Book Harlot

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I had taken a break from the world of forensic anthropology to explore the supernatural world of Bon Temps.  On my desk there have been a stack of books that I have been slowly getting through.  Two were by Kathy Reichs and since I knew I liked these books and they didn’t take long to read and would help me cross them off my list and get them off the desk I decided to read them.  I can’t even remember which number in the series this book is but that’s ok.  The truth is I started the other one first thinking it was the next in line and found myself completely confused when the characters referenced stuff that happened in the previous book that I couldn’t remember.  Then I realized, I was reading them out of order.  75 pages into the other book I had to stop and start the other one.  Luckily there wasn’t too much spoiled.

This book brings us back down south where Dr. Brennan is finishing up a class.  She’s teaching students how to be “in the field” when they discover a body.  That’s not really surprising because that’s what they are looking for, evidence of an old burial ground before the site can be cleared for development.  The weird thing is, this body is not old.  Not as old as it should be.  Then, as they tends to happen, bodies start piling up everywhere.  Dr. Brennan finds herself playing coroner as well as her other duties because her friend the coroner is very sick.  She does what she can to find out how these seemingly unrelated dead bodies are actually related, because they always are!

This book is a test of will for Tempe.  Sick friend, an unhappy land developer, an uncooperative Sheriff, an annoying ex-husband barging in, papers to grade, bodies to examine, murders to solve, and a love life to manage.  This book has the works.  I’m finding that the actual murder solving part isn’t as interesting as the interpersonal relationships have become.  Life between Andrew Ryan and Dr. Brennan is getting strained due to their other responsibilities, he just found out he has a troubled teen who needs him, and she seems to be pulled back into her other life; neither of which makes for a good way to continue a relationship.

The murder gets solved, they save the day, and a bad guy goes to jail.  It’s kind of a creepy story about treating people like livestock.  Maybe that’s why it wasn’t my favorite part of the book?  I liked her being back in South Carolina, it makes her life seem more real when the stories are from both places she calls home.

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Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs

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