Bare Bones

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)