The first Temperance Brennan novel in the cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series (The New York Times Book Review) from the #1 internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs.

Her life is devoted to justiceeven for those she never knew.

In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Qubec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming patternand she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to herher best friend and her own daughterin mortal danger

A genius at building suspense (Daily News, New York), Kathy Reichss Temperance Brennan books are both accomplished and chilling (People) and ripe with intricate settings and memorable characters (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).