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A review by paulabrandon
A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
4.0
Dr. Temperance Brennan has a new boss who seems to want to freeze her out of a position. So, when Tempe receives an anonymous text revealing the remains of a man without face and hands, she sees this as an opportunity to show up her media-attention-seeking boss and get her job back. Tempe still has an "in" with various professionals and Ernest "Skid" Sliddell, so she begins looking into the death. It leads to a man who seemed to be afraid of the government and was big into conspiracy theories. Could it also involve the disappearance of a young girl several years earlier?
After a break in Temperance Brennan books since 2015, this book was published in 2020, and I felt it was a real return to form. Yes, there is a lot of Tempe's synapses firing as she figures things out, and a lot of over-emphasis on describing the routes taken to get to places and what places look like, but the plot is constantly on the move and constantly gripping. Also, Tempe is a lot more involved here, rather than just sitting around and waiting for people to call her with what they have found out. Still not quite enough of the forensic investigation that you would expect to drive this series, but I was able to let that slide here. The exploration of conspiracy theories captured my interest and I was invested in what was going on. I really enjoyed this back-to-basics entry in the series.
After a break in Temperance Brennan books since 2015, this book was published in 2020, and I felt it was a real return to form. Yes, there is a lot of Tempe's synapses firing as she figures things out, and a lot of over-emphasis on describing the routes taken to get to places and what places look like, but the plot is constantly on the move and constantly gripping. Also, Tempe is a lot more involved here, rather than just sitting around and waiting for people to call her with what they have found out. Still not quite enough of the forensic investigation that you would expect to drive this series, but I was able to let that slide here. The exploration of conspiracy theories captured my interest and I was invested in what was going on. I really enjoyed this back-to-basics entry in the series.