The release date for the English version of 'Bare Bones' by
Kathy Reichs is Jun 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, is looking forward to her first vacation in years during this scorching summer in Charlotte. An idyllic getaway. The bones start to show up just as she is about to leave.
The burned remains of a baby found in a woodstove. On a bright day in North Carolina, a little aircraft crashes in a cornfield. The pilot and the passenger are completely charred. What is the enigmatic black material that covers the corpses? Most puzzling of all are the bones discovered at a remote farm outside Charlotte. When Tempe brings the bones to her lab, she is taken aback even though they seem to be animal remains.
Tempe has to look into a heartbreaking and scary case that arrives at the worst possible time, with assistance from a special detective buddy. Daughter Katy has a new boyfriend who Tempe fears may have something to hide. Tempe also has to make significant personal choices. Is it OK to commit emotionally now? Will she be able to learn the truth?
All things have to wait for the bones. Why are the X rays and DNA so perplexing? Who is trying to keep Tempe from the answers? Someone is following her and Katy. That someone must be stopped before it's too late.