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Zusatztext “The science is fascinating! and every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden.” —The New York Times Book Review Informationen zum Autor Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. A Conspiracy of Bones is Kathy’s nineteenth entry in her series featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Kathy was also a producer of the hit Fox TV series! Bones ! which is based on her work and her novels. Dr. Reichs is one of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology! and as a member of the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. She divides her time between Charlotte! North Carolina! and Montreal! Québec. Klappentext Cold and alone! bound hands to feet! Tempe Brennan regains consciousness locked in a dark cell - or is she buried alive in a tomb? - and begins to reconstruct the twisted chain of events that led her to this terrifying place. Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had recently accompanied the remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue! and suddenly Tempe is accused of mishandling the autopsy. After an incriminating phone call and another shocking death! Tempe's unseen enemy closes in - even as the corpse of a second! and then a third! elderly woman turns up in the woods of Montreal. Who wants Tempe dead! or at least out of the way! and why? Zusammenfassung There are 206 bones in the human body. And one shattering secret hidden among them… #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs's twelfth novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. There are 206 bones in the human body. And one shattering secret hidden among them. . . . Cold and alone! bound hands to feet! Tempe Brennan regains consciousness locked in a dark cell—or is she buried alive in a tomb?—and begins to reconstruct the twisted chain of events that led her to this terrifying place. Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had recently accompanied the remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue! and suddenly Tempe is accused of mishandling the autopsy. After an incriminating phone call and another shocking death! Tempe’s unseen enemy closes in—even as the corpse of a second! and then a third! elderly woman turns up in the woods of Montreal. Who wants Tempe dead! or at least out of the way! and why? Who would resort to sabotage to destroy the secrets hidden in the bones? Only Tempe can uncover the truth— if she can escape the deadly fate someone has designed for her. ...
