I love Kathy Reichs books - joint with the Jane Rizzoli Tess Gerriten novels I would say that they're my favourites.
The Plot (contains spoilers):
Tempe and her team find a body in a lake which on closer inspection appears to be someone who was trying to get himself off by partial asphixiation by drowning - it's likely to be death by misadventure - when he is fingerprinted he is identified as a man called John Lowry. Or Jean Lourie if you're in Canada (which Tempe at this point is). John Lowry, however, is supposed to be burried in North Carolina (Tempe's hometown) as a vietnam war vet. Throw in a trip to Hawaii with another random forensic anthropologist friend, a tragedy befallen onto her daughter (Katy), some romantic tension with Andrew Ryan - along with some bumps in the road provided courtesy of his daughter, Lily; an attempt on Tempe's life; some colourful local law enforcement; enraged relatives and a few encounters with gang bangers and the typical conclusive ending and you have the latest Kathy Reichs thriller.
I enjoyed the book but I can't help feeling that there was some kind of publishing deadline looming which meant that the last three chapters needed to be finished in the space of 3 hours. It does seem a lot shorter than most of her earlier books and unfortunately i've found the last couple of books a littie bit disappointing and rushed compared to the earlier works. Tempe of the bones books also seems to be taking on some more character of Tempe from the TV series, the serious and considered character seems to have less to say in terms of social commentary and comes over as more of a know-it-all now.
The one thing i'm looking forward to the development in however is her daughter's blogging. It was one aspect that caught me off guard and is probably my inspiration for starting this blog today.
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