A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. But a severed foot is discovered a good distance from the main crash site…Forensic antrhopologiest Dr Temperance Brennan is first on the scene. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one, and her investigation seems to be throwing up more questions than it answers. But when Tempe makes a discovery that raises dangerous questions, her professional standing is threatened. Convinced that another corpse lies in the woods, Tempe pits herself against a conspiracy of silence, and uncovers a shocking tale of deceit and depravity…

The TV show ‘Bones’ is based on Kathy Reichs books.

Literary Review
‘Genuinely thrilling’

Frances Fyfield
'Read this and you’ll know why the word ‘chiller’ was invented’

Sunday Times, July 15 2001
'Inevitably compared with Patricia Cornwell, Reichs is actually in a different league

Independent on Sunday, July 15 2001
‘Kathy Reichs is some kind of writer! Deep in Patricia Cornwell territory, she outdoes the queen … Terrific’

Woman and Home, July 2001
‘Reichs gets better with every book…Gritty detail, chilling atmosphere, engrossing plot – move over Patricia Cornwell’