#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring iconic forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE WORLD, ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR EVIL...

Small animals - a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel - have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in the same bizarre manner. But one day, as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless, moody great-niece Ruthie, she's diverted by a disturbing call. Now, it seems, the perp is upping the ante. This find is larger. Could the remains be human?

Tempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. Someone's pet. As someone who has always found animal cruelty deeply abhorrent, she vows to help apprehend the person responsible for the killings. With her layered knowledge of animal behaviour, Ruthie becomes a valuable ally in the hunt for answers, as does semi-retired homicide detective Erskine 'Skinny' Slidell, who is equally outraged and committed.

Needing a better understanding of possible motives, Tempe and Skinny seek input from a forensic psychologist, who has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities. The escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries - and that the perp's focus may soon shift to humans.

And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the earlier killings. As Tempe and Slidell follow the horrifying clues to a shocking conclusion, they find themselves force to confront an increasingly terrifying question.

What is pure evil?

PRAISE FOR KATHY REICHS:

'This page-turning series never lets the reader down' HARLAN COBEN

'One of my favourite writers' KARIN SLAUGHTER

'Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey, mazey tales . . . We readers are truly grateful' IAN RANKIN

About the Author
Kathy Reichs's first novel, Deja Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. To date, she has written twenty-four novels featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Kathy was also a producer of Fox Television's longest running scripted drama, Bones, which was based on her work and her novels. One of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Kathy divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on X @KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.

Reviews
PRAISE FOR KATHY REICHS:

'I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell' JAMES PATTERSON

'Smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing from the first sentence' MICHAEL CONNELLY

'Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She's the real deal' DAVID BALDACCI

'A great series has just gotten greater' JEFFERY DEAVER

'A master storyteller' NELSON DeMILLE

'Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs' CLIVE CUSSLER

'Each book in the Temperance Brennan series is better than the last, I just can't get enough!' LISA SCOTTOLINE

'Sinister and chilling' LISA GARDNER

'Masterfully constructed' J.A. JANCE

'The Queen of forensic crime' EVENING STANDARD

'Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW



Book Information
ISBN 9781398531239
Author Kathy Reichs
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 18mm