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A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
4.0
Kathy Reichs is one of those authors I have been reading forever. I have read most of Kathy Reich’s forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan Books, having started somewhere in the middle of her nineteen books and jumped around.
Her most recent book #AConspiracyofBones. We see Tempe out of favour with the new medical examiner. Tempe thinks she’s all about the image without paying the position respect and she thinks she might be corrupt. Tempe’s been warned off the case of a John Doe found in the woods.
What follows is Tampe navigating an unfamiliar professional pergutory while she investigates the case without the ME’s approval. Things don’t run smoothly with the investigation, she calls in some favours, there’s a cameo from her partner Ryan, and there’s the small matter of an aneurysm confronting Tempe as well.
What appeals to me about Reich’s Tempe Brennan books is the consistency with with Reichs continues to use the formula that worked in the past while making each case fresh and new. Tempe is the focus, it’s all from her perspective, the cases are detailed, and the pacing is always good. I find this is in contrast with some of the Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell that began to focus less on Scarpetta and casework and more on Lucy and her love life. It felt for me those books lost direction and focus somewhere in the middle.
Readers of suspense, mystery and procedural crime will appreciate the book. It’s a stand-alone but the books are related so if you’re beginning the series with this one, some history with an earlier book might be in order.
Conspiracy of Bones will be out in March. Thank you to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Australia for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Her most recent book #AConspiracyofBones. We see Tempe out of favour with the new medical examiner. Tempe thinks she’s all about the image without paying the position respect and she thinks she might be corrupt. Tempe’s been warned off the case of a John Doe found in the woods.
What follows is Tampe navigating an unfamiliar professional pergutory while she investigates the case without the ME’s approval. Things don’t run smoothly with the investigation, she calls in some favours, there’s a cameo from her partner Ryan, and there’s the small matter of an aneurysm confronting Tempe as well.
What appeals to me about Reich’s Tempe Brennan books is the consistency with with Reichs continues to use the formula that worked in the past while making each case fresh and new. Tempe is the focus, it’s all from her perspective, the cases are detailed, and the pacing is always good. I find this is in contrast with some of the Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell that began to focus less on Scarpetta and casework and more on Lucy and her love life. It felt for me those books lost direction and focus somewhere in the middle.
Readers of suspense, mystery and procedural crime will appreciate the book. It’s a stand-alone but the books are related so if you’re beginning the series with this one, some history with an earlier book might be in order.
Conspiracy of Bones will be out in March. Thank you to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Australia for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.