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The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs

By DeathBecomesHer

18 May, 2021

We’re at book 20 in the Temperance Brennan series (the first, Deja Dead, came out in 1997, for heaven’s sake!), and crime fiction’s favourite forensic anthropologist is stuck in South Carolina when a massive storm hits. Luckily she and her cat, Bird, escape unscathed. The…

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Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs

By DeathBecomesHer

23 July, 2015

Maybe it’s a sweeping generalisation, but women in crime novels tend to fall into two camps… They are cast as the victim, who may or not fight back and, more often than not, end up on the mortuary slab. Or, as the driven career girl…

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Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs

By DeathBecomesHer

26 August, 2013

Temperance Brennan has been around for 16 years now, and has appeared in 15 best-selling novels as well as the TV series, Bones. She is a forensic anthropologist, as is her creator, Kathy Reichs. And that’s what makes Tempe such a realistic main character, because…

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Battle of the big books - Rankin, Child, Reichs and more!

By crimefictionlover

20 October, 2016

On the Radar — It isn’t quite Halloween yet but we can smell roast Christmas dinner heating in the oven – metaphorically – as we look at our new releases this week. The big-hitter authors are out with new books in good time for the festive…

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A classic revisited: The Silence of the Lambs

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

14 May, 2024

Has there ever been a more recognisable, more evil villain than Dr Hannibal Lecter? Not many of us will be able to shake the image of Anthony Hopkins’s eyes behind that facial restraint, nor the sound of his terrifying, slithering slurp. I’m also guessing that…

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On the Radar: No bones about it

By crimefictionlover

3 May, 2024

If you enjoyed the TV series Bones, inspired by the Tempe Brennan books by Kathy Reichs, then this week’s report should be of interest. The show’s creator, Hart Hanson, has turned his talents to crime fiction with a new novel, but it’s a far cry…

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On the Radar: Protect the child!

By crimefictionlover

4 August, 2023

Even in fiction, when pregnant women come under threat our protective instinct kicks in. Writers can use this to their advantage and it’s cropping up a fair bit in crime fiction at the moment. Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman is a case in point (watch…

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On the Radar: Slicing up eyeballs

By crimefictionlover

15 July, 2022

If you’re on the queasy side, scroll down now. Forensic-based crime fiction novels might not be your thing… But if you love an unconventional clue, then the new Kathy Reichs novel needs to go on your reading list. Yes, someone has left an eyeball, complete…

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The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs

Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs

Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs

Battle of the big books - Rankin, Child, Reichs and more!

A classic revisited: The Silence of the Lambs

On the Radar: No bones about it

On the Radar: Protect the child!

On the Radar: Slicing up eyeballs

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