Dr. Temperance Brennan believes in justice, particularly for those who cannot speak for themselves. As the resident forensic anthropologist at Montreal’s Laboratorie de Médecine Légale, it’s her job to identify skeletal remains, giving them names and causes of death. When a set of neatly dismembered female remains is discovered stashed in plastic bags, Temperance uncovers…
Tag: mystery/thriller
Review: D is for Deadbeat
When Alvin Limardo hires Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone to deliver a $25,000 check to a 15 year-old kid, Kinsey smells a rat. She knows something is off, but Limardo’s $400 retainer is too good to pass up. Things go wrong almost immediately. First Limardo’s retainer check bounces, then the man himself is found floating in…
Review: The Curse of the House of Foskett
Disclosure: I received a free copy of The Curse of the House of Foskett from publisher Pegasus Books, LLC, but was not compensated for discussing/reviewing it. My thoughts on the book are my own. It’s been several months since the disastrous case detailed by Miss March Middleton in The Mangle Street Murders, and business has…
Review: The Christmas Cantata
It’s three weeks until Christmas, and the normally cheery town of St. Germaine, North Carolina is stuck firmly in the dumps; in the words of Police Chief/choir director Hayden Konig, everyone is “crabby.” What everyone needs is something to get them in the Christmas spirit — fast. The first glimmer of light winks on when…
Review: S
Everything about V.M. Straka — even his true identity — is a mystery. His final novel, The Ship of Theseus, is filled with indecipherable codes and clues to the author’s identity and his actions of revolution against dictatorial governments. Disgraced graduate student Eric has read Straka’s novel multiple times since age 15, and still feels…