Bare Bones [Paperback]

A skeleton surfaces in a remote North Carolina swamp. When forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan examines the remains, she finds evidence of foul play — and a case that spirals into something far darker. A second body appears. Then a third. Each victim connected by a thread Tempe can't quite see, until the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. Kathy Reichs, a real-life forensic anthropologist, writes procedural crime with clinical precision and genuine expertise. This is Tempe at her sharpest: methodical, driven, and racing against a killer who's still hunting. For fans of Patricia Cornwell and Tess Gerritsen, or anyone who wants their crime fiction grounded in actual science. The kind of thriller that makes you look up halfway through and realize it's 2am.