Death du jour

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"Assaulted by the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, the American-born Dr. Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist for the Province of Quebec, digs for a corpse where Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, dead for over a century and now a candidate for sainthood, should be lying in her grave. A strange, small coffin, buried in the recesses of a decaying church, holds the first clue to the cloistered nun's fate."--BOOK JACKET. "The puzzle surrounding Sister Elisabeth Nicolet's life and death provides a welcome contrast to discoveries at a burning chalet, where scorched and twisted bodies await Tempe's professional expertise. Who were these people? What brought them to this gruesome fate? And where are the children?"--BOOK JACKET. "Homicide Detective Andrew Ryan, with whom Tempe has a combustive history, joins her in the arson investigation. From the fire scene they are drawn into the worlds of an enigmatic and controversial sociologist, a mysterious commune, and a primate colony on a Carolina island. Tempe is overwhelmed by the case, confused by her mounting attraction to Ryan, and plagued by worries about her sister Harry's search for spiritual awakening."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Forensic anthropology,  Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character),  Medical examiners (Law),  Arson investigation,  Women forensic anthropologists,  Fiction,  Women anthropologists,  Large type books,  Forensic sciences,  Women detectives,  Fictio,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Montreal (quebec), fiction,  Brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction,  Forensic pathologists, fiction,  Fiction, suspense,  North carolina, fiction,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  South carolina, fiction

Places: Montréal (Québec),  North Carolina