Bare bones

"Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic — a pig pickin' — in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter — and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.

First sentence: AS I WAS PACKAGING WHAT REMAINED OF THE DEAD baby, the man I would kill was burning pavement north toward Charlotte.

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Arrow

Editions

17

Pages

400

ISBN

9780099441472

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