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Temperance Brennan swims to consciousness, queasily aware that her feet are painfully tied to her hands. She finds that she is in an enclosed space, and keeps her fear at bay by remembering what she has been doing recently -- travelling with the body of an heiress to a Chicago morgue. Does this have something to do with her grim predicament? Or is it concerned with a recent phone call, an accusation of abuse of practice in the pathology lab? But the man who could have shed light on this call is dead…
With 206 Bones, we're back in the world of Kathy Reichs' resourceful forensic pathologist Dr Temperance Brennan, and it's territory that crime fiction admirers have come to love.
The relationship between Brennan and her colleague Ryan (with whom she was transporting the dead woman's remains) is as sharply handled as anything in previous Reichs novels, and that's no mean achievement -- the often caustic interaction between Tempe, her friends, relatives and colleagues has been one of the pleasures of the series. Here, the narrative has greater urgency than we’ve seen in some time; Reichs' beleaguered protagonist has to draw together the cases of three murdered women to solve a lethal mystery -- and, what’s more, she has to deal with the possibility of sabotage by a fellow member of her forensic laboratory.
Katy Reichs' debut novel Déjà Dead was as impressive a calling card as any author might aspire to. Reichs' strong-minded heroine was utterly plausible, and her creator subsequently placed her in plots that were as well-engineered as anything in the genre. Needless to say, the unflinching confrontation with the grimmer side of human behavior quickly ensured that Reichs' books were not for the squeamish, but for those with a taste for the strongest variety of crime writing, her books quickly became unmissable. And 206 Bones -- with its dark mysteries involving the bodies of dead women -- is Reichs on top form. -- Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The twelfth Temperance Brennan thriller from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the no. 1 international bestselling author and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.
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60 of 62 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
206 Bones sees Temperance Brennan trying to solve the murders of several elderly women, trying to save her own reputation as well as her own life. The story is mostly set in Montreal, as she uses her skills with bones to find the murderer along with her partner Andrew Ryan. The story was a good quick read, the book not being very long but the story entertaining. You had the opportunity of two whodunits, one the murderer and the other the person trying to sabotage her work. I would have preferred the story to move her relationship with Ryan on further, but maybe she is saving that for another book, and the story to generally of been longer. However really enjoyed the book and waiting for the next one.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I always look forward to the next instalment of Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan series. However, 206 Bones seemed to be lacking something. Tempe and Andrew Ryan are on the hunt for the killer of several elderly women. The plot is all there, with the usual twists, turns and forensic details, but sadly it left me cold. Perhaps it's because many of the usual characters didn't feature, or perhaps because the text is very heavy on dialogue. I just hope the author isn't getting tired of the series.
This is probably worth reading if you're a Kathy Reichs fan, but it's certainly not her best. If you're new to the books don't start here, read one of the early books.
This is probably worth reading if you're a Kathy Reichs fan, but it's certainly not her best. If you're new to the books don't start here, read one of the early books.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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I look forward to the next Kathy Reichs book and have read them all. I've tended to prefer her books to those of Patricia Cornwell: the latter having a more abrasive and cruder style of writing, but I think that Reichs is moving a bit closer in this regard to Cornwell. Reich's is in real life a forensic anthropologist and it shows in the authentic medical and scientific details which add to my enjoyment of her books. The gradual unravelling of how four older women died and the attempt to identify bones immersed in water for decades are the engrossing and powerful central themes of the book. Tempe Brennan's on-off relationship with detective Ryan always adds a bit of light-relief and in this book he's a central character in the final solution to what happened to some of the victims. There is another thread to the book concerning sabotaging of forensic evidence that adds to the complexity and interest but I wouldn't elaborate so not to spoil the surprise that comes near the end of the novel.
I would have given the book five stars but for a strange aspect to the construction of the book: chapters 1, 11, 27, 40 and 41 are typeset in italics. At first I thought it was supposed to be the heroine, Temperance Brennan, having a recurring nightmare and that it is a strange way to start a book as it didn't seem to have any bearing on the following chapters. Then same again at Chapters 11 and 27. The other two italicized chapters (40 and 41) were in the same vein but what I thought was a nightmare turns out to be actually happening. Maybe I'm missing something, but why presage an event that is important as part of the final denouement? Another minus point for me is, yet, again Tempe is abducted and in mortal danger connected with her work. I think the author has over-played that theme.
I would have given the book five stars but for a strange aspect to the construction of the book: chapters 1, 11, 27, 40 and 41 are typeset in italics. At first I thought it was supposed to be the heroine, Temperance Brennan, having a recurring nightmare and that it is a strange way to start a book as it didn't seem to have any bearing on the following chapters. Then same again at Chapters 11 and 27. The other two italicized chapters (40 and 41) were in the same vein but what I thought was a nightmare turns out to be actually happening. Maybe I'm missing something, but why presage an event that is important as part of the final denouement? Another minus point for me is, yet, again Tempe is abducted and in mortal danger connected with her work. I think the author has over-played that theme.
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good read
as with all her books, this one is a very good read and i was not disappointed at all.It had all the suspense, and detail of a murder/phorensic science investigation as well as... Read more
Published 23 days ago by ch
Another enjoyable Bones book!
I loved this book - I always enjoy Kathy Reichs style of writing and enjoy following Temperance's life through the novels. Read more
Published 27 days ago by diva31kent
Awful, just awful!
'206 Bones' is the first Reichs book I've read and will certainly also be the last. It wasn't just that I guessed who the baddies were pretty early on (the missing husband, the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Geoff Wallis
The Answers are in the Bones
I must have read just about all of Kathy Reichs' books, and 206 Bones continues the winning formula which she has established over the years. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Brett H
206 Bones
I've read all the Tempe Brennan books so far and this one is as good as all the rest. Plenty of suspense and detail. Read more
Published 8 months ago by thebubblegunman
Good read for the faithful
I read this book in one sitting and enjoyed every page. It was shorter than usual and I found the double plot very interesting although the resolution and the protagonists of the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alex Eavis
crime fiction
This author tells a good story,this one involves a serial killer while sub-plots deal with missing families,a corrupt pathologist and a demented assistant. Read more
Published 11 months ago by G. I. Forbes
Plot let down by dialogue
I have not read Kathy Reichs before, but, given that she is an actual Forensic Anthropologist and an academic I was expecting more from this book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Lady Lavender
Bored to my bones
As a fan of Kathy Reichs I was bitterly disappointed in this book. There were too many times where she lapsed into technical (and lengthy) explanations and for the first time ever... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ms. D. Passey
Kathy Reichs Novel
Without giving the plot away, there really isn't much more I can say about Kathy Reichs' books. I've enjoyed them all, and hope to continue enjoying them for a long time to come!
Published 14 months ago by Ms. Elise Hey
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