From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones , the first Temperance Brennan novel in the "cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series" ( The New York Times Book Review ).
Her life is devoted to justice-even for those she never knew.
In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern-and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her-her best friend and her own daughter-in mortal danger.
"A genius at building suspense" ( Daily News , New York), Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan books are ripe with intricate settings and memorable characters" ( Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ).
