Not one of her best but...
I have read all of Kathy Reichs novels and can find pleasure in reading one of her books. They are not always a light read but they are still on the entertainment level. I did find the religion angle a new twist to her previous books. Her relationship is not what we all tune into her books for although it is a story line that you can follow in the backgound of all her books.
Good plotline but......
Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) and the entire series has a good plot line, but Tempe could definitely use a few courses in diplomacy and anger management. How hard is it to follow your bosses order not to talk to the press, then Tempe goes head to head with a politician on TV. If you don't like your heroes making a fool of themselves in the extreme (and I don't) Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) will drive you nuts. To be truthful I had to skip entire paragraphs because her actions were so stupid
Wonderful sinister characters complicate this story
Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist, is in the middle of her own personal "perfect storm." Human bones were found in a cauldron under a house that was being restored. This lead to harangues to the media by Mecklenburg County Commissioner Boyce Lingo that Satan and his followers are invading the area and god-fearing citizens aren't safe - and people like Dr. Brennan aren't doing their jobs. This is compounded when a headless corpse has been found at a nearby lake close by a Wiccan worship site, and in the process of investigation, Charlotte police detective Rinaldi is murdered.
All of this leads to Temperance being driven by her sense of right and justice to speak out when she's been ordered by her boss not to - ultimately ... Read More
Devil Bones
The content of Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels) is great-I am a fan of Kathy Reichs.
The actual book arrived promptly and in very good shape. I use Amazon quite a bit as I am an avid recycler.
below par for Reichs, an otherwise excellent writer
I've read most in this series but had a hard time getting into Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels). As a result, when the killer was finally revealed, I'd already forgotten what part that character had played in the book. I also didn't care enough to go back and find out. Perhaps the balance of gory technical details and romance was overweighted in the technical? I'm not sure. I'll look forward to her next one anyway and hope it will be better.
