Book Reviews of Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, Bk 2)

These books are nothing like the TV series, although I now enjoy both. I like that there is a French connection - I get to read the French and know what it says before the translation - although there is not too much French. The mystery is great - sure there is murder and mayhem - but it is more about putting the pieces together than gore. You also get to learn about a lot science and procedure - very interesting stuff, especially when it is not in a textbook!

Although the story was very good for this one, it seems a little far fetched that she just happens to find bodies on vacation that just happen to be linked to crimes in Quebec. Still looking forward to reading the rest of the series though.

Dr. Brennan is engaged to retrieve the bones of a nun, who may soon be made a saint. While on that assignment she is asked to work on identiying the remains of the victims of a house fire. Two of the victims are children. How does this fire relate to a skeleton found on a private primate reserve located off the coast of North Carolina? Excellent read.

This is the first book I've read by Kathy Reichs, and I really liked it. I was kind of sickened by some of the morbid descriptions of the dead characters in the story, but all of that adds to the story's realistic vibe. I like Tempe's character, and I will probably read the rest of the series. The French was kind of annoying, but I don't think it hindered the story in any way. Great read.

I love her TV show "Bones" which is based on these novels but the novels themselves don't really appeal to me. I don't know if it's the Canadian/French strangeness (to this American) or if its just the writing style. I guess it could just be the friendliness of the characters in my favorite forensic series - Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell. I think I'm comparing Kay's warm personality and her connection to all her investigators and even the police as opposed to Dr. Tempe Brennan's antagonistic relationship with everyone she has dealings with.

Having said all that, I must admit to enjoying this book. The convoluted mysteries really catch you up in wondering and trying to piece all the little jigsaw pieces into the correct place. IMO Andrew Ryan, the cop, is the best character in this series. Dr. Brennan is just too abrasive, know-it-all, and it-must-be-done-my-way for my tastes. I do own the entire series so I will read them since the mysteries are interesting even if the characters aren't.

I LOVE the 'Bones' TV show, but the books I find very dull. I've not been able to finish a single one I've started.....and I'm an avid reader. Maybe it is just me.

This one was just as exciting as the others--although I admit, I do enjoy the TV show more than I do her books--this is definitely worth reading.

This was an excellent read. I am a huge Cornwell fan, and thought I may be too partial to enjoy another author, but was pleasantly surprised. Kept me guessing, and interested all the way through.I highly recommend if you are a fan of suspense.

Not quite as good at Deja Dead but still a book that is hard to put down

Another page turner! Love these books!

Good follow up to the first book. I'm hooked on this series and looking forward to reading #3.

liked

If you like the series, Bones, you'll love the book.

My daughter loves this author and has all them. says they are great.

Great book. Do not start reading this book if you don't have time to finish. I read this book in two days. Excellent read.

Temperance Brennon, forensic anthropologist, very different character from the television series. I am acutually glad that the characters are different, as well as the story.

Bodies are turning up everywhere in this girl's life. Slowly connecting the pieces together to a brain washing cult. Brennon finds she may be in deeper than expected when her sister Harry goes missing and her own life is threatened.

I loved the descrpitions of actions in this novel. Often things were so well described I felt like I was the main character. The plot unfolded in a way that surprised me but also left me dissapointed. Vague rushed tie ups in the last chapter left me saying "What?"

is good if you like this series.

Another great book. Temperance always finds the bad guy.

As the second in her series, I enjoyed this one more than the first. Not as dark as her first. An interesting story line about cults and their recruiting habits. I didn't realize that not all cults are religous in their bases. Made me think.

So far I have read the first two of Kath Reichs' books and have enjoyed them both. It is a whodunit with all the CSI mixed in.

very graphic in the morgue

Excellent forensics novel! Tempe is a great character.

Classic Kathy Reichs material. Viewers of the TV series BONES will recognize the skills of Temperance Brennan investigating the centuries-old secrets of the dead, and the more recent secrets that moves from the Carolinas to Texas to Canada. An absorbing read.

Investigative mystery into secrets of the dead.

Another great Tempe Brennan crime novel.

Typical Kathy Reichs, a very good book!

Kept me on the edge of my seat.

excellent

This is the second book in the Temperence Brennan series.

In this book Tempe invistigates a case that has ties in both her Montreal home and her South Carolina home.

Not very memorable. I read over 200 pages before realizing I'd read it before, and I don't generally have a poor memory.

I haven't read a Brennan mystery that I didn't enjoy. Many twists and turns, suspense. Temperance Brennan is an engaging character. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.

If you enjoy the character of Tempe Brennan on the TV series "Bones" you will be held spellbound by the book character from which the show was taken. Hold on to your seat- Kathy Reichs will take you on a wild ride!!

A must read.

SECOND book in the Temperance Brennan (Basis of the TV series "Bones)forensic anthropologist series. Great suspense and page turning story about cults gone bad. Great series.

In the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. Although Tempe thrives on such enigmas from the past, it's a chain of contemporary deaths and disappearances that has seized her attention and she alone is ideally placed to make a chilling connection among the seeminly unrelated events. At the crime scene, at the morgue and in the lab, Tempe probes a mystery that sweeps from a deadly Quebec fire to starting discoveries in the Carolinas, and culminates in Montreal with a terrifying showdown, a nerve shattering test of both her forsensic expertise and her skills for survival.

In the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. Although Tempe thrives on such enigmas from the past, it is achain of contemporary deaths and disappearances that has siezed her attetntion and she alone is ideally 0placed to make a chilling connection among the seemingly unrealtred events.

At the crime scene, at the morgue and in the lab, Tempe probes a mystery that sweeps from a deadly Quebec fire to startling deiscoveries in the Carolins and culminates in Monteal with a terrifying showdown, a nerve shattering test of both her forensic expertise and her skills for survival.

New woman forensic science mystery novel. New TV show Bones is based on this series. Very good.

From the back of the book:
In the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. But it's a chain of contemporary deaths and disappearances that has seized her attention-- and she alone is ideally placed to make a chilling connection among the semingly unrelated events. At the crime scene, at the morgue, and in the lab, Tempe probes a mystery that sweeps from a dealy Quebec fire to startling discoversies in the Carolinas, and culminates in Montreal with a terrifying showdown-- a nerve-shattering test of her affinities for both science and survival.

I liked this one. Kathy Reichs is a good read. Not quite as good as Patricia Cornwell, but very close.

Tempe Brennen is Quebec's director of forensic anthropology and is not only digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago, she is interested in a chain of contemporary deaths and disappearances.

This is the second Kathy Reichs book. Not bad

This is the 4th iin her series.. a little more indepth then a cozy mystery.

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan searching for the facts about a corpse buried more than a century ago. It's the contemporary murders and disappearance that are making her life "interesting".

another good one by a good author