num_pages: 310
description: In a house under renovation a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about and makes a rather grisly discovery  a decapitated chicken animal bones and cauldrons containing beads feathers and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine is 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.Led by a preacher turned politician citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans and begin a witch hunt intent on seeking revenge. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan  five-five feisty and forty-plus  is called in to investigate and a complex and gripping tale unfolds in this deadly mix of voodoo Santera and devil worship.
language: English
title: Devil Bones
publisher: Scribner Book Company