Flash and Bones

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Flash and Bones
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First UK edition
Author Kathy Reichs
Country United States
Language English
Series Temperance Brennan
Genre Crime novel
Publisher Scribner (US)
Heinemann (UK)
Publication date
2011
Media typePrint Hardback
ISBN 978-1439-1024-11
Preceded by Spider Bones  
Followed by Bones are Forever  

Flash and Bones is the fourteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

Contents

Plot

Brennan is called to examine a body found in a barrel of asphalt beside the racetrack in Charlotte, North Carolina. Things get very complicated when a toxic substance is found in the body, and the FBI seizes all evidence and the body.

Critical reception

David Connett of the Daily Express rated the book 3/5, calling it "an intriguing tale embroiling southern redneck militia and Nascar racing." [1]

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References

  1. Conett, David (September 11, 2011). "Kathy Reichs - Flash And Bones book review". The Express. Retrieved 20 May 2018.