The first Temperance Brennan novel in the “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) from the #1 internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs.<br><br>Her life is devoted to justice—even for those she never knew.<br><br>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, Temperance 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…<br><br>“A genius at building suspense” (<i>Daily News</i>, New York), Kathy Reichs’s Temperance Brennan books are ripe with intricate settings and memorable characters” (<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i>).