Reichs, Kathy

With nonstop action, intricate forensic details, and top-notch suspense, it’s no wonder that readers keep returning to Reichs’s popular series. A winner for public library collections.

This quick-moving and suspenseful narrative by a very popular author will delight mystery readers with surprising plot twists that keep them guessing. [See Prepub Alert, 2/11/13.]

After a body is found in a container of asphalt near a North Carolina speedway, a NASCAR crew member tells forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan that his sister—a high school senior and aspiring race car driver—had disappeared 12 years ago with her boyfriend, Cale...

Despite the lush tropical setting and fascinating premise, this title is too convoluted and contrived to be truly enjoyable. And the once sizzling chemistry between Temperance and Det. Andrew Ryan has vanished, replaced by a tiresome, wisecracking repartee. For extremely loyal Reichs fans only; others new to the series may want to search out her superior earlier titles instead. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 3/1/10.]