<p align="center"><b>"Fans of TV's <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</i> should be in heaven" (<I>People</i>) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers.</b><p align="center"><b>Her life is devoted to justice -- for those she never even knew.</b><P>In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Tempe detects an alarming pattern -- and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her -- her best friend and her own daughter -- in mortal danger. . . .