With Bones beginning a new season last night, we were delighted to see a companion article by crime novelist Kathy Reichs on the Bookish site. Kathy is the inspiration for forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan on the series, for which she also serves as a producer.
"You don't want to sit next to bones on a train," she writes. "They are talky, talky creatures. They can't keep secrets, they remember youthful indiscretions you'd rather forget, they tattle about your embarrassing weight issues. Basically, you'd de-friend them if you could. The good news is that they don't usually tell their stories until you're gone. And they tell them only to people skilled at listening. Like me. (Of course, then I write it down and share the information with anyone who wants to know, but that's not the point.)"
To read about the five most fascinating things you can learn from bones, see her complete article, "Shocking Facts About Human Remains" by Kathy Reichs for Bookish.com. And for more information about the most recent book in Kathy's series, Bones of the Lost, see below.
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Bones of the Lost
Kathy Reichs
A Temperance Brennan Mystery
When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the worst. The girl's body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse, police find an airline club card bearing the name of prominent local businessman John-Henry Story, who died in a horrific fire months earlier. How did Story and the girl know each other? Was she an illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she murdered? Was he?
Tempe must also examine a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm veteran named Dominick Rockett stands accused of smuggling the objects into the country. Could there be some connection between the trafficking of antiquities and the trafficking of humans?
As the complications pile on, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her daughter, Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the army. Meanwhile, Katy's father, Pete, is growing frustrated by Tempe's reluctance to finalize their divorce. As pressure mounts from all corners, Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that extends all the way from South America to Afghanistan and right to the center of Charlotte.
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