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#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-third high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of a Washington, DC, arson investigation with deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence.
Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and when Tempe delves into the property's history, she becomes suspicious about the ownership.
The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Soon the duo learns that back in the 1930s and '40s the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. While interesting, this fact seems irrelevant—until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attack? So many questions.
As Tempe and Ivy dig deeper, an arrest is finally made. Then another fire claims one more victim, and slowly, Tempe's instincts begin pointing to the obvious. But her moves since coming to Washington have been anticipated—and every path forward seems to bring with it a lethal threat.
"Reichs keeps things lively and unpredictable by constantly introducing new characters and plot variations. And being a forensic anthropologist herself, Reichs is able to give her stories a level of realism and accuracy that a nonprofessional might struggle to achieve. It's an excellent series, and this is an excellent entry in it." —Booklist
"In this excellent new Temperance Brennan novel unsolved mysteries of the past converge with an arson investigation in the present. I absolutely devoured Fire and Bones, just as I have every one of Reichs's books to date—but this one may just be my favorite yet! With her trademark blend of intrigue, forensics, and the pursuit of justice, Reichs always delivers an incredible thriller." —Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Last to Vanish
"There's a reason Kathy Reichs is the doyenne of forensic fiction—because her m.o. is to keep the reader guessing till the last paragraph. With Fire and Bones she once again comes out blazing." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name and coauthor of Mad Honey
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Kathy Reichs's first novel Déjà Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. Evil Bones is Reichs's twenty-fourth novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Reichs was also a producer of Fox Television's 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, Reichs divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on X @KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.
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