Kathy Reichs Books In Order

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American author Kathy Reichs is not only a novelist, but also an anthropologist. This comes in handy writing her Temperance Brennan novels, as Tempe is an anthropologist as well. They also share several of the same personality traits and many of the places that Reichs writes about are places she has been to herself. Kathy also writes the Virals series for young adults.

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Tory Brennan, the great-niece of Temperance Brennan, is the subject of the young adult series Virals by Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan. On Loggerhead Island in South Carolina, where Tory and her friends Ben, Hi, and Shelton reside, they come across an ancient military dog tag that directs them to a top-secret facility. They are infected by a virus while exploring the lab, which grants them increased senses and other powers that they utilize to solve mysteries and murders.

The Virals team solves many mysteries throughout the series, including a murder on a private island, a kidnapping, and a puzzling illness outbreak at their high school. Along the way, they must also keep their identity a secret from the law and those attempting to kidnap and research them.

If you enjoy books that combine mystery and forensic science like those written by Kathy Reich, particularly the Temperance Brennan series, you might want to check out the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, the Jenny Cooper series by M. R. Hall, the Gideon Oliver series by Aaron Elkins, the Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen, or the Jefferson Bass books.

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Meanwhile, a storm of a different type gathers force in South Carolina. The citizens of Charleston are struck by a bacterium that, at its worst, can eat human flesh. Thousands panic and test themselves for a rare genetic mutation that may have rendered them vulnerable.

Alright, so I will admit to being a HUGE fan of the Bones TV series, before I dipped into this book series. I thoroughly enjoyed Cross Bones #8 but then a few years later was underwhelmed by Flash and Bones #14. So this series had dropped off my reading radar. That is, until The Bone Code #20 landed on my review pile.

While the books and TV series they inspired differ (clearly), common to both is their straight-talking leading lady, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan. I love her scientific passion and doggedness, and her matter-of-fact, often dry observations about the human race. For example, her musings on an early winter blast in Montreal and her never being prepared for it:

In The Bone Code, the rapid-fire banter between this French-Anglo crime-fighting double act is wonderful. Plus, the sizzle of their refreshing mature mid-life romance provides light and levity, beautifully timed to balance the shadiness and depravity of the criminals they are pursuing in these scaringly topical cases. It was also fun to read Tempe taking on the unaccustomed role of good-cop when she finds herself working with a female detective even harder-nosed than she.

So yes, I joined the dots a little quicker than fictional Tempe admitted to. But, I enjoyed the intellectual stimulation offered by the subject matter and sinking my teeth into the knotty, multi-pronged cross border investigation.

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Brendan Reichs was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 2000 and The George Washington University School of Law in 2006. After three long years working as a litigation attorney, he abandoned the trade to co-write the Virals series. He lives in Charlotte with his wife, Emily, daughter, Alice and son, Henry. He plans to keep writing novels until they drag him from his desk. Learn more about Brendan at www.brendanreichs.com.

Terminal, by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs, was reviewed by Gi Hallmark. Follow along with our book reviews and articles tagged with Action, Brendan Reichs, High School, Kathy Reichs, Mysteries, Science Fiction, and Technology; as well as our Teens: Young Adults category to discover more great books just like this one.

I have long been a fan of Kathy Reichs novels, particularly her forensic anthropology series featuring Temperance Brennan. The stories not only entertain and keep the reader on the edge of their seat, but are full of educational moments and peppered with humour to keep things moving along. This was another winner by Reichs, with her cross-border protagonist working magic with bones and unsolved cases. While Dr. Temperance (Tempe) Brennan is preparing for a hurricane in North Carolina, she is visited by a patient woman with a curious mission, to help uncover a death mask that might have been made of her great-aunt many years ago. Brennan is intrigued, but also wary of the heightened winds. She decides to head to South Carolina to see a friend for a few days and is pulled into a mysterious case when the local coroner enlists her assistance with a medical bin that has two unidentified bodies within. While Brennan helps, she is chilled by the memory of a similar case she worked in Montreal. Might they be related? Crossing into Canada, Brennan works the angles of the cold case and tries to find a link, all while being helped by her lover, retired homicide detective Andrew Ryan. Things take many a twists and Brennen will have to work both cases at the same time to find an answer. Reichs uses all her abilities to really bring this story to life and keep the reader hooked until the final page turn.

Brennan begins working the angles, which will require her to head north to her second home in Montreal. There, she tries to dig up the case file and draw parallels to the Carolina case. While the detective in Charleston is keen to solve the case she is not one to take any guff, causing Brennan to grit her teeth with some regularity. Luckily, Montreal brings Brennan closer to her lover and former colleague, Andrew Ryan. They are able to make some headway and soon discover that the victim may have arrived in Canada from elsewhere long ago.

I have long been a fan of Kathy Reichs and her work (including loving Bones, the television spin-off of the books), which has never left me feeling cheated in the world of forensic anthropology. Reichs uses her own life experiences and turns them into wonderful books, helping readers better understand the ins and outs of forensics, medicine, and how victims can go from unknown to identified. While the book series has been long, Reichs has been able to keep it fresh, working two primary setting ands pushing her protagonist out into other parts of both countries when it suits the story. Kathy Reichs is a master of the genre and I hope many others will find (or continue with) this series to see how intense things can get.

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