Book Reviews of Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, Bk 6)

Very good. I read this book after watching the TV series, Bones, also based on the life of Kathy Reichs (the author), a forensic anthropologist working with the police. The series is excellent and it was cool to see the backstory and some cases that weren't featured in the TV series. Dr. Temperance Brennan is smart but a bit dry on TV, but the book character is funnier and more clever than I'd expected after watching the show.

Great one by Kathy Reichs. I'm reading through her whole series. I really like the main character, Tempe. Reminds me of early Patricia Cornwell novels.

Tempe Brennan once again must put aside her vacation when she is asked to analyze the bones of an newborn recovered from a wood stove, two passengers of a plane crash, and a cache of bones that turn up at a "pig pickin" that she and her daughter attend. Who would guess that they are all related?
A very good Tempe novel. I enjoyed it greatly.

If one enjoys CSI or Patricia Cornwell"s books, this is the one for you. I am a big fan of them all.

If you are a fan of the TV show "Bones", the Kathy Reichs books are very diffent, setting, characters, mostly everything. That said, I love the books and the show both. Just don't confuse the two.

Temperance Brennan is is the primary character in the tv show "Bones". This is one of the series of books that inspired the show.

If you like the TV series "Bones", read the books from which the show was taken. The books are much more exciting the the program!!
Elaine

If you have a weak stomach for forensic details - don't eat lunch while you read it.

Excellent book! Great suspense.

Hard to put down. Very good plot.

Great read

suspense-filled CSI

Good southern mystery, I rather enjoyed it.

CSI in a book.Have gone on to read many books by this author because of this book

Good mystery, thriller full of forensic pathology.

An excellent novel for forensic fans!

This was my first "Bones" book. I started watching the series and then got interested. OK, so the book "Bones" is not the same as the TV one. Actually, I like the one in the book better. Enjoy!

Good read as all of hers are. Lots of forensic info if you like that stuff.

If you like Bones on TV, you'll like this book.

From Publishers Weekly: "Feisty forensic anthropologist Temperance (Tempe) Brennan is supposed to be on vacation, but body parts keep turning up. At the start of her sixth adventure, she's awaiting the arrival of her current flame, Quebecois sleuth Andrew Ryan, so she can head for the beach near her hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Before he shows up, she's called in to use her world-class forensics skills when a local janitor's infant granddaughter is found dead and charred in an oven. Then some strange, decomposing remains are discovered by Brennan's dog during a barbecue at a local lakeside resort. Ryan finally arrives, but Brennan's vacation is indefinitely put on hold when a small plane crashes nearby. Two people are dead, and her expertise is required yet again ("The skull had suffered massive communitive fracturing on impact. The fire had done the rest"). Brennan eventually realizes that all three cases are linked to a drug-smuggling ring that also dabbles in poaching exotic animals. As she pursues her investigations, she is forced to work with "Skinny" Slidell, a redneck cop who rubs her the wrong way, but tension is defused by the presence of Ryan, who gamely gives up his vacation to pitch in. He matches Brennan quip for quip, and Tempe's dog, Boyd, provides extra comic relief. Reichs has built a reputation on cut-to-the-chase writing and swift plotting, and this latest effort delivers everything her fans have come to expect." Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --

'Down time' is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones...Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic-a pig pickin-in the North Carolina coutryside, wehre a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter-and how far they will go to heep her from discovering the truth.

Kathy Reichs does wonderful mysteries with forensics involved.

Another excellent book in the Temperance Brennan series.

Better then the show Bones

"Down time" is not a phase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A sstring of distrubing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remins from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones...Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic - a pig pickin' - in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of human bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter - and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth."

Great Read!

Good mystery

Another novel I just couldn't see my way through. I foudn that I didn't care for the main character making it a tough book to want to pick up again. I hear many people enjoy Reichs' books though.

I love this series and this one is the best yet.

I liked this book.

a good tempe read.

This is actually the hardcover version, but the system kept asking for the paperback. Kathy Reichs nearly outdoes Cornwell with this thrilling tale--you'll love it!

"Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones....Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic-a pig pickin'-in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.

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