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Bones in Her Pocket

A new story featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan - from #1 New York Times best-selling author and FOX TVΓÇÖs Bones producer, Kathy Reichs.

When a fly-covered canvas bag floats to the surface of North CarolinaΓÇÖs Mountain Island Lake, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is called to the scene. Animal remains? Or could this be related to bone fragments from a human male found nearby?

To TempeΓÇÖs surprise, the decomposed body indicates the person was a female young adult. The profile fits the description of a missing graduate student named Edith Blankenship. Was Blankenship murdered? If so, why?

BlankenshipΓÇÖs body turned up on an artist colony where an eco-radical named Herman Blount has been squatting. Blount has posted online rants threatening to blow up a power station he says is polluting the area. Is Blount capable of violence?

Blankenship was a loner, but she proved a dedicated advocate for birds at UNCΓÇôCharlotte and the Carolina Raptor Center. Did BlankenshipΓÇÖs passion lead her into danger? Alongside Detective ΓÇ£SkinnyΓÇ¥ Slidell, Tempe puts life on hold until she discovers the truth behind BlankenshipΓÇÖs death. But TempeΓÇÖs own passion for crime solving will lead her into danger of her own.

Bones in Her Pocket is an exhilarating new installment in the Temperance Brennan series.

Bones of the Lost - Book 16

New York Times best-selling author Kathy Reichs returns with her 16th riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit and run in North Carolina triggers an investigation into international human trafficking.

When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the worst. The girlΓÇÖs body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse police find the ID card of a prominent local businessman, John-Henry Story, who died in a horrific flea market fire months earlier. Was the girl an illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she murdered?

As the case deepens, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her daughter, Katy,, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the Army. Meanwhile, KatyΓÇÖs father, Pete, is frustrated by TempeΓÇÖs reluctance to finalize their divorce. As pressure mounts from all corners, Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that extends all the way from South America, to Afghanistan, and right to the center of Charlotte. "A genius at building suspense" (New York Daily News), Kathy Reichs is at her brilliant best in this thrilling novel.