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Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe’s place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball.
GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens.
There seems to be no pattern to the subsequent killings uncovered, except that each mimics in some way a homicide that a younger Tempe had been called in to analyze. Who or what is targeting her, and why?
Helping Tempe search for answers is detective Erskine “Skinny” Slidell, retired but still volunteering with the CMPD cold case unit—and still displaying his gallows humor. Also pulled into the mystery: Andrew Ryan, Tempe’s Montreal-based beau, now working as a private detective.
Could this elaborately staged skein of mayhem be the prelude to a twist that is even more shocking? Tempe is at a loss to establish the motive for what is going on…and then her daughter disappears.
Georgianna Schneider @ypowlowski_856
August 13, 2022
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I have read every Temperance Brennan book. The way Kathy Reichs writes, you feel like it is you involved in the murder, they are your words and your thoughts. Her style of writing is gripping And she can explain the scene in detail without going into extended And complicated medical explanations. Her character has grown over the years. With each new book, it’s like sitting with an old friend, Picking up where we left off and delving into a new case. I save books like these for a time when I can be alone and read uninterrupted. You never want to put it down even when it’s finished. Thank you Kathy Reichs. Can’t wait for the next one!