"I can't compare Kathy Reichs to any other writer. She is in a class by herself! She knows more about forensic anthropology AND building intricate suspense than any author I've found in a decade."
—Ann Rule, Author of And Never Let Her Go, Bitter Harvest, and A Rage to Kill.
Description
As fresh and shocking as today’s headlines, a “chilling” (People) Temperance Brennan novel in which a harrowing excavation unearths a terrible tragedy never laid to rest—from New York Times bestselling author and world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs.
They are “the disappeared,” twenty-three massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of experts on a meticulous, heartbreaking dig, Tempe Brennan pieces together the violence of the past. But a fresh wave of terror begins when the horrific sounds of a fatal attack on two colleagues come in on a blood-chilling satellite call. Teaming up with Special Crimes Investigator Bartolome Galiano and Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, Tempe quickly becomes enmeshed in the cases of four privileged young women who have vanished from Guatemala City—and finds herself caught in deadly territory where power, money, greed, and science converge.
Reviews
"A riveting read."
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Enough narrative protein and complex carbohydrates to qualify as [a] summer reading power bar."
—The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
"The medical details [are] both vivid and fascinating."
—Booklist
