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Book Review of Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, Bk 9)

Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, Bk 9)
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Worth the ride.

What the author does with this series: Kathy Reichs started off slow but gets better and better. This is part of the series called the Tempe Brenner â Forensic Anthropologist. This paragraph applies to all books in this series. Tempe is a anthropologist who works for medical examiners in Montreal, Quebec and Charlotte North Caroline

Even though the books are often very detailed in both location and the examination of the remains, the story often moves faster than you expect.

Do you need to read this series in order: YES or you miss out on too much of the back stories.

Triggers: This is a book about medical examiners at its core, so lots of references to dead bodies, some are described in strong detail (in a forensic way).Our anthropologist ends up in some life threatening situations and on a couple of occasions in the series, animals are killed, sometimes gratuitously. Relatives of Tempe often in up wounded as the bad persons try to get to her through her family.

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