Title: Bare bones
First published: 2003
Description: "Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic — a pig pickin' — in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter — and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.
Subjects: Forensic anthropology, Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character), Criminals, Smuggling, Women anthropologists, Women forensic anthropologists, Endangered species, Fiction, Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Women forensic anthropologists -- Fiction, Endangered species -- Fiction, Smuggling -- Fiction, North Carolina -- Fiction, Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, North carolina, fiction, Women anthropologists, fiction, Brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction, Large type books, Medical examiners (Law)
Places: North Carolina, Québec, Montréal, Quebec, Québec (Province)