Author:Kathy Reichs
A collection of chilling tales featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan – including the untold story of her first case.
No matter where she goes, Tempe’s cases make for the most gripping reading.
Dr Temperance Brennan thought she’d seen it all until she came across Bones in Her Pocket in the foothills of North Carolina.
Down in the Everglades Tempe investigates Swamp Bones – a grisly discovery in the stomach of an eighteen-foot Burmese python.
In the heights of Mount Everest a frozen corpse means Bones On Ice.
And First Bones gets under Tempe’s skin with the untold story of her first case and her decision to become a forensic anthropologist.
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Dr Kathy Reichs is a professional forensic anthropologist. She has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the FBI, and even a United Nations Tribunal on Genocide.
However, she is best known for her internationally bestselling Temperance Brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit TV series Bones.
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Many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work:
'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’s the real deal.' DAVID BALDACCI
'Each book in Kathy Reichs’s fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They’re filled with riveting twists and turns – and no matter how many books she writes, I just can’t get enough!' LISA SCOTTOLINE
'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs.' CLIVE CUSSLER
Reichs’ own experiences shine through at all times and she writes with an authority that few can match, but these are not dry takes from a textbook. Even in the middle of death at its most gruesome, life finds a way to shine through.
—— Crime ReviewFun to read and a fast page-turner . . . love and murder - they go together like strawberries and cream
—— IndependentA hugely entertaining Victorian mystery
—— The New York TimesThis is wonderful. A brilliant, moving, clever, lyrical book - I loved it. Oscar de Muriel is going to be a name to watch.
—— Manda ScottOne of the best debuts so far this year - a brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written ... Everything you need in a mystery thriller
—— Crime ReviewThis is a fast-paced, well-researched and thoroughly spellbinding read. The mismatched pair is as entertaining as Holmes and Watson at their best, and the supernatural element brings an entertaining twist
—— The Historical Novel SocietyThis is Victorian melodrama at its richest, darkest and most enticing
—— For Winter NightsThis entertaining novel combines melodrama with the unhappiness of life backstage
—— Charlotte Heathcote , Sunday ExpressTakes readers on quite a chase
—— New York TimesA searing, heart-breaking, genre-bending crime novel that triumphantly reconfigures the traditional whodunnit into something remarkable
—— RUTH WAREYou Don't Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister . . . an impressively original courtroom drama
A startlingly original courtroom drama . . . perfectly executed, gripping the reader from the first sentence with the defendant's unique voice and not letting go until a surprising twist at the end. Mahmood is most definitely one to watch * * * * *
—— Daily ExpressExpertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet
—— Will LavenderA fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller
—— Huffington PostWhen we say that The Power is profoundly disturbing and you may well want to argue with it as you read, we mean that in a good way
—— SFX, Five StarsI loved it; it was visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent . . . The story has stayed with me since
—— Stylist, the decade's 15 best books by remarkable womenAs awesome as it is compulsive
—— Heat, 5 starsWhat starts out as a fantasy of female empowerment deepens and darkens into an interrogation of power itself, its uses and abuses and what it does to the people who have it
—— GuardianA raw, gutsy slice of speculative dystopia
—— MetroLike the best science fiction, this dystopian feminist fantasy holds up a mirror to the here and now
—— Mail on SundayA gripping read and a reminder of the true joy of a truly engaging story
—— StylistFrenetic sci-fi novel
—— Daily MailNaomi's super-charged, subversive novel....forcing you to rethink everything
—— PsychologiesOne of my favourite books of 2016 - clever, harrowing and thought-provoking
—— Paula Hawkins, best-selling author of The Girl on the TrainElectrifying
—— Margaret AtwoodIt's a feminist dystopian page-turner of a thriller and I'm IN LOVE with it
—— Marian KeyesThis year's Baileys winner is simultaneously a high-concept thought experiment and a rollercoaster, action packed read
—— GuardianThe Power by Naomi Alderman is the feminist flipside to The Handmaid's Tale, asking what happens when women are suddenly the stronger sex
—— Evening StandardAn enthrallingly told Cassandra-like prophecy from the ever-inventive Naomi Alderman
—— ObserverThis book sparks with such electric satire that you should read it wearing insulated gloves
—— Washington PostThe Power is at once as streamlined as a 90-minute action film and as weirdly resonant as one of Atwood's own early fictions
—— Boston GlobeIn this fierce and unsettling novel, the ability to generate a dangerous electrical force from their bodies lets women take control, resulting in a vast, systemic upheaval of gender dynamics across the globe
—— New York Times Books of the YearIt's a riveting story, told in fittingly electric language, that explores how power corrupts everyone: those new to it and those resisting its loss'
—— New York TimesMina's insight into the wellsprings of violence is terrifyingly acute and her eye for period detail is unsurpassed. A bravura reimagining of 1950s Glasgow
—— Liam Mcllvanney , Big IssueMina’s recent novel The Long Drop…is her most interesting work
—— Neil Mackay , HeraldAn atmospheric recreation of a vanished Glasgow…and a compelling exploration of the warped criminal mind. A Mina masterpiece
—— The Times, *Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade*One of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years.
—— Ian RankinOne of the most fiercely intelligent of crime writers
—— Daily Telegraph