Monday Mourning - (Temperance Brennan Novel) by Kathy Reichs (Paperback)

About the Book

In this latest "New York Times" bestseller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Tempe investigates the origins of three skeletons found in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor. Includes a new bonus epilogue.

Book Synopsis

Internationally acclaimed forensic anthropologist and New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs explores Stockholm syndrome--the psychology of a captive submitting to the ideology of a captor--in this mesmerizing new thriller.

The bones of three young women are unearthed in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor, and forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan has unsolved murder on her mind as she examines the shallowly buried remains. Coming up against a homicide cop who is convinced the dead have been entombed on the site for centuries, Tempe perseveres, even as her own relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan is at a delicate turning point. In the lab, the clean, well-preserved bones offer few clues. But when carbon-14 dating confirms her hunch that these were recent deaths despite the antique buttons found near the bodies, Tempe finds herself drawn deep into a web of evil from which there may be no escape. Women have disappeared, never to return...and she may be next.

Review Quotes

Praise for Kathy Reichs

"Reichs writes smart--no, make that brilliant--mysteries."
--James Patterson

"Each book is better than the last."
--Lisa Scottoline, bestselling author of Look Again

"I love Kathy Reichs...Always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something."
--Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

"Kathy Reichs continues to be one of the most distinctive and talented writers in the genre."
--Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling author of White Hot and Chill Factor

"Kathy Reichs is expert at making science both scary and thrilling."
--Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of Choose Me

"Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs or crafts a better sentence."
--Clive Cussler, bestselling author of Night Probe and Sahara

"One of my favorite writers."
--Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her and Pretty Girls

About the Author

Kathy Reichs's first novel Déjà Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. Fire and Bones is Reichs's twenty-third novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Reichs was also a producer of Fox Television's longest running scripted drama, Bones, which was based on her work and her novels. One of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Reichs divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on X @KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.