English language
Published April 30, 2002 by Scribner.
A really great book. Was really involved reading it - horrible things must have happened in Guatemala :(
Otherwise a great book featuring Tempe!
This review applies to the audible version.
A harrowing excavation unearths a chilling tragedy never laid to rest.
They are “the disappeared,” twenty-three massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of experts on a meticulous, heartbreaking dig, Tempe Brennan pieces together the violence of the past. But a fresh wave of terror begins when the horrific sounds of a fatal attack on two colleagues come in on a blood-chilling satellite call. Teaming up with Special Crimes Investigator Bartolomé Galiano and Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, Tempe quickly becomes enmeshed in the cases of four privileged young women who have vanished from Guatemala City — and finds herself caught in deadly territory where power, money, greed, and science converge.
This was my first [a:Kathy Reichs|26372|Kathy Reichs|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201288896p2/26372.jpg]' book after having watched Bones for years. The narration often left me sleepy, but …
This review applies to the audible version.
A harrowing excavation unearths a chilling tragedy never laid to rest.
They are “the disappeared,” twenty-three massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of experts on a meticulous, heartbreaking dig, Tempe Brennan pieces together the violence of the past. But a fresh wave of terror begins when the horrific sounds of a fatal attack on two colleagues come in on a blood-chilling satellite call. Teaming up with Special Crimes Investigator Bartolomé Galiano and Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, Tempe quickly becomes enmeshed in the cases of four privileged young women who have vanished from Guatemala City — and finds herself caught in deadly territory where power, money, greed, and science converge.
I enjoyed this book. Reichs is an easy, fast read. I did feel like there were a few soapboxes in this novel. I can tolerate a soapbox, maybe two per novel. Reichs is exceeding that with every novel.
I was unable to solve the mystery this time, which is good. I suspected, but did not know until recently when I disrupted enjoyment for other people, that I have a higher than average solving of twists and turns in stories. That's probably one reason I don't enjoy them that much. I don't like to see the end coming from so far away. Sometimes Reichs gets me and sometimes she doesn't. At least there is mystery in that.
Brennan's attractiveness is climbing, now with 2 stud-muffin detectives courting her. At least there is some realism to the courtships, although I doubt a real detective would be able to fly to South America …
I enjoyed this book. Reichs is an easy, fast read. I did feel like there were a few soapboxes in this novel. I can tolerate a soapbox, maybe two per novel. Reichs is exceeding that with every novel.
I was unable to solve the mystery this time, which is good. I suspected, but did not know until recently when I disrupted enjoyment for other people, that I have a higher than average solving of twists and turns in stories. That's probably one reason I don't enjoy them that much. I don't like to see the end coming from so far away. Sometimes Reichs gets me and sometimes she doesn't. At least there is mystery in that.
Brennan's attractiveness is climbing, now with 2 stud-muffin detectives courting her. At least there is some realism to the courtships, although I doubt a real detective would be able to fly to South America at the drop of a hat. And the smallness of Brennan's world and people in it bugs me a bit.
So, after all this griping about Reichs novel, I finish with: enjoyable read!
Some fairly graphic moments and a different setting from usual
