Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Read for: RIP Challenge
My mom and my brother has recently convinced me that I was totally missing out by not watching the TV series Bones. So I borrowed Season 1 and flew through it and I’m not just starting Season 2. And I agree, I was missing out! But then I noticed in the credits that it was based on a series of books by Kathy Reichs. Of course, I had to read them! The book is really nothing like the TV except for the name of the main character and the fact that they are both forensic anthropologists, but it was equally as good!
For those of you, that have never seen the TV show or read the book, Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. Basically, that means that she’s really good at reading bones. In the book, she works in Montreal with the crime lab. In Deja Dead, she is brought a set of bones that when analyzed remind her of a set she worked on about a year previously. Then another body is found and the circumstances around the murder creep Brennan out even more. She does some digging and finds other possible cases. She’s convinced that they are dealing with a serial killer. Unfortunately for her, the detectives on the case disagree and she can’t really take it that much further on her own.
I really liked this book and I will definitely be picking up the rest of the books about Tempe Brennan. There were a couple of times where I found the book got overly technical and I was totally lost. It didn’t hamper my understanding of the case or the plot though, but I wondered why it was necessary? Also, it bothered me that Brennan constantly put herself in dangerous situations without telling anyone where she was going, even after the detectives on the case told her not to do that any more and knowing that the killer was following her. She never even had a weapon! Otherwise it was an enjoyable read and I can’t wait to read some more!
By the way, how would you categorize this book? I’m going with mystery for now but let me know if there’s a better label for it.
Tags: Kathy Reichs, Temperance Brennan
October 27th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Oh, I didn’t know Bones was based on a series of books.
I’ve been reading the Dexter books (by Jeff Lindsay) and enjoying them, although they kind-of feel like *guilty pleasure reading*. This sounds like an interesting fun read as well.
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