Praise for Kathy Reichs
“Reichs writes smart—no, make that brilliant—mysteries.”
—James Patterson
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina, where America’s favorite forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must thwart a demonic plot involving ritual sacrifice before the town’s vengeful citizens take matters into their own hands.
In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a hidden cellar and makes a grisly discovery: a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine rests the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog.
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds. Nothing is clear—neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy’s body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans—and Temperance will need all of her expertise to get to the real culprit first.
Reviews
“I have every one of Reichs’s books to date. Reichs always delivers an incredible thriller.”
—Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Last to Vanish
“There’s a reason Kathy Reichs is the doyenne of forensic fiction—because her m.o. is to keep the reader guessing till the last paragraph.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and coauthor of Mad Honey
“A consummate storyteller—who knows all the right chords to touch.”
—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Templar Legacy and The Atlas Maneuver
