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Temperance Daessee Brennan is a fictional character created by author Kathy Reichs, and is the hero of her crime novel series (which are usually referred to as the Temperance Brennan novels). She was introduced in Reichs' first novel , Déjà Dead , which was published in 1997.
The series was the idea of Reichs's son, attorney Brendan Reichs, who also co-writes the books. [1]The stories, which have elements of science fiction and fantasy, are set in Charleston, South Carolina and the nearby islands and follow the adventures of Tory Brennan (the great-niece of Temperance Brennan, the fictional heroine of Reichs's adult thriller series) and her friends Hiram ...
In addition to technical books, as of January 2019, Reichs has written 23 novels, which have been translated into 30 languages. 20 of those novels constitute the "Temperance Brennan" series. [ 8 ] Her first novel, Déjà Dead , won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
Bones Are Forever is the fifteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The book was the 48th most borrowed from libraries in the United Kingdom in 2012–2013. [1]
Virals is the first novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs, and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan. It is the first of Reichs's novels to be written specifically for a young-adult audience.
Bones to Ashes is the tenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The plot begins with Brennan receiving a box of old bones, and brings up an unsolved mystery from her childhood when one of her friends vanished; the case involves child pornography and the pursuit of a killer. [1] [2]
When Brennan has to recover the remains of a murdered elderly woman from a shallow grave in the midst of a freezing Quebec winter, she thinks she has the full set of 206 bones, but when she returns to her lab to analyze the remains, she discovers that certain crucial finger bones (that could confirm the identity of the victim) are not present.
The book entered the Publishers Weekly performance top 10 list in seventh place on. [1] The Publishers Weekly review praised the book's "restraint" and its "riveting plot", [2] Kim Bunce at the Guardian applauded the plot's "complex and evil tapestry". [3] while Michele Hewitson in the New Zealand Herald called it "another big fat forensic ...