The bone hacker / Kathy Reichs.
By: Reichs, Kathy.
Series: A Temperance Brennan novel: Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2024Description: 336 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781398510869 (pbk.) :; 1398510866 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Brennan, Temperance, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Crime | Crime | Modern & contemporary fiction | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories.Summary: Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men - tourists - have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them. Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common - other than the unusual locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands' seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn't so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what's at stake may actually have global significance.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Moss Bank Library Thriller | Issued | 20/05/2024 | 38055400027140 | |||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Thriller | Issued | 23/05/2024 | 38055400027141 |
Originally published: 2023.
Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men - tourists - have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them. Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common - other than the unusual locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands' seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn't so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what's at stake may actually have global significance.