The Bone Hacker
Kathy Reichs
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-second high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc. Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men—tourists—have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. more
336 pages, Hardcover
First published Scribner
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Kathy Reichs
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Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. She is one of only fifty forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. A professor of anthropology at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and is a frequent expert witness in criminal trials.Awards:
Arthur Ellis Award
◊ Best First Novel (1998): Deja Dead
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Yay. Tempe is back. And better than ever. 🤩I always enjoy this series, especially when Tempe (a forensic anthropologist) is based in Canada. For the first portion of the book she’s firmly planted on Canadian soil with her love interest, Andrew Ryan. more
When Detective Musgrove arrived in Montreal to talk to forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan about a case which seemed to link with hers on the islands of Turks and Caicos, Tempe had no idea what lay ahead. Reluctantly leaving Ryan and Birdie, she flew back to the islands with Detective Musgrove, to be confronted by a weird scenario - the boat which had drifted ashore had 4 emaciated and dead passengers, but other than no fuel, the boat was in perfect working order. How would those people have died. And why. Finding bodies wasn't unusual for Tempe, but the bodies on the island all had their left hands removed. more
First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Kathy Reichs, and Simon & Schuster Canada for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review. The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan has long been a favourite character of mine, under the astute guidance of author Kathy Reichs. In this, the 22nd novel of the series, Reichs takes her protagonist on an adventure like no other. The story spans from Montreal to the Caribbean, in a fast-paced thriller that has a bit of everything. The perfect addition to the series, Kathy Reichs dazzles and impresses with ease. more
In this book, Tempe (Dr. Temperance Brennan) is on a case when she is asked by a police superintendent, Detective Musgrove from the Turks and Caicos to come see her. As it turns out she has a case she would like her to consult on in her country, which Tempe agrees to do. No sooner is she there, than this same woman cop is killed. And while there, Tempe is being attacked and uncertain what this all means to the case, and wondering if any of this relates to her own unfinished case back home. more
The Bone Hacker is the 22nd book in the Temperance Brennan series. Temperance (Tempe) is a forensic anthropologist now living in Montreal, Canada with her boyfriend Andrew Ryan, a retired homicide detective who is now a PI. Pierre LaManche is Tempe's boss and director of the Medico-legal section of LSJML (like our CSI). Four babies were found in a farmhouse basement in boxes. LaManche told Tempe that a man was struck by lightening during the storm who went over the bridge and a body had been found. more
This is book #22 in the Temperance Brennan Series (can be read as a standalone). I have been devouring these books since 1997. I’ve secretly always wanted to be Tempe Brennan ever since watching the TV show Bones. I’ve always been fascinated by the use of forensic anthropology in solving murder cases. This series satisfies my Tempe wannabe dream and allows me to solve the case alongside her. more
4. 5★sThe Bone Hacker is the twenty-second book in the Temperance Brennan series by American forensic anthropologist and author, Kathy Reichs. Dr Temperence Brennan is now living in a very fancy Centreville condo with her partner, ex SQ cop Andrew Ryan. As a forensic anthropologist, she is well used to dealing with smelly corpses, but the latest, possibly the victim of a lightning strike during a hurricane, has been in the river for a few days before getting caught in boat propellors. She only has a few bits to work with, but there’s no evidence of a lightning strike; in fact, when they recover more parts, a certain hole in the chest points to cause of death; fingerprints are a challenge; but there is an unusual tattoo which points her in the direction of teenaged gangs on the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos. more
Thank you NetGalley and Scribner for an advanced readers copy of The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs. I’ve been a fan of Reichs since her Déjà Dead, the 1st book in her Temperance Brennan series. This book was not for me. It took nearly 25% of it to get into the story. For me, the converging cases didn’t work. more
This review can also be found at https://carolesrandomlife. com/I enjoyed this book. I have been a fan of this series for many years. I haven’t read all of the installments just yet but I have picked up most of them. This book takes Temperance out of town to the Turks and Caicos islands. more
