Product Details
Scribner, July 2006
Hardcover, 352 pages
ISBN-10: 0743233492
ISBN-13: 9780743233491
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Chapter 1
To some, the dead are a commodity. For Tempe Brennan, they hold the key to cracking a horrific crime ring.
Among the ancient remains in a Native American burial ground, Tempe discovers a fresh skeleton -- and what began as an ordinary teaching stint at an archeology field school in Charleston, South Carolina, fast becomes a heated investigationinto an alarming pattern of homicides. The clues hidden in the bones lead to a street clinic where a monstrous discovery awaits, and Tempe -- whose personal life is in upheaval, with two men competing for her -- can't afford any distractions as she pieces together a shattering and terrifying puzzle.
"A rare treat....Mesmerizing."
- Ann Rule"Engrossing."
- Entertainment Weekly"Tempe Brennan is the lab lady most likely to dethrone Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta."
"A brilliant novel....Fascinating science...A must-read."
- Jeffery Deaver