Book Reviews of Deja Dead (Temperance Brennan, Bk 1)

Tempe (for Temperance) Brennan is an interesting character. In this, the first novel in the series, she is working in Montreal as a forensic anthropologist. Murder victims are found, she is caught up in the search for the killer, and circumstances get quite dicey for her.

It is well written. I had a quarrel with the story, however. I know I am in the minority here--vastly in the minority, I might add. It seems that one of the main ingredients of a modern bestseller thriller novel is that the main character must be in deadly peril. The serial killer somehow becomes fixated on the detective or medical examiner or whoever is the focus of the novel. I hate that. I had to stop reading Patricia Cornwell because of it--I mean, really, how many dang serial killers can there be in Raleigh, NC? One a year it seems, which is how often a new novel came out. And what are the odds that every one of those serial killers would decide they wanted to kill the medical examiner?

So in this first novel, the killer is looking to do away with the medical examiner! Talk about deja vu!

I decided that although the book was fun to listen to, I was through with this series for the same reason I had to quit Cornwell. Then I ran across a taped version of one of the later novels in the series for a very low price when I had just run out of tapes to listen to. I bought it, and am now 3/4ths of the way through listening to it. It's good. It doesn't (exactly) involve the killer(s) trying to kill Tempe, so maybe Reichs isn't a victim of thriller-writer syndrome after all.

At any rate, this is a good story and the ones that follow seem to be even better.

This is the first in the Temperance Brennan series - I really liked it. Not only is it an intelligent mystery, but the writing is high quality as well.

this was my first and certainly not last book that i will read by this author.
Tempe Brennen is a forensic specialist. she seems to get overly involved in series of murders and figues out that they are being done by a serial killer.
a good and exciting book

This is my first book by this author, I have to read things in order- I have heard some call it a disease...

I think her story gets bogged down with all the detailed medical explanations; while realizing the author is in the profession doesn't mean the reader needs to be overwhelmed with things that simply don't add to the plot.
This will probably be the last book on my shelf from this author, bummer too since I was looking for a 'series' to read all the way through- back to the search!

First book in the Temperance Brennan series. I have to say I liked this book a lot. She puts in a lot of descriptive forensic procedures in the book which I love. A very likeable main character with a twist at the end. I will defineatly read the next one in the series.

This is the first in the series and it was absolutely wonderful. Reich keeps several mystery themes going, all at the same time.

I cannot wait to start the next one!

I read this book on a recommendation of a friend, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found that it took me a few chapters to get into both the characters and the forensics lingo, but was unable to put it down after I had gotten through that. I would say that if you are expecting the characters to be the same as the t.v. show Bones I didn't see it in this book. The main character's name is Temperance Brennan, but that was where the similarity stopped. (This is the only book I've read in the series, so bear that in mind.) Altogether a fun read, well written and difficult to put down.

First in this series; very well-written.

One word- Excellent