The bone hacker / Kathy Reichs.

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Title:

The bone hacker / Kathy Reichs.

Author:

Reichs, Kathy, author.

ISBN:

9781982190057

9798885790741

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Physical Description:

320 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

A Temperance Brennan novel ; [22]

Temperance Brennan series ; bk. 22.

Abstract:

Young men--tourists--have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found in a strange location with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But, recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them. Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common--other than the strange locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands' seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn't so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what's at stake may actually have global significance. It isn't long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud, and then Tempe herself becomes a target. -- adapted from jacket

Personal Subject:

Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character)

Subject Term:

Women forensic anthropologists -- Fiction.

Forensic pathologists -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Islands -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. (DLC)sj2021052036

Femmes anthropologues judiciaires -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Pathologistes judiciaires -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Îles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Forensic pathologists

Islands

Murder -- Investigation

Women forensic anthropologists

Forensic anthropologists -- Fiction.

Homicide -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Caribbean Area -- Fiction.

Turks and Caicos Islands -- Fiction.

Caraïbes (Région) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Turks et Caicos -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Caribbean Area

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels.

Romans.

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Summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs's twenty-second high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc.

Called in to examine what is left of a person thought to have been struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men--tourists--have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos. Seven years earlier, the first victim was found in a strange location with his left hand hacked off; subsequently, two other visitors vanished without a trace. But recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them.

Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common--other than the odd places where their bodies turn up, and the fact that none seems likely to have been involved in criminal activity. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands' seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn't so sure. Disturbingly, she discovers evidence that what's at stake may have global significance.

It isn't long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud. Then Tempe herself becomes a target.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Since making her literary debut in 1997's Déjà Dead, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan has investigated dark, unsettling, and frequently bizarre crimes. Even though the books stick to a formula, Reichs always works in enough variation to keep the stories fresh. Her new entry to the series is no exception. Here, an unusual tattoo on a lightning-strike victim leads Brennan to a mystery involving a series of disappearances of young male travelers to Turks and Caicos. Over a period of years, their bodies have turned up in unusual places, but there's little else to connect the victims. Then Brennan swoops in and discovers a boat full of corpses. While the plot is suitably attention-grabbing, it's Brennan's character that keeps us glued to the page. In a genre full of strong female protagonists, she's a standout: a brilliant scientist who knows she can be abrasive, demanding, and condescending, but who really isn't all that interested in changing. She is who she is, and we love her for it.