First off: if you're going to read this book and haven't yet looked at the promo material—don't. (I'm also realizing that I had similar regrets when reading Reichs' The Bone Code. Surely readers can be drawn to these books without being put in a place where too much of the mystery becomes clear before one opens the covers. )That said, I enjoyed this title as I've enjoyed all of Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan novels, but I am disappointed because the plotting while complex, also felt somewhat preordained. I'm not usually good at guessing whodunnit before the denouement, but I had this one figured out by time I'd reached the 2/3 point. more
Interesting police procedural. I need to remember these aren't really my favorite. For the Tempe Brennan lovers, sorry. I do enjoy the French occasionally dispersed throughout the story - not sure it needs to be translated every single time, though. Overall this was a steady, tame, easy to read mystery. more
For this, the twenty second in the Temperance Brennan series, Reichs changes location for most of the book. Tempe is a forensic pathologist who works both in Quebec and North Carolina. When a citizen of the Turks and Caicos is shot in Quebec, a detective from that country enlists Tempe’s help in solving a case in that tropical land. Tempe is on her own, as boyfriend Ryan is involved in his own case in Canada. The island mystery involves the disappearance of some young male tourists over the years; the bodies of two of them have recently been discovered. more
Meh. I finished this book and couldn’t give you a summary of what happened. more
Reading the latest Temperance Brennan novel is sort of like catching up with an old friend - which, in many respects, she is; I've lost count of how many I've read over the years, but it's close to all 21 of the others (and that doesn't count watching all the "Bones" TV shows). This one, I admit, didn't grab me as much - mostly, I think, because Tempe's main squeeze, former cop Andrew Ryan, doesn't appear as often as I'd have liked. While doing her forensic anthropologist thing on some infant bones, Tempe gets called to the islands of Turks and Caicos to bring some illumination to a dead man believed to have been struck by lightning while standing on a bridge. Tempe is eager to get back home to Ryan and her cat, but other victims keep turning up under strange circumstances - like on a high-tech boat that inexplicably lost its way - that require her particular expertise so she grudgingly hangs around. Clues turn up, including a potential weapon that may be connected to a local Jewish community, but when disaster strikes a couple of folks with ties to law enforcement, the investigations take on a whole new dimension. more
I’d like to start by begging the author to stop describing her brown/Black characters using food references. I mean…that’s so last century and, while I think we’re wonderful, I don’t think we’re necessarily…delicious. It really gets to be too much. As I review this book, with my caramel skin and decadent double chocolate brownie eyes (lol), I can say that despite the veritable grocery list of character descriptions, the book itself was a good one. The mystery of it really intrigued me. more
The Bone Hacker is book 22 in the Temperance Brennan series. Tempe is a forensic anthropologist who splits her time between Montreal and North Carolina. This book starts with Tempe looking into a few different cases in Montreal, but then being asked to consult on a case involving a possible serial killer on the islands of Turks and Caicos. While Tempe is involved in this difficult case on the islands, her significant other, Andrew Ryan, stays in Quebec consulting on a gang-related case. I enjoy the book series so much more than the television series, Bones, that was based on these books. more
While I haven't read all the books in the series, I've read many of them. They can be read as standalones. Sadly, this wasn't my favorite. In general, I've found that I prefer the TV character Bones to the book character Bones. The book version comes across as a bit lackluster, even though I try to envision the TV actress while reading. more
This is my first read from Kathy Reichs, I know we are up to #22 in the series, but I liked the plot of this one – Set in Turks and Caicos how could I refuse. The dry sense of humor and wit from Tempe had me in tears, it kept the book a little light hearted I mean working in a morgue all day with bones you gotta have an outlet. Great story line, bodies are piling up loved the setting first in Canada then Tempe makes her way down to Turks and Caicos. The character development is on point and Im keen to read more in this series. Thanks to the team at Simon and Schuster Australia for my copy of this book. more
