num_pages: 528
description: The meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery. 'Too decomposed for standard autopsy. Request anthropologic expertise'. Enter Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, who has been researching recent disappearances in the city. Despite the deep cynicism of Detective Claudel who heads the investigation, Brennan is convinced that a serial killer is at work. Her forensic expertise finally convinces Claudel, but only after the body count has risen...Tempe takes matters into her own hands, but her determined probing places those closest to her in mortal danger. Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough, before the killer strikes again?
language: English
title: Déjà Dead
titlecomplete: Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
characters: Andrew Ryan, Pierre LaManche, Luc Claudel, Temperance Brennan
genres: Mystery, Adult, Murder Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Audiobook, Canada, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 148514
places: Montreal, Quebec (Montréal, Québec), Quebec (Québec)
series: Temperance Brennan
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Arthur Ellis Award
category: Best First Novel