#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina, where America's favorite forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must thwart a demonic plot involving ritual sacrifice before the town's vengeful citizens take matters into their own hands. In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a hidden cellar and makes a grisly discovery: a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine rests the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds. Nothing is clear--neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy's body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans--and Temperance will need all of her expertise to get to the real culprit first.
- | Author: Kathy Reichs
- | Publisher: Pocket Books
- | Publication Date: May 27, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 00432 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1668091690
- | ISBN-13: 9781668091692
- Author:
- Kathy Reichs
- Publisher:
- Pocket Books
- Publication Date:
- May 27, 2025
- Number of pages:
- 00432 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 1668091690
- ISBN-13:
- 9781668091692