Devil bones
By: Kathy Reichs
Series: Temperance Brennan -- 11; Temperance Brennan series; Temperance Brennan -- 11.
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780434014651; 9780434014668
Subjects: Fiction; Medical examiners (Law); Women forensic anthropologists; Satanism; Human sacrifice
Description: Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. An underground chamber is exposed in a seedy, dilapidated house with sagging trim and peeling paint. In the dark cellar, a ritualistic display is revealed. A human skull rests on a cauldron, surrounded by slain chickens and bizarre figurines. Beads and antlers dangle overhead. Called to the scene is forensic anthropol- ogist Dr Temperance Brennan. Bony architecture suggests that the skull is that of a young, black female. But how did she die? And when? Then, just as Tempe is working to determine post-mortem interval, another body is discovered: a headless corpse carved with Satanic symbols. As citizen vigilantes, blaming Devil-worshippers, begin a witch-hunt, intent on revenge, Tempe struggles to keep her emotions in check. But the truth she eventually uncovers proves more shocking than even she could have imagined.