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THE BONE CODE

 



SYNOPSIS

The Temperance Brennan series is one of those series I started reading back when I was a teen and it was first published and one of the few I still keep reading every year. All these long time running series (this is the 20th installment) run the risk of becoming repetitive, but Tempe is still as fresh as in her first case.

I’ve always preferred her Canadian cases so I liked how this time she kept jumping around between Montreal and South Carolina. Two bodies have washed up inside a container during a storm in Charleston and Tempe soon finds similarities with one of her old cases in Canada. Add a weird epidemic (familiar much?) and you have all the ingredients for Tempe to be involved in another baffling (and quite terrifying) case.

The mystery was really interesting and managed to hold my attention throughout, but it was a bit overcomplicated at times and it required too many coincidences that would never happen IRL. As usual I loved all the forensic analysis she performs and the morgue talk (why will that be?! 🤔).

The plot moved at a nice pace and the short chapters and the little cliffhangers at the end of most of them made it nearly impossible to stop reading. Tempe is as headstrong and sarcastic as ever, her relationship with Ryan is in a good place and the new characters make a fantastic addition, special mention to Detective Tonia Vislosky.

The resolution left not loose ends and will require all your senses while reading as it heavily relies on some scientific info.

Thanks to Edelweiss and Scribner for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.


Title: The bone code
Author: Kathy Reichs
Series: Temperance Brennan #20
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: July 6, 2021


REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Temperance Brennan series is one of those series I started reading back when I was a teen and it was first published and one of the few I still keep reading every year. All these long time running series (this is the 20th installment) run the risk of becoming repetitive, but Tempe is still as fresh as in her first case.

I’ve always preferred her Canadian cases so I liked how this time she kept jumping around between Montreal and South Carolina. Two bodies have washed up inside a container during a storm in Charleston and Tempe soon finds similarities with one of her old cases in Canada. Add a weird epidemic (familiar much?) and you have all the ingredients for Tempe to be involved in another baffling (and quite terrifying) case.

The mystery was really interesting and managed to hold my attention throughout, but it was a bit overcomplicated at times and it required too many coincidences that would never happen IRL. As usual I loved all the forensic analysis she performs and the morgue talk (why will that be?! 🤔).

The plot moved at a nice pace and the short chapters and the little cliffhangers at the end of most of them made it nearly impossible to stop reading. Tempe is as headstrong and sarcastic as ever, her relationship with Ryan is in a good place and the new characters make a fantastic addition, special mention to Detective Tonia Vislosky.

The resolution left not loose ends and will require all your senses while reading as it heavily relies on some scientific info.

Thanks to Edelweiss and Scribner for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.


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