- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Arrow; New Ed edition (8 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099307103
- ISBN-13: 978-0099307105
- Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 3 x 17.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 90,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kathy Reichs' forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is arguably the best of the current crop of thriller pathologists--quiet in her desire to avenge the helpless and coldly clinical in her intelligence. Her third outing, Deadly Decisions, pits her reconstructive skills against a bunch of Hell's Angels with a taste for ultra-violence. She pieces together the jigsaw fragments of identical twins and she finds herself engaged in identifying the teenage girl whose skull and long bones turned up near the grave of some earlier victims of inter-gang strife. In addition to the usual fascinating material about the identification of human bones, Reichs tells us all about the way that biker gangs have become a serious part of the criminal underworld, a subculture with a taste for mayhem and with rules it is death to break. This tactful abridgement for audio includes all the details one could wish of Tempe's gruesome trade, but not at the expense of her bad hair days, her irritating nephew and the rest of her messy private life. Katherine Borowitz's quiet characterisation brings us close to the cool intense delicacy of Reichs's character, without ever quite becoming so quiet as to be monotonous. --Running time approx 5 hours --Roz Kaveney
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Kathy Reichs' forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is arguably the best of the current crop of thriller pathologists; her third outing, Deadly Decisions, pits her reconstructive skills against a bunch of Hell's Angels with a taste for ultra-violence. Hardly has she pieced together the jigsaw fragments of identical twins, before she finds herself engaged in identifying the teenage girl whose skull and long bones turned up near the grave of some earlier victims of inter-gang strife. Her sweetheart Ryan is under investigation for corruption; her nephew is sleeping on the sofa and showing an unholy fascination with bikes and bikers; and Tempe is having a series of really bad hair days. In addition to the usual fascinating material about the identification of human bones, Reichs tells us all about the way in which biker gangs have become a serious part of the criminal underworld, a subculture with a taste for mayhem and with rules it is death to break. Tempe is on her usual brittle good form--a woman torn between her cold clinical intelligence and a crusading desire to avenge the helpless that regularly brings her into conflict with more quietly committed colleagues. This is an excellent thriller that combines real intelligence with a radical social anger. --Roz Kaveney
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It was the first of Kathy Reichs books that I have read and I could not put it down quite literally I finished the book in one day whilst on holiday. The narrative flowed from one idea to another and whilst the stoy was not complex it does twist and turn and take the reader in various directions. It is a great holiday read.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Kathy Reichs’s creation of Temperance Brennan is a mirror image of the author herself. Reichs is a forensic anthropologist for the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec, Canada. Deadly Decisions is the third book in a series that constitutes what I would call a great summer read.
Temperance Brennan is called away from Quantico when a young girl named Emily Anne becomes an innocent victim in an escalating war of biker gangs such as the Hell’s Angels over turf in Canada. This has prompted the formation of a special operations unit called Caracajou Temperance is asked to join. Once she does, she learns in heartbreaking fashion how the sophisticated network of this new mafia uses some very old and horrifying methods to keep control.
Reichs writes Brennan as a classy professional who has overcome a drinking problem in her past, and though widely respected in her field, has at best a respectful relationship with the stuffy French detective named Claudel she often works with. But Reichs weaves these details in to fit the crime story instead of the other way around, as Cornwell often does, making this an involving read.
The story itself is full of atmosphere and as the body of a second girl is discovered, buried years before, Reichs is at her best. There is a tense excitement colored with sadness at the careful excavation of a body so badly decomposed only her bones and the mystery of who killed her are left for Temperance to uncover.
There are touching real life moments such as the releasing of balloons at Emily Anne’s funeral and an understanding by the author of how violence often occurs suddenly and without time to mourn that separates this book from others, giving it the depth missing in others of its ilk.
This is a classy read in a genre that has gone astray. Author Kathy Reichs imbues Temperance Brennan with professionalism and humanity, all the while staying focused on the crimes and the victims. She fleshes out Temperance into a real person we would want on our side in such circumstances. This is a series that seems to have found solid ground and is well worth checking out.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the third book by Kathy Reichs I have read in 3 months. I picked up Death du Jour immediately after returning from a visit to Canada, which included Montreal.
Deadly Decisions is, I think, the best yet. The author's descriptive powers take you right into the Montreal area. This and the use of french words and placenames gives a familiar atmosphere, as if you were with her in her flat, at the exercise clinic, on the streets of the city and especially at the scene of each crime. Her professional skills come through very strongly in the descriptions of the various cadavers and parts thereof which she is required to examine. I have also learned a great deal about the Hell's Angels and other OMCs. I like the format of the book with it's fairly short and very clear chapters. I thoroughly recommend this book as a very good read and look forward to the next one. Mary Barron
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Another superb story, written by one of the modern era's best! Just enough phorensic detail, otherwise the reader could get lost in technical detail,(unlike other crime writers who... Read more
Published 2 days ago by hotspur
Good subject, not quite great
For me this, the third book in the Temperance Brennan series is an improvement over the previous book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Christian
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The only way you could be disappointed in Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan books is if you were expecting the Tempe Brennan in the books to be just like the Tempe Brennan in the TV... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ms. Elise Hey
Boring
This is a very boring book, Kathy seems to delight in including utterly pointless descriptions of Tempe doing all sorts of domestic chores that quite honestly we just don't need to... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Joe
Kathy Reichs - Deadly Decisions
This is the third book from Reichs featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Again we are back in Quebec but this time there's a war raging between multiple biker... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by molko
Better than the first 2 books in the series
Deadly Décisions is the 3rd Temperance Brennan book. I confess I didn't enjoy the first book in the series that much, found it dragging and a bit slow, thought the second... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2010 by Stella (Ex Libris)
Synopsis from rear cover
A nine-year-old girl is shot dead, caught in crossfire on her way to ballet class. A teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Mary_10
Reichs does it again!
Although one of her early books I have come to this one late having read all but her latest, 206 Bones. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Derek
One of her best
In my opinion, this reichs book is the best of all. Perhaps its the fact that its set in a hot summer in Montreal (rather than siberian winter! Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2009 by S. Hammerton
Too Much Coincidence this Time
A nine year old girl is murdered during a crossfire between motorcycle gangs. Tempe gets involved. During the investigation she manages to find a North Carolina/Montreal... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2008 by Laurel Whitehead
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