Following a terrible storm in Montreal, Tempe Brennan is called to examine a dead body floating in the river, mutilated by boat propellers. While the cause of death is a bullet hole in his chest, with no finger left, the only clue to the victim's identity is a tattoo, used by teenage gangs in the Caribbean island of Turks and Caicos. T&C's Detective Superintendent Tiersa Musgrove begs her to come help with a series of seemingly unrelated murders: a missing FBI agent, a murdered cop, a freelance pathologist, a kosher butcher, a late-night prowler, and a consultant engineer in the mix, all attractive men. Then, five dead bodies aboard a luxury fishing boat are discovered, with a tenuous connection to the string of murders. As usual, Tempe becomes a target as she gets close to solving the crimes. more
“The Bone Hacker” is the 22nd installment of the forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan series and the excellent quality and storytelling has remained steady since 1999. As long time readers know, Tempe divides her time between Montreal and Charlotte, but instead of Canadian snow or Old South charm, we get to see Dr. Brennan in a tropical setting in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). A bizarre case in Montreal has connections in TCI and the savvy police superintendent there, Tiersa Musgrove, sees an opportunity to coax the forensic anthropologist to the islands. There’s been a number of handsome vacationing missing young men (bad for tourism) and two sets of bones still are in situ waiting for an off-island expert. more
3. 5 STARS I'm rather new to the Tempe Brennan series and have only read the first and the twenty-first books - Deja Dead and Cold, Cold Bones. Yeah, I skipped a whole lot but thankfully this is a series you can jump in and out of. What I love about this series: Tempe as the smart and sassy main character, the humour that is woven into the dialogue, the beautiful Montreal setting and the secondary cast. There's a change in venue this time as our favourite forensic anthropologist finds herself in the Turks and Caicos Islands at the request of local law enforcement who need her help to solve a few suspicious deaths. more
The Bone Hacker by Kathy ReichsPublish Date August 1, 2023 3. 5⭐'s rounded upI am a big fan of Kathy Reich's Temperance Brennan books. So when I saw book #22 on NetGalley of course I requested it, and was very excited to be approved to read an advanced copy. Anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called upon to examine a body that was struck by lightening on the islands of Turks of Caicos, When Tempe notices an unusual tattoo she becomes entangled in a bigger case linking a number of missing persons on the island over the past seven years. While piecing the mystery together, the stakes are raised when someone she knows is killed and Tempe becomes the next target. more
Only made it to Page 20 before bailing. Way too many descriptions of things that aren’t important to the plot. Overuse of French word and phrase inserts and their meanings. Chapter 1 seems irrelevant to the plot. Starts out in Montreal, not Turks and Caicos. more
Woop. This is the best one in years. I truly adore this series, it's so exciting. And see. You don't always have to be in a life-threatening situation Tempe ;). more
I thoroughly enjoyed this 22nd book in Kathy Reichs "Temperance Brennan" series. more
I always want to love a Kathy Reichs novel and I did enjoy and do recommend The Bone Hacker, but it fell a little short for me to love it. I do enjoy the adventure of heading to the Turks and Caicos, a place I have never been, but loved learning about, murder and all. I smiled and laughed at the picture her words brought to mind of her dog, Birdie, sitting at the table minding her manners so she can eat with her human family. A death in Canada has her on a plane to the Turks and Caicos faster than she can think, WTH. And there my confusion begins. more
The Bone Hacker is book 22 (. ) in the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs and I just loved it. I look forward to reading a new installment every summer and (in the words of my sister) “not to be dramatic but I’m going to have a menty b” if I ever have to say goodbye to this world. So first and foremost, thank you to Kathy and the team at Scribner for keeping me in Bones books. The Bone Hacker starts off with a BANG - or should I say, a BOLT - and draws you in right away. more
I would like to thank edelweiss and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I have been a fan of this series since it first started and I find each book never disappoints. When Tempe is called for the death of a man who was struck by lightning on a bridge, was he really. Things start to come together when they find out he is not in fact from Montreal, but from Turks and Caicos. When a detective from there comes to Montreal, she brings along with her 3 cases of dead American tourists. more
I'm not what I would call a strong reader, and my grade 4,5,6 French was not good so for me to get into this book was a struggle. But I pushed through and was surprised that I enjoyed it. I also like that they didn't revile the real killer until thenlast two chapters. more
