A review by clockless
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs

3.0

Meh. This one felt more than a little phoned-in. There is quite a large number of victims, but most of them aren't really given any attention, they just seemed like extra names to pad out the list and meet a word quota. There is a personal story running underneath the crime narrative, but the attempt to bridge them together makes both of them worse, and it probably could have been a much stronger story if it weren't forced to fit into a reliable formula. The book makes sure that Tempe never stops to take a breath, because then she might realize that there is no real reason to be running around at all, and no obvious time-sensitive stakes to worry about.