Fire and Bones: Volume 23

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#1New York Timesbestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the centre of a Washington, D.C. arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence.

Its never easy working fire scenes.

Called to Washington, D.C. to examine the victims of amysterious arson attack, Tempe quickly finds her misgivingsjustified. The fire site is in Foggy Bottom, a neighbourhoodwith a colourful history, and as the pieces start falling into place,the propertys ownership becomes more and more suspicious.

Sensing a good story, telejournalist Ivy Doyle approachesTempe and the women become unlikely allies. Delving into thepast, they learn that back in the thirties and forties the homewas the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeersknown as the Foggy Bottom Gang. Though interesting, this factseems irrelevant until the son of one of the gang membersis shot dead at his farm in Virginia.

When another property linked to the Foggy Bottom Gangburns to the ground, claiming one more victim, what mighthave been coincidence starts to look more like targetedattacks. As she and Ivy dig deeper, Tempes instincts pointtowards the obvious: somehow, her every move sincecoming to Washington has been anticipated in advance. And every path forward brings with it a lethal threat.

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Kathy Reichssfirst novelDj Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller.Evil Bones is Reichss twenty-fourth novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Reichs was also a producer of Fox Televisions longest running scripted drama,Bones, which was based on her work and her novels. One of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Reichs divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina.Visit her at KathyReichs.comor follow her on X@KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.