Evil Bones (Temperance Brennan Novel)

Name: Evil Bones (Temperance Brennan Novel)
Brand: Scribner Book Company
SKU: 9781668051474
Price: 33.59 USD
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Biographical Note:
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.

Review Quotes:
" Evil Bones is by far the most demented and disturbing entry in the Temperance Brennan series. Rather than resting on her laurels, prolific author Kathy Reichs ratchets up the intensity to almost unbearable levels in a novel that will chill and thrill readers....This is a dark, brooding thriller of the highest order that also plays out as a first-rate murder mystery, featuring a killer who is operating on an entirely different wavelength and is not easy to stop or identify."
--Book Reporter

"[Features] a lovably eccentric supporting cast that includes Tempe's erratic daughter, Katy, and grumpy teenage niece, Ruthie, who inject humor into the blood-curdling proceedings. Fans of the series will be satisfied."
--Publishers Weekly

"Reichs continues to draw on details and experiences from her own professional life--she too is a forensic anthropologist--to give the stories a sense of realism that keeps them feeling fresh, and she always finds a way to develop a new grisly mystery that keeps us guessing. A fine addition to this popular series."
--Booklist

"Another solid thriller from author Kathy Reichs, who never disappoints."
--Red Carpet Crash

Publisher Marketing:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic "thriller of the highest order" (Bookreporter) featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.

Small creatures--a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel--have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. But one day, as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless, moody great-niece Ruthie, she's diverted by a disturbing call. The perp is upping the ante. This find could be human.

Tempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. Someone's pet. As one who has always found animal cruelty abhorrent, Tempe agrees to help apprehend the person responsible, and she acquires an equally outraged ally in semi-retired homicide detective Erskine "Skinny" Slidell. Needing a better understanding of possible motives, Tempe seeks input from a forensic psychologist. The doctor has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities, warning that the escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries--and a shift in the perp's focus to humans.

And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the animal killings. Subsequently, people Tempe cares about begin to go missing until it becomes clear she is being taunted, the target in a sick game that has her and Slidell racing against a ticking clock. In this "grisly mystery that keeps us guessing" ( Booklist), Tempe faces a terrifying question: "What is pure evil?"

Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2025 (EAN 9781668051474, Hardcover)
Booklist 10/01/2025 (EAN 9781668051474, Hardcover)
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2025 (EAN 9781668051474, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Reichs, Kathy
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.