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Cold, Cold Bones

#21 in series

by Kathy Reichs
Linda Emond
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-first taut novel of suspense featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, after receiving a box with a human eyeball in it, uncovers a series of ever more grisly killings eerily reenacting the most shocking of her prior cases.
Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. For a while, temporarily idle forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night for dinner, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball.

GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine Monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens.

There seems to be no pattern to these random killings, except that each mimics in some way a killing that a younger Tempe witnessed, analyzed, or barely escaped.

Who or what is targeting her, and why?

Helping Tempe discover the answers is Detective Erskine "Skinny" Slidell, retired but still volunteering with the CMPD cold case unit—and still displaying his gallows humor. But as the two infiltrate a bizarre survivalist's lair, even Skinny's mood darkens.

And then Tempe's daughter Katy disappears.

At its core, Cold, Cold Bones is a novel of revenge and why revisiting the past may be the only way to rescue the present.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Temperance Brennan

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 5, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781668001998
      • File size: 303021 KB
      • Duration: 10:31:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Linda Emond is terrific in the latest Temperance Brennan audiobook, and the characters remain compelling. While some listeners may find the plot of this North Carolina-based mystery predictable, it is entertaining. Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, has a sense of humor, and Emond captures it nicely. She also is able to perform both parts of the conversations between Brennan and her PTSD-afflicted daughter, Katy, reflecting their disparate emotions and voices. Her performance as Detective Erskine "Skinny" Slidell, a tough cop and Brennan antagonist, carries the right amount of crankiness. The story begins with a human eyeball having been delivered to Brennan's house, which is followed by copycat elements of earlier Brennan cases. The villain may not be a surprise, but Emond helps make this audiobook worthwhile. G.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 19, 2022
      At the start of bestseller Reichs’s elaborately plotted 21st Temperance Brennan novel (after 2021’s The Bone Code), the forensic anthropologist finds a package on her doorstep in Charlotte, N.C., containing a human eyeball “impaled like a bug on a pin.” Her search to discover its provenance leads her to an abandoned outhouse on the campus of Belmont Abbey College, where a body matching the DNA of the eye is found. Other victims turn up, each in macabre circumstances. “Some psycho is imitating my old cases,” Brennan observes, and the killer’s violence is escalating. Brennan’s boyfriend, Andrew Ryan, a former Quebec homicide detective turned PI, shows up to help with the investigation. Meanwhile, Brennan’s daughter, Katy, honorably discharged from the Army after two stints in Afghanistan, has returned to Charlotte and is finding her way back into civilian life. Jim-dandy details about autopsies and the significance of bones compensate in part for a plot with too much rehashing of old cases and Brennan too often rushing into dangerous situations without calling for backup. Established fans will enjoy spending time with old friends. Agent: Deneen Howell, Williams & Connolly.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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