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 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Kathy Reichs |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Temperance Brennan |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Scribner (US) Heinemann (UK) |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Pages | 436 pp |
| Preceded by | Déjà Dead |
| Followed by | Deadly Decisions |
Death du Jour is the second novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
On a bitterly cold March night in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Brennan is exhuming the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood in the grounds of a church. Hours later she's called to the scene of an horrific arson, where a young family has perished. There seem to be no witnesses, motive and no explanation. From the charred remains of the inferno to a trail of sinister cult activity which leads her to Beaufort, South Carolina and a terrifying showdown during an ice storm back in Canada, Brennan faces a test of both her forensic expertise and her survival instinct.
The forensic detail is harrowing, the pace relentless, and the prose assured. Kathy Reichs just gets better and better and is now the Alpha female of this genre.
A long way from your standard forensic thriller: all the excitement you crave, indefatigably expert. But conscience-generated and compassionate too."
Tempe Brennan...is smart, resourceful and likeable...an investigator to follow. She is the pro in the book, she finally starts connecting the pieces from Montreal and North Carolina.
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Kathleen Joan Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.
Bones is an American crime procedural comedy-drama television series created by Hart Hanson for Fox. It premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on March 28, 2017, airing for 246 episodes over 12 seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a forensic anthropologist. It also explores the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd.
Temperance Daessee Brennan is a fictional character created by author Kathy Reichs, and is the hero of her crime novel series. She was introduced in Reichs' first novel, Déjà Dead, which was published in 1997. All the novels are written in the first person, from Brennan's viewpoint. Like her creator, Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. In a number of novels it is indicated that Brennan's background lies in physical anthropology, rather than medicine, and throughout the novels she stresses the importance of correct crime scene process.
Monday Mourning is the seventh novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
Déjà Dead is the first novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Deadly Décisions is the third novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Break No Bones is the ninth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Ragged Ass Road is a short unpaved residential street in the Old Town section of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Its name started as a joke in 1970 by resident Lou Rocher, who owned much of the property along it at the time, and his friends. At the time the street had been known as "Privy Road" due to the large number of outhouses along it. When a difficult prospecting season yielded little income, convincing residents that they were "ragged ass broke", they decided that that should be the name of the street.
Bare Bones is the sixth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
Cross Bones is the eighth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
206 Bones is the twelfth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Fatal Voyage is the fourth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Bones to Ashes is the tenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Spider Bones is the thirteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Grave Secrets is the fifth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Flash and Bones is the fourteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Seizure is the second novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Code is the third novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Bones are Forever is the fifteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The book was the 48th most borrowed from libraries in the United Kingdom in 2012–2013.
Virals is a series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.