by Kathy Reichs
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Editorial Review"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds. Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves. Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist with one of the longest commutes in fiction--from North Carolina to Montreal. She works in both places, and in this third outing (after Déjà Dead and Death du Jour) she manages to make a riveting (if a bit too coincidental) connection between a skull in Montreal and the partial skeleton of a teenager--dead since 1984--in North Carolina. Linking them is a 9-year-old girl shot on a Montreal street, the victim of a war among members of an outlaw motorcycle gang in eastern Canada. Another piece of the puzzle is provided by Tempe's visiting nephew, who is fascinated by the biker culture and is drawn into the mystery Tempe's trying to solve: "Know anything about Slick?" asked Kit."He doesn't look like the pick of the litter." "Yeah, even from that motley litter." He flipped the picture. "Heck, this guy croaked when I was 3 years old." There were two more photos of Slick's funeral, both taken from a distance, one at the cemetery, the other on the church steps. Many of the mourners wore caps riding their eyebrows, and bandannas stretched to cover their mouths. "The one you've got must be from a private collection." I handed Kit the other pictures. "I think these two are police surveillance photos. Seems the bereaved weren't anxious to show their faces." The science is as accurate as the author can make it. Kathy Reichs's own background--as forensic anthropologist for the chief medical officer of North Carolina and director of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec--ensures verisimilitude of place and procedure and creates a believable milieu. Fans of Patricia Cornwall will enjoy this solidly written suspense thriller, while those of a less scientific bent, who don't mind a somewhat lagging pace, will skip the details and concentrate on Reichs's fluid writing. All readers will enjoy the way Tempe puts the pieces of the puzzle, as well as the bodies, together. --Jane Adams
Customer Reviews:
- Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
- Great Book
Loved this book. I am trying to read all of Kathy Reichs books. Each book gets better than the one before.
- A heroine who can see her own faults
Maybe the thing I liked best about this book was the way, Temperance Brennan, the lead character, discovers that she may have been wrong about the way she was judging people and was able to admit it. Especially Quickwater and Claudel. The bulk of the story took place in Quebec so some of the French names were kind of annoying while I was trying to read. Why can't they have names like Buck or Hank? Also La Rue de whatever. What's wrong with a name like Maple Street? Anyway, there is a lot going on in this... more info
- Too formulaic...
After reading seven Kathy Reichs' books in quick succession, I guess it was inevitable that I would find one not quite as good as the others. The problem with Deadly Decisions, the third Temperance Brennan mystery, is that it is just too formulaic.
Deadly Decisions opens in Montreal where a war is raging between outlawed motorcycle gangs. The bad part is that not only gang members are being murdered, but innocent victims are being caught in the crosshairs as well. Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic... more info
- This was my first title by Kathy Reichs
Because I've never read any of the other books in this series, I was often asea. There is so much continuity with other story lines that I doubt the author even recognizes anymore. She made an attempt at pulling in some of the older storylines in, but it wasn't enough, because most of the characters are missing pieces that must have been defined elsewhere. Most of the low rating here is because I simply couldn't follow much of the back story. It made me lose interest.
The lead character is a smart... more info
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