
The gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.
In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Tempe Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates.
And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City. . .
When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of death.
But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn. It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's secrets buried.
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The world's greatest thriller writers love Kathy Reichs:
'Kathy Reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross!' JAMES PATTERSON
'One of my favourite writers' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'I love Kathy Reichs - always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something. . .' LEE CHILD
'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She is the real deal' DAVID BALDACCI
'Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They are filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, I just cannot get enough' LISA SCOTTOLINE
'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs!' CLIVE CUSSLER
In the searing heat of Guatemala, Dr Tempe Brennan must harden herself against the horrors she excavates.
And then four young girls go missing from Guatemala City. . .
When a skeleton is found at the back of a rundown hotel, only someone with Tempe's expertise can deduce the identity and cause of death.
But as she searches for answers, her path is blocked at every turn. It is clear that some people will stop at nothing to keep Guatemala's secrets buried.
___________________________________
The world's greatest thriller writers love Kathy Reichs:
'Kathy Reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross!' JAMES PATTERSON
'One of my favourite writers' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'I love Kathy Reichs - always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something. . .' LEE CHILD
'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She is the real deal' DAVID BALDACCI
'Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They are filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, I just cannot get enough' LISA SCOTTOLINE
'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs!' CLIVE CUSSLER
Reviews / Votes
You'll want to keep turning the pages long after lights out to find out what happens next ... Reichs' real-life expertise gives her novels an authenticity that most other crime novelists would kill for Daily Express * Daily Express * With Kathy Reichs the reader knows they're in the hands of an expert * Sunday Express * Reading Reichs is always an education one way or another. There is plenty of action... but it is the detail that actually makes it gripping * Evening Standard * Reichs has proved that she is now up there with the best * The Times * Compared with Patricia Cornwell, Reichs is actually in a different league * Sunday Times * A truly impressive writer * We Love This Book * Brilliant . . . seamless blending of fascinating science and dead-on psychological portrayals, not to mention a whirlwind of a plot Brennan is a winner, and so is Reichs * Daily News *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
1,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4090-3536-7 (9781409035367)
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Book
07/2011
Arrow Books Ltd
€13.00
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Person
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 forensic anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Her first book, Deja Dead, catapulted her to fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis award for best first novel. She has written 15 bestselling Temperance Brennan novels, the most recent include Bones Are Forever, Flash and Bones and 206 bones.
