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Break No Bones

Written by: Kathy Reichs
Narrated by: Dorothee Berryman
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Publisher's Summary

The inspiration for the hit Fox series Bones, Kathy Reichs explores another high-stakes crime from today's headlines, in a case that lands forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme.

Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching at a lackluster archeology field school in the ruins of a Native American burial ground on the Charleston shore. But when Tempe stumbles upon a fresh skeleton among the ancient bones, her old friend Emma Rousseau, the local coroner, persuades Tempe to stay on and help with the investigation. When Emma reveals a disturbing secret, it becomes more important than ever for Tempe to help her friend close the case.

The body count begins to climb. Tempe follows the trail to a free street clinic with a belligerent staff, a suspicious doctor, and a donor who is a charismatic televangelist. Clues abound in the most unlikely places as Tempe uses her unique knowledge and skills to build her case, even as the local sheriff remains dubious and her own life is threatened.

©2006 Temperance Brennan, L.P. All rights reserved (P)2006 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

What the critics say

"This novel confirms the series' place in the front rank of the ever-expanding forensic thriller subgenre." (Publishers Weekly)

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amazing yet again!

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best narrator so far in this series.

I was glad to hear someone whose french sounded natural and who kept me enraptured.

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didn't really like the new narrator, her voice is too raspy. but still enjoyed the story

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Awesome series

I love this series of books and I have no complaints regarding the story. My issue is with the narrator of this book. Her voice is overly breathy and she doesn't pronounce her words fully making her hard to understand at times. Luckily she has only narrated the one novel and the other narrators are MUCH better!

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