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Thriller · 2013 · PG-13

Bones Are Forever

by Kathy Reichs

Three dead infants. No identities. And a trail that leads deep into Canada's north

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and #1 GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLER Producer of the FOX television hit Bones KATHY REICHS exposes the high-stakes, high-danger world of diamond mining as Dr. Temperance Brennan tracks a murder suspect deep into the Northwest Territories. Beneath a diamond’s perfect surface lies a story of violence and greed. Just like bones. . . . In a run-down Montreal apartment, Tempe finds the heartbreaking evidence of three innocent lives ended. The landlord says Alma Rogers lives there—is she the same woman who checked into a city hospital as Amy Roberts, then fled before doctor

For14+GenreThrillerLength320 pagesRead time~8.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Deaths of infants investigated; forensic examination of remains

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

No significant substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Moderate tension; emotionally difficult subject matter involving infant death

What this book is about

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called when three dead infants are discovered in a Montreal apartment. The mother has vanished, and the trail leads to the diamond mines of Canada's far north. The fifteenth Brennan novel covers vast geographic territory as Brennan pursues a suspect across a brutal landscape.

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Infant death investigation

Remote wilderness setting

Forensic detail

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