Bare bones

By Kathy Reichs

Subjects: Medical examiners (Law), North Carolina -- Fiction, Women anthropologists, Women forensic anthropologists -- Fiction, Endangered species, Forensic anthropology, Large type books, Brennan, temperance (fictitious character), fiction, Criminals, Women anthropologists, fiction, Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Women forensic anthropologists, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character), Temperance Brennan (Fictitious character), Smuggling, Smuggling -- Fiction, North carolina, fiction, Endangered species -- Fiction

Description: "Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones. . . . Tempe's daughter's new boyfriend invites them to a picnic — a pig pickin' — in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can't reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter — and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.