Quatrième de couverture :
The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check.
Coroner Jean Bradette is insisting the bones are ancient and of no interest. But it doesn't quite add up, and a frustrated Tempe is convinced that Bradette is hiding something. It's not even Tempe's case, but the nagging in her subconscious won't let up. A memory triggered - the disappearance of a childhood friend; no warning, no explanation...
Detective Andrew Ryan is working a series of parallel cases, and requires Tempe's forensic expertise. Three missing persons, three unidentified bodies - all female, all early-to-mid teens. Could there be a serial killer at work? Or is Tempe over-reacting, making connections where none exist?
Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But she couldn't have predicted where this case would lead, or the horrors it would eventually uncover. Can Tempe maintain a professional distance as the past catches up with her in this, her most deeply personal case yet?
Linda Emond's many television appearances include Law & Order and The Sopranos. Stage credits include Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul and a Tony-nominated performance in Life (x) 3. She has appeared in several films including The Dying Gaul and has worked extensively as a narrator for television and audiobooks.
Présentation de l'éditeur :
Under the microscope, the outer bone surface is a moonscape of craters.
It is the skeleton of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to control her emotions.
The coroner is being evasive, insisting the bones are ancient and of no interest. But this doesn't feel right, and Tempe is convinced that someone is hiding something.
Working on instinct, Tempe takes matters into her own hands. But her work uncovers horrors she could never have predicted, as what started in the lab quickly becomes her most harrowing, and personal, case yet.
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