Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc.), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. Gardner (The Neighbor, 2009, etc.) has another hit on her hands.Īnother sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Ī week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. More murders lead to mounting suspense as they knit the stories of the three protagonists more tightly together.Īn adventurous tale with a bit too much “woo-woo” paranormal but just the right pace and lots of action.
The impending anniversary of her family’s death, however, weighs heavily on her mind and distracts her. She feels that her unique past can help her connect to the children. Adult Danielle, who wonders why, spends her time giving back by working late hours as a pediatric nurse with disturbed children. When she was still a child, Danielle’s family was killed by her father, but her life was spared. The third vein in the story is Danielle’s tale of survival. Her life revolves around her emotionally disturbed son Evan, whose constant death threats and physical abuse rule her every move even though he’s only eight.
labors to crack the case with the help of sidekick Alex Wilson, a George Clooneyesque professor training as a criminologist by taking a police rotation, single mother Victoria is just trying to make it through another day. It’s not clear whether the mass murder of a family is merely the grisly result of a father gone wrong or something more. is just about to have a successful first date when her pager chimes with the call of duty. Warren returns to delve into a series of family murders.
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