The Bone Collection: Four Novellas
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Reichs, Kathy Author
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Random House Publishing Group , 2016.
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A collection of pulse-pounding tales featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan—including the untold story of her first case! The #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the hit Fox series Bones, Kathy Reichs is renowned for chilling suspense and fascinating forensic detail. The Bone Collection presents her trademark artistry in this collection of thrilling short fiction. In First Bones, a prequel to Reichs’s first novel, Déjà Dead, she at last reveals the tale of how Tempe became a forensic anthropologist. In this never-before-published story, Tempe recalls the case that lured her from a promising career in academia into the grim but addictive world of criminal investigation. (It all began with a visit from a pair of detectives—and a John Doe recovered from an arson scene in a trailer.) The collection is rounded out with three more stories that take Tempe from the low country of the Florida Everglades, where she makes a grisly discovery in the stomach of an eighteen-foot Burmese python, to the heights of Mount Everest, where a frozen corpse is unearthed. No matter where she goes, Tempe’s cases make for the most gripping reading. Praise for Kathy Reichs and the Temperance Brennan series “Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She’s the real deal.”—David Baldacci “Kathy Reichs writes smart—no, make that brilliant—mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher or Alex Cross.”—James Patterson “Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden.”—The New York Times Book Review
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NoveList provides detailed suggestions for series you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist, and Kay Scarpetta, forensic pathologist, have much in common, as they retrieve clues from the corpses they examine and relate these clues to the living in order to identify the killers. -- Katherine Johnson
Both of these series have strong female leads. Each also focuses on forensic details and character development. -- Shauna Griffin
Authors Kathy Reichs and Bill Bass (half of the Jefferson Bass team) are both forensic anthropologists whose protagonists are also forensic anthropologists working for both universities and local police. Drama, tension, and forensic science are key elements in both series. -- Maureen O'Connor
The J. P. Beaumont and Temperance Brennan Mysteries star dedicated criminal investigators who approach their jobs from different angles. Beaumont uses traditional detection techniques while Brennan applies forensic anthropology to her pursuits. Both series are suspenseful, fast-paced, and atmospheric. -- Mike Nilsson
Although each series is stand-alone and stylistically different, TV fans will enjoy the meta-fictional links between these fast-paced mysteries and their prime-time counterparts: Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan mysteries inspired Bones, while the Nikki Heat mysteries are a spin-off of Castle. -- NoveList Contributor
The Quirke and Temperance Brennan mysteries employ experts in medical forensics as their intrepid sleuths. The hallmark of these suspenseful books is the wealth of forensic information, which can be quite graphic, along with the intricate plots and multifaceted characters. -- Merle Jacob
These mystery series feature intrepid female investigators battling both criminals and police officers who doubt that women can handle the work. Jane Tennison is a British CID officer, and Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist in Canada and North Carolina. -- Katherine Johnson
Both riveting, fast-paced mystery series are led by women protagonists whose professional experience in forensics (Temperance Brennan) and investigative journalism (Jordan Manning) mirrors that of the authors. -- Basia Wilson
These evocative and plot-driven mysteries star American female forensics scientists investigating confounding murder cases in New Zealand (Alexa Glock) and America (Temperance Brennan). -- Andrienne Cruz
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Suzanne Chazin's arson investigators face similar challenges as Kathy Reichs's forensic pathologists, and offer similarly complex, gripping tales of murder featuring the killer's psychology, along with greed and corruption in officialdom, as well as resistance to women in investigative work. Reichs may feature less gritty details. -- Katherine Johnson
Similarly blending appealing characters with serious crime-solving details, Linda Fairstein may please Kathy Reichs' fans, though her novels tend to legal rather than forensic details. Both authors also feature a vivid sense of place, and their strong female characters must juggle their personal lives with their careers. -- Shauna Griffin
A variety of capable professional women -- a cop, a forensic anthropologist, an ex-journalist -- are featured in the mystery novels by Judith Jance and Kathy Reichs. Their fast-paced and highly descriptive novels examine murder from many angles -- none of them positive. -- Mike Nilsson
Both authors appeal to forensic mystery fans. They provide a similarly strong sense of place for their investigations, with similar levels of detail; suspense; a strong cast of supporting characters, including the male-dominated police who fail to respect Temperance Brennan's and Kay Scarpetta's abilities. Plots often focus on serial murderers. -- Krista Biggs
Kathy Reichs and Harlan Coben write fast-paced, action-packed adult mysteries. Both authors have also created spin-off teen mystery series loosely related to their adult books. Though Reich's teen works tend more toward science fiction, teen protagonists confront danger at every turn in both authors' compelling, suspenseful books. -- Kelly White
While Kathy Reichs sets her books in North America and Stephen Booth depicts rural England, both write compelling, complex and character-driven police investigations that depict unusual crimes while focusing on the personal lives of their lead characters. -- Katherine Johnson
Beverly Connor has two series that might appeal to fans of Kathy Reichs. The cases are complicated, and the puzzle's the thing, with details of the professional work equally important. Connor's books are not quite as gritty and explicit as those of Reichs. -- Katherine Johnson
Tess Gerritsen's mysteries feature a medical examiner and a police detective who work together. Like Kathy Reichs' Tempe Brennan, Rizzoli and Isles often immerse themselves in their work to escape from personal demons, and Gerritsen's books rival those of Reichs for gory details. -- Katherine Johnson
Stephen Walsh White usually tells the story in the first person and specializes in brain-teasing plots. His mysteries might appeal to fans of Kathy Reichs, since his stories featuring psychologist Alan Gregory are well plotted, suspenseful, move quickly, and include medical details and psychological insights. -- Katherine Johnson
Aaron J. Elkins's somewhat less gritty mysteries may appeal to Kathy Reichs fans for their interesting details on the technique. There is some danger, along with plot twists, intellectual puzzles, psychological insights, and a variety of settings, as anthropologist Gideon Oliver examines bones in his consulting jobs. -- Katherine Johnson
These authors' works have the subjects "conspiracies," "women murder victims," and "serial murder investigation."
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Published Reviews
Library Journal Reviews
Reichs offers four spine-rattling short stories, including "Bones on Ice" and "Swamp Bones," ebook shorts that will no longer be available once this anthology appears. Those pieces concern, respectively, a mysterious mummified corpse uncovered on Mount Everest and human remains found in the stomach of an 18-foot python specimen. "Bones in Her Pocket" zeroes in on a fly-speckled canvas bag found floating on a North Carolina lake, and the previously unavailable "First Bones" reveals how Dr. Temperance Brennan got started in the lab.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Reichs, K. (2016). The Bone Collection: Four Novellas . Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Reichs, Kathy. 2016. The Bone Collection: Four Novellas. Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Reichs, Kathy. The Bone Collection: Four Novellas Random House Publishing Group, 2016.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Reichs, K. (2016). The bone collection: four novellas. Random House Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Reichs, Kathy. The Bone Collection: Four Novellas Random House Publishing Group, 2016.
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