The Bone Code

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'I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell' JAMES PATTERSON

NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author KATHY REICHS returns with her next edge-of-your seat thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

A storm has hit South Carolina, dredging up crimes of the past.

On the way to Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan receives a call from the Charleston coroner. During the storm, a medical waste container has washed up on the beach. Inside are two decomposed bodies wrapped in plastic sheeting and bound with electrical wire. Chillingly, Tempe recognizes many details as identical to those of an unsolved case she handled in Quebec fifteen years earlier. With a growing sense of foreboding, she flies to Montreal to gather evidence and convince her boss Pierre LaManch to reopen the cold case. She also seeks the adviceand comfortof her longtime beau Andrew Ryan.

Meanwhile, a storm of a different type gathers force in South Carolina. The citizens of Charleston are struck by a bacterium that, at its worst, can eat human flesh. Thousands panic and test themselves for a rare genetic mutation that may have rendered them vulnerable.

Shockingly, Tempe eventually discovers that not only are the victims in both grisly murder cases related, but that the murders and the disease outbreak also have a common cause

Reviews

I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell.The Bone Codeover-achieves. Temperance Brennan uses all her skills as a forensic anthropologist to solve a murder mystery story that races across America at the speed of fright. -- James Patterson
The Bone Code is a brilliant entry in a ground-breaking series and does Temperance Brennan proud. The story has all the elements weve come to expectits smart, gripping, and builds to a heart-stopping crescendo.More than twenty years ago, these wonderful novels began paving the way for other writers, especially Canadians like me, to be noticed.I owe Kathy and Tempe a debt of gratitude, not just for helping to make my own writing life possible but for hours of white-knuckle reading. -- Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Devils Are Here
"Kathy Reichs is expert at making science both scary and thrilling, and she's in top form in The Bone Code. The story moves at such a relentless pace I couldn't stop turning the pages!" -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Choose Me
Over the course of twenty books, Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey, mazey tales grounded in real science, with plots springing from the author's prodigious knowledge and passion for truth and justice. We readers are truly gratefuland looking forward to the next twenty! -- Ian Rankin, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus novels
Praise forA Conspiracy of Bonesand Kathy Reichs:

We relish [Reichs] Temperance Brennan mysteries [she] has always been strong on plot, and this one has plenty of twists.
New York Times Book Review
Reichs roars back with a Temperance Brennan mystery unlike any that have come before it.One of the books central themes is Brennan's lack of confidence in her own mind: could she be imagining connections between unrelated facts The novel shows us a more vulnerable side of Brennan, and Reichs' writing style is subtly different, too, as though she were trying to make us feel ever so slightly off-kilter. A complete success.Booklist (Starred Review)
Kathy Reichs pits the indomitable Temperance Brennan against straight-from-todays-headlines terror to create a story that launches at maximum velocity and never lets up. Edgy. Eerie. Irresistible. Dont miss this one. Sandra Brown, bestselling author of Outfox, Tailspin, and Seeing Red
This is Kathy Reichs as youve never read her before. The story starts like a pistol shot and fires nonstop through over three hundred layered pages. The twists are meticulously planned and thrown like bamboozling curves on the edge of the plate. But you will see new layers to the brilliant Tempe Brennan that may surprise you. Read this book. It was created by a master of the genre who knocks it out of the park. David Baldacci, bestselling author of One Good Deed and Redemption
Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs or crafts a better sentence. Her latest forensic investigation, A Conspiracy of Bones, rivets with its non-stop pursuit of some of the vilest villains ever. Clive Cussler, bestselling author of Night Probe and Sahara
Sinister and chilling. In Tempe Brennans riveting return to the investigative trail, she suddenly finds herself caught in a tangled web. Who can she trust Maybe not even herself. Bones is back and better than ever. Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Never Tell, Look for Me, and Right Behind You
Its a pleasure to see Temperance returning to what she does best, peeling back the layers and using her forensic brilliance to expose a shocking cover-up A Conspiracy of Bonesoffers page-turning proof that Kathy Reichs wont be giving up her forensic-anthropologist-in-distress throne anytime soon. David Morrell, bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art
Tempe Brennan is back, dealing with health issues, career setbacks, and the naggingand drivingfear of inadequacy that is the flipside of her talent. Reichs's fast-paced, tightly-constructed, and very contemporary story dives underground here, both literally and virtually, as she follows the thinnest of threads deeper and deeper into a shocking conspiracy. You will find it hard to put down.Mark Bowden, #1New York Timesbestselling author of The Last StoneandBlack Hawk Down
No face, no hands, and a ton of breathtaking questions. I dare you to figure out all the red herrings. So utterly good! This is Kathy Reichs doing what she does best: sorting through the bones until the shocking end.Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author ofThe Escape Artist
A Conspiracy of Bones shows off Kathy Reichs dazzling new level of plotting mastery. A thrilling read from one of my favorite writers.Karin Slaughter, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Lost Widow, Pieces of Her, and Cop Town
One of the absolute best thrillers of the year! Both Temperance Brennan and Kathy Reichs are at the top of their games in this brilliant rollercoaster of a tale. I cant recall when this many twists have been so masterfully woven into a novel. But, of course, its not all about plot. The characters, toogood, bad and in betweencome breathtakingly alive with heart-gripping effect. A great series has just gotten greater. Jeffery Deaver, #1 internationally bestseller author of The Bone Collector and The Never Game
Don't miss this one! The corpse is ghastly. The investigation is intense. So many pulse-pounding twists and surprisesit kept me guessing till the end! R.L. Stine, bestselling author ofGoosebumps and Fear Street

Author Bio

Kathy Reichssfirst novelDj Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. To date, she has written twenty-two novelsfeaturing forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Kathy 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, Kathy divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Montreal, Qubec.Visit her at KathyReichs.comor follow her on Twitter@KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.