The Bone Collection ,Four Novellas , Kathy Reichs

The Bone Collection: Four Novellas by Kathy Reichs

In First Bones, a prequel to Reichs’s debut novel, Déjà Dead, she unveils the journey of Tempe’s evolution into a forensic anthropologist. Through this previously unreleased narrative, Tempe recounts the case that enticed her away from a promising academic career and into the dark yet alluring realm of criminal investigation. (It all started with a visit from two detectives—and a John Doe recovered from an arson scene in a trailer.) The collection is complemented by three additional stories, transporting Tempe from the marshlands of the Florida Everglades, where she uncovers a gruesome find inside the stomach of an eighteen-foot Burmese python, to the towering peaks of Mount Everest, where a frozen corpse is unearthed. Wherever she ventures, Tempe’s cases promise the most gripping reads.