Cold, Cold Bones

#1 New York Times bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs's twenty-first novel is "her masterpiece--smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing" (Michael Connelly)--and features forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who uncovers a series of gruesome killings eerily reenacting the most shocking of her prior cases. Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball. GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens. There seems to be no pattern to the subsequent killings uncovered, except that each mimics in some way a homicide that a younger Tempe had been called in to analyze. Who or what is targeting her, and why? Could this elaborately staged scene be the prelude to a twist that is even more shocking? Tempe is at a loss to establish the motive for what is going on...and then her daughter disappears. "The crowning achievement of a master storyteller" (Nelson DeMille), Cold, Cold Bones is a novel of revenge--one in which revisiting the past may prove the only way to unravel the present.

Praise for The Bone Code "The Bone Code is a brilliant entry in a ground-breaking series and does Temperance Brennan proud. The story has all the elements we've come to expect--it's smart, gripping, and builds to a heart-stopping crescendo. More than twenty years ago, these wonderful novels began paving the way for other writers, especially Canadians like me, to be noticed. I owe Kathy and Tempe a debt of gratitude, not just for helping to make my own writing life possible but for hours of white-knuckle reading." --Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Devils Are Here, "Reichs is on an incredible streak...The writing is especially sharp here; the story is intense; and Tempe is at her snarky, brook-no-idiots, don't-mess-with-me best ... In this consistently satisfying series, rank this one near the top." --Booklist (starred review), "Cold, Cold Bones is a thing of clever beauty--smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing from the first sentence. Kathy Reichs has written her masterpiece, a story that reminds us that the past is not quiet and never completely behind us." --Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Hours and The Law of Innocence, "Cold, Cold Bones reanimates all the ghosts from Temperance Brennan's forensic past until they thoroughly haunt her present. Who or what is staging this grimly nostalgic murder spree? In Kathy Reich's deft hands, the question is given delicious urgency. This page-turning series never lets the reader down." --Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Stay Close, Hold Tight, and Tell No One , "[Places] the forensic anthropologist in a race against time...Unmissable." --Crime Monthly

Kathy Reichs's first novel, Déjà Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. To date, she has written twenty-two novels featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Kathy was also a producer of Fox Television's longest running scripted drama, Bones, which was based on her work and her novels. One of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Kathy divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Montreal, Québec. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on Twitter @KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.