{"product_id":"cold-cold-bones-volume-21-9781982190026","title":"Cold, Cold Bones: Volume 21","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-first novel of suspense featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, after receiving a box containing a human eyeball, uncovers a series of gruesome killings eerily reenacting the most shocking of her prior cases.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits. Soon after, Tempe examines a mummified corpse in a state park, and her anxiety deepens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere seems to be no pattern to the subsequent killings uncovered, except that each mimics in some way a homicide that a younger Tempe had been called in to analyze. Who or what is targeting her, and why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelping Tempe search for answers is detective Erskine \"Skinny\" Slidell, retired but still volunteering with the CMPD cold case unit--and still displaying his gallows humor. Also pulled into the mystery: Andrew Ryan, Tempe's Montreal-based beau, now working as a private detective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCould this elaborately staged skein of mayhem be the prelude to a twist that is even more shocking? Tempe is at a loss to establish the motive for what is going on...and then her daughter disappears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, \u003ci\u003eCold, Cold Bones \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of revenge--one in which revisiting the past may prove the only way to unravel the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982190026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kathy Reichs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114645196981,"sku":"9781982190026","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6761d23e-5092-49de-b588-4c0142cb3e43.jpg?v=1652153104","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cold-cold-bones-volume-21-9781982190026","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}