In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a hidden cellar and makes a grisly discovery: a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine rests the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog.
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds. Nothing is clear—neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy’s body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans—and Temperance will need all of her expertise to get to the real culprit first.
The series
#1 · 1997Déjà Dead 
#2 · 1999Death Du Jour 
#3 · 2000Deadly Decisions 
#4 · 2001Fatal Voyage 
#5 · 2002Grave Secrets 
#6 · 2003Bare Bones 
#7 · 2004Monday Mourning 
#8 · 2005Cross Bones 
#9 · 2006Break No Bones 
#10 · 2007Bones to Ashes 
#11 · 2008Devil Bones 
#12 · 2009206 Bones 
#13 · 2010Spider Bones 
#14 · 2011Flash and Bones 
#15 · 2012Bones Are Forever 
#15.5 · 2013Bones in Her Pocket 
#16 · 2013Bones of the Lost 
#16.5 · 2014Swamp Bones 
#17 · 2014Bones Never Lie 
#17.5 · 2015Bones on Ice 
#18 · 2015Speaking in Bones 
#19 · 2020A Conspiracy of Bones 
#20 · 2021The Bone Code 
#21 · 2022Cold, Cold Bones 
#22 · 2023The Bone Hacker 
#23 · 2024Fire and Bones 
#24 · 2025Evil Bones 
#25 · 2027Temperance Brennan Book 25 Be the first reviewer
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