"(1999) Tempe is dealing with a 19th-century nun of vast sanctity, for whose beatification her relics and burial site need authenticating. What could be simpler or less menacing?"
"(2001) A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. The body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Dr Brennan has to pick up the pieces"
"(2002) In Fatal Voyage, her fourth outing, someone is trying to kill Tempe and also to destroy her professional reputation with trumped-up charges of unethical behaviour"
"(2004) Tempe Brennan finds the bones of three dead adolescents in a basement and she has to convince her police colleagues that they are recent enough that the case should be investigated"
"(2005) Discovered in a closet, a week after death, the body is barely recognisable. Advanced decomposition and scavenging cats have mangled the face, and friends and family give conflicting accounts."
"(2006) Tempe is working at an archaeological site in South Carolina. A decomposing corpse is discovered. While engaged in this mystery, Tempe’s own life encounters real havoc"
"(2007) Det Andrew Ryan is working a series of parallel cases, and requires Tempe's forensic expertise. 3 missing persons, 3 unidentified female teenage bodies - Could there be a serial killer at work?"
"(2008) A call to examine a skull found in a hidden floor space plunges Tempe into a case that may involve ritual murder. A meticulously laid-out case that offers a deep look into Tempe's personal life"
