Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning

Pros: fun science, good action, nice kitty
Cons: Tempe, forgawdssake, take backup along next time! You gotta be smarter than that!

It's enough to put you off eating pizza, at least for awhile - unearthing the skeletal remains of three bodies buried in the cellar of the local pizza parlor, that is. But that's exactly what Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist extraordinaire, ...

Pros: descriptive, suspenseful forensic crime mystery, sharp witted Tempe Brennen
Cons: normal mystery flaw - heroine puts herself in deadly situation to save the day

Grade 12 High School English class. Teacher Old Mr. A booms about our taste in reading material. “For all of you who read that Patricia Cornwell author, have you ever thought of trying out a Kathy Reichs book?” Huh? Who? “Some of her ...

Pros: Very slow start
Cons: Good middle and ending

My wife has a used book business so she has plenty of books on hand at all times.  She also has a pretty extensive collection of audio books.  We recently went on a long vacation and I asked her to pick out some audio books to bring on the trip ...

Pros: Detailed imagery and forensic information. Love story continues and everything gets resolved.
Cons: Sometimes the reader gets bogged down in the architectural and forensic detail.

The seventh in a series of murder mysteries by Kathy Reichs, makes sense even if you read it out of sequence -- as long as you know the basic character line-up. This time her main character, Temperance Brennan, a board-certified forensic anthropologist, ...