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First Bones

First Bones

Novella
Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

A prequel to Déjà Dead. Early in her career, an unqualified Temperance Brennan — then still an academic studying ancient bones — is drawn in to help homicide detectives Erskine "Skinny" Slidell and Eddie Rinaldi examine the burned remains found in a trailer. A surprise finding hooks her, and the case marks the start of her shift from bone specialist to forensic anthropologist.

About the author

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Kathy Reichs

Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (PhD) (née Toelle, born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, academic and forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. A professor of...