Bones Never Lie

The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself a genius at building suspense (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine whos brilliant to the bone. Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden, says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed authors thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered. Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PDs Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why shes been asked to meet with a homicide cop whos a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in commonthe killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continueunless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath. But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one anothers throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.