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Bare Bones

Author: Kathy Reichs
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

23 reviews
Sales Rank: 7844

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1

ISBN: 0099441470
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099441472
ASIN: 0099441470

Publication Date: February 28, 2004
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Condition: Nice clean book

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
In Bare Bones Kathy Reichs leads her heroine, Temperance Brennan, into one of her scariest, most gruesome adventures yet. As fans of this popular series already know, Tempe is a forensic anthropologist: an expert in the human form (especially bones) who helps solve crimes. A dead baby is only the first in a series of grisly remains, both human and animal, that Tempe must sort through and decode. Meanwhile, as several seemingly unrelated cases begin to intertwine, her sleuthing puts her in the crosshairs of a very nasty stalker who hides behind an e-mail alias.

Reichs knows how to keep the narrative ball rolling with a canny mix of plot developments, character delineation and scientific detail, all relayed via Tempe's smart, breezy, sarcastic voice. In fact, Bare Bones has a few too many characters and plot lines for Reichs--or most readers--to keep perfect track of. But it's a fun ride anyway, enlivened by some steamy romantic scenes and some fascinating, appalling facts about the illicit trade in endangered wildlife, including the information that bears' gall bladders fetch more money per ounce than cocaine. Bare Bones is a crisp, enjoyable read that cements Kathy Reichs' standing as the best forensic-thriller writer at work today. --Nicholas H Allison, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great Book - Easy Read April 19, 2008
This is the first Kathy Reich book I have read and I got it on the basis of the Bones TV series. The character in the book is not really like that of the TV series, but don't let that put you off. First off all I like the style the Author writes, there are no long and boring sections where an author just rabbles with long descriptive passages on various items. It is written in a style where Temperence is telling the story as it happens to her. Chapters are short and each chapter tends to end on a cliff hanger.

I borrowed this book from our local library, took it away on holiday and read it completely in 4 days. My normal reading matter is Terry Prattchet and they normally take me a couple of months to get through so you can tell how engrossing it was.

3 out of 5 stars

Bare Narrative Suffers April 2, 2008
Dr Brennan returns once more in `Bare Bones'. This time she is about to go on holiday; that is until three new cases come across her desk. One is to identify the two bodies found in a crashed plane, another is investigating a bag of bones found buried and the final case is that of a small child found burned. With all this workload Temp has no time to herself and her love life. If that was not bad enough its seems that one of her cases has ruffled a few feathers and she is getting threatening emails, can Dr Brennan solve all the cases?

`Bare Bones' was a decent enough mystery thriller that had an interesting central story, but a few narrative flaws that undermined it for me. The idea of three cases interlinking is a good one and it was impressive how Reich was able to keep you guessing as to which case was causing the threats. As usual Dr Brennan is a great character and her relationship with her friends and family really give the book further depth. These elements were excellent, but unfortunately a couple of things undermined them. Firstly the use of coincidence in the book, on more than one occasion a suspect or clue is found almost randomly with no attempt by Reichs to validate it. Secondly, the use of ominous warnings at the end of the chapters was a little over the top. Too many uses of - `I would soon find out' and the likes was detrimental to the story. Despite this `Bare Bones' remained a fun and easy read with Reichs' style giving a little more intelligence and depth than your average crime book.

5 out of 5 stars

The Bones of a Bear and People too January 7, 2008
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, back from Guatemala, is ready for a romantic vacation with Canadian cop boyfriend Andrew Ryan, but like in any good thriller, things just keep getting in the way. A child is found dead.

"As I was packaging what remained of the dead baby, the man I would kill was burning pavement north toward Charlotte."

With an opening sentence like that, how can you not be sucked in from the get go? Then a couple lines later:

"I felt a deep sadness as I tucked the tiny bundle of bones into its container, fastened the lid, and wrote a file number across the plastic. So little to examine. Such a short life."

How can you not cry along with Tempe? And we're not even off the first page yet.

The child is the grandfather of Gideon Banks, a retired janitor who had worked with Tempe for almost twenty years. Tempe has to tell the man his granddaughter has been burned to death in an over and that his teenage daughter is missing. Heart wrenching.

Then a small plane crashes, pilot and co-pilot burned to a crisp. Then, at a barbecue, Tempe's dog unearths a bag of bones. Bear bones it turns out (bear bones - Bare Bones, get it). But a couple more bags are found and some human bones are in one of them.

There goes Tempe's vacation, bad for Temp, but good for you, because you get to read all about what happens next, with drug smugglers, rare animal smugglers and a whole cast of characters too numerous to mention. Yes, at times it's hard to keep everybody straight in this five star thriller, sometimes you might find yourself going back and rereading, but it's worth it, because this is one heck of a book, a must read for Tempe fans.

Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne

1 out of 5 stars

Bare-ly worth reading August 7, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

An encouraging opening, but by the time you're halfway through, you start to wish the Tempe was the victim!

Not MIss Reich's best.
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3 out of 5 stars

Not the best she has written! August 18, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I have too admit that after reading all the other books in this series i was disappointed in 'Bare Bones'. It was nowhere near the quality that the others were written in. It was my least favourite of them all. However I would suggest that you read the others books as they are extremely gripping!