Thursday, October 25, 2007

Death Du Jour


By Kathy Reichs.It’s the third book featuring the forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Tempe is in Quebec to help with the cases there. She has to return to her students in North Carolina soon. But what shocks her are a series of brutal murders of young women and an unsettling excavation of a mixed race nun who is a candidate for sainthood.The story moves from Canada to Charlotte but never loses track. There is everything to keep you hooked. A deadly fire that kills babies whose dead parents were members of a satanic sect. For Tempe this case is close to home, her sister might have joined this sect unknowingly. Result is a race to get to them before more people lose their lives.Detective Ryan and Tempe acknowledge their feelings for each other and try to work something out. Reichs’ books are gripping and detailed at the same time. You might take a week to get through her book but its definitely worth the work.

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