Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs Paperback Book

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Rent Death Du Jour

Author: Kathy Reichs

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: Aug 2000

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

Retail Price: $9.99

Pages: 480

Synopsis

When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions—and danger—forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who can solve the case in this “triumphant second appearance” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Kathy Reichs.\r\n\r\nTempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.\r\n \r\nWhen she stumbles upon a recent skeleton among the ancient bones, she starts asking questions. She’s the expert they might have called in, but lucky for the police she’s already there. The skeleton leads her to a free street clinic where patients have begun to go missing, and some have wound up dead. What is going on and who is to blame? The charismatic televangelist who oversees the clinic? The shady doctor who practices there? Or is it the clinic staff?\r\n \r\nRyan is in Montreal, though he may come down for a visit. If he does, Tempe will have to juggle him and Detective Galiano, an old flame, who is in town investigating the disappearance of a wealthy young woman. This is a phenomenally high stakes business where one dead body can save a couple of lives, maybe more. Along with the corpses, Tempe investigates the sick moral logic of the mastermind behind the operation.\r\n \r\nKathy Reichs has returned Tempe to America and put her in the middle of a sinister trafficking ring that’s local and global. The suspense is intense, and the world is riveting. Kathy Reichs’s books are expert and smart with a taut energy, and this is her best plot and writing yet.

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BookLender review by Linda on 2007-12-06 14:12:23

Reichs does an outstanding job with accurate details. We are very familiar with the area in Quebec in which part of this story is set, and she is on the money with everything. The contrast of half the book being set in Quebec and half being in the Carolinas, with the murders being linked, yet so far away, keeps you on your toes. You can read this before bed without having nightmares!