"Fans of TV´s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan--she works with the dead, but she works for the living.
"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. Even more disturbing is the fact that bones turns up on a family picnic in North Carolina--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 family. And how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth?