A selection of Dr Temperance Brennan’s gripping case files.
If you haven’t read any (or you’ve only read a few) Kathy Reichs books from her thrilling series based on forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan, we have put together a selection of case files to help get you on track. Discover some of the most perplexing cases and get on board as Tempe Brennan searches for the killers.
Name: Temperance Brennan
Job Title: Forensic Anthropologist
Nationality: American
Location: Montreal, Canada and Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Profile: As a forensic anthropologist, Dr Temperance Brennan investigates human remains at crime scenes on behalf of the FBI, CIA and Police. She is also a university teacher and spends her time between teaching in North Carolina and working in Canada. Brennan often becomes heavily involved in cases and feels she needs to be the one to fight for justice on behalf of the dead.
Case Files:
Speaking in Bones
When Tempe is approached by amateur detective Hazel ‘Lucky' Strike, at first she is inclined to dismiss the woman's claims that she's matched a previously unidentified set of remains with a name. But as the words of a terrified young woman echo round her office from an audio recorder found near where the bones were discovered, something about the story won't let Tempe go.
Bones Never Lie
For a decade, Temperance Brennan has been haunted by the one who got away. The killer of young women. The monster from Monday Mourning. The one who has now come back for Tempe! Will Tempe be able to out-smart this psychopath killer and catch her before she strikes again?
Bones Are Forever
A newborn baby is found in a rundown apartment near Montreal. While there, Tempe discovers the mummified remains of two more babies. Taking risks and working alone, Tempe refuses to give up until she has discovered why the babies died. But can she avoid being a victim herself?
Devil Bones
In a dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed; a human skull rests on a cauldron. Tempe determines that the skull is that of a young, black female. But how and when did she die? Just as Tempe is closing in on answers, another body is discovered: a headless corpse carved with Satanic symbols.
Cross Bones
A barely recognisable body is discovered in a closet but the victim's relatives are adamant that this was not suicide as police claim. As Tempe attempts to make sense of the evidence, an unknown man slips her a photograph of a skeleton. Could this hold the answer to the victim's death?
Monday Mourning
Three skeletons are found in a Montreal basement but the homicide detective in charge dismisses the remains as historic. Tempe isn’t convinced and she soon she finds herself drawn ever deeper into a web of evil from which there may be no escape. Kathy Reichs’ later thriller, Bones Never Lie, is based on this case.
Bare Bones
During one of the hottest summers on record, Dr Temperance Brennan is haunted by a string of horrifying events. Working on three separate cases it’s up to Tempe to uncover the answers hidden deep within the bones before another disaster occurs.
Déjà Dead
Bagged and discarded, the dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery. Dr Temperance Brennan is the only one who thinks a serial killer is at work and her determined probing has placed those closest to her in mortal danger.
