Title and Author: The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK
Bought, Borrowed or Gifted: Bought
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Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan traces an unusual tattoo on the body and finds herself looking into another, much larger case. Young handsome men – all tourists – have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found with his left hand cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace.
Against her better judgement, Tempe finds herself getting involved in the case and what starts as possible gang violence turns into something much, much bigger...
I’m going to be honest; this isn’t Kathy Reichs’s best. It’s not bad nor her worst, but it’s not exactly on a par with other novels either.
After the last book where we looked into Tempe’s relationship with her daughter who could be suffering for PDST and the killers are linked into Tempe’s past (high stakes!), this book felt flat. Tempe was on her own – no partner of Andrew Ryan, no mention of her daughter Kathy and the issues address in previous book and Tempe’s sister, Harry, only appeared in two phone calls. Tempe is on her own and you can tell. While Tempe was still sarcastic, she was very moody and the supporting cast around her didn’t make themselves or our long-running character shine.
Plus, the plot felt, at time, a little too complicated to follow and, at one point, a little ridiculous.
Saying that, the writing was solid and though the plot is formulaic (nothing wrong with that), Kathy Reichs can spin a yarn and drop cliffhanger chapter endings.
I can’t help thinking that this book was trying too hard, and that effecting my enjoyment of this outing. It didn’t have the zip that her previous books have, which is a shame. But, with a long running series like this, not every book is going be five/four star reads. I just wished that this worked for me. Oh well, will try another one of her books in the near future.
Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan traces an unusual tattoo on the body and finds herself looking into another, much larger case. Young handsome men – all tourists – have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found with his left hand cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace.
Against her better judgement, Tempe finds herself getting involved in the case and what starts as possible gang violence turns into something much, much bigger...
I’m going to be honest; this isn’t Kathy Reichs’s best. It’s not bad nor her worst, but it’s not exactly on a par with other novels either.
After the last book where we looked into Tempe’s relationship with her daughter who could be suffering for PDST and the killers are linked into Tempe’s past (high stakes!), this book felt flat. Tempe was on her own – no partner of Andrew Ryan, no mention of her daughter Kathy and the issues address in previous book and Tempe’s sister, Harry, only appeared in two phone calls. Tempe is on her own and you can tell. While Tempe was still sarcastic, she was very moody and the supporting cast around her didn’t make themselves or our long-running character shine.
Plus, the plot felt, at time, a little too complicated to follow and, at one point, a little ridiculous.
I can’t help thinking that this book was trying too hard, and that effecting my enjoyment of this outing. It didn’t have the zip that her previous books have, which is a shame. But, with a long running series like this, not every book is going be five/four star reads. I just wished that this worked for me. Oh well, will try another one of her books in the near future.
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