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Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, Bk 9)
Author: Kathy Reichs

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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780743233491 - ISBN-10: 0743233492
Publication Date: 7/11/2006
Pages: 400

Book Description:
It's the second-to-last day of archaeological field school. Dr Temperance Brennan's students are working on a site of prehistoric graves on Dewees, a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina, when a decomposing body is uncovered in a shallow grave off a lonely beach...

The skeleton is articulated, the bone fresh and the vertebrae still connected by soft-tissue; the remains are encased in rotted fabric and topped by wisps of pale, blond hair - a recent burial, and a case Tempe must take. Dental remains and skeletal gender and race indicators suggest that the deceased is a middle-aged white male - but who was he? Why was he buried in a clandestine grave? And what does the unusual vertical hairline fracture of the sixth cervical vertebrae signify?

While Tempe is trying to piece together the evidence, her personal life is thrown into turmoil. When a bullet - intended, perhaps, for her - puts Tempe's estranged husband Pete in hospital, her unexpectedly emotional response complicates her on-off relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan. But before long, another body is discovered - and Tempe finds herself drawn deeper into a shocking and chilling investigation, set to challenge her entire view of humanity.

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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Crystal S. (crystal-short) wrote on 7/1/2007...


The best Reichs yet! Read it in 2 days and only because my toddler son needed attention or it would have been a 1 day read! Great plot, great suspense, great read!

Marlene W. (KansasSunflower) wrote on 5/11/2007...


I enjoyed this one a lot. It kept my interest and was hard to put down.

Malka E. (huskyshep) wrote on 3/25/2007...


another good one

Christa B. (romeo) wrote on 3/14/2007...


Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for negligent colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching a lackluster archaeology field school in the ruins of a Native American burial ground on the Charleston shore. But when Tempe stumbles upon a fresh skeloton among the ancient bones, her old friend Emma Rousseau, the local coroner, persuades her to stay on and help with the investigation. When Emma reveals a disturbing secret, it becoes more important than ever for Tempe to help her friend close the case. The body count begins to climb. An unidentified man is found hanging from a tree deep in the woods. Another corpse shows up in a barrel. There are mysterious nicks on bones in several bodies, and signs of strangulation. Tempe follows the trail to a free street clinic with a belligerent staff, a suspicious doctor, and a donor who is a charismatic televangilist. Clues abound in the most unlikely places as Tempe uses her unique knowledge and skills to build her case, even as the local sheriff remains dubious and her own life is threatened.Tempe's love life is also complicated. Ryan, her currant flame, has come down to visit her from Montreal, and Pete, her former husband, is investigating the disappearance of a local woman-and he and Tempe is staying at the same borrowed beach house. Ryan and Pete compete for her attentions, and Tempe finds herself more distracted by her feelings for both men than she expected.

Virginia L. wrote on 2/21/2007...


Good book as usual from Kathy Reichs. If you like CSI or Bones from TV, you should enjoy this book.

Linda A. (Springfieldreader) wrote on 1/4/2007...


Very good book. It kept me guessing.

Mary W. wrote on 12/1/2006...


Another great sory of Tempe Brennan and the fascination science work she is into. If you have seen "BONES" on TV this is where it all comes from. You will enjoy.


Shannon C. (Shannon) wrote on 11/24/2006...


Another good book by Reichs.

Mary L. (MaryK) wrote on 11/16/2006...


Another great book in the Kathy Reichs series.

Monica S. (MonicaS) wrote on 10/23/2006...


A Tempe Brennan fast moving mystery.


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