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Spider Bones
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Temperance Brennan Novels: Book 13

Spider Bones (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Kathy Reichs (Author) (edit contributors)

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Released as "Mortal Remains" in UK and Australia.

#1 New York Times bestseller Kathy Reichs is back with her thirteenth novel featuring America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan.

John Lowery was declared dead in 1968 in Viet Nam - the victim of a Huey crash, his... read more

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John Lowery was declared dead in 1968--- the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennen is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

John Lowery was declared dead in 1968--- the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennen is called to the scene of a drowning in Hemmingford, Quebec. The victim appears to have died while in the midst of a bizarre sexual practice. The corpse is later identified as John Lowery. But how could Lowery have died twice, and how did an American soldier end up in Canada?
Tempe sets off for the answer, exhuming Lowery's grave in North Carolina and taking the remains to Hawaii for reanalysis- to the headquarters of JPAC, the US military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, which strives to recover Americans who have died in past conflicts. In Hawaii, Tempe is joined by her colleague and ex-lover Detective Andrew Ryan (how "ex" is he?) and by her daughter, who is recovering from her own tragic loss. Soon another set of remains is located, with Lowery's dog tags tangled among them. Three bodies- all identified as Lowery.
And then Tempe is contacted by Hadley Perry, Honolulu's flamboyant medical examiner, who needs help identifying the remains of an adolescent boy found offshore. Was he the victim of a shark attack? Or something much more sinister?

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The air smelled of sun-warmed bark and apple buds raring to blossom and get on with life.

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chapters 1-40

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  • spiders: I felt that the spider was a symbol of the reclusive John Lowery. He hid alone in Canada to avoid the war and the world that had caused it.

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This is book 13 of 15 in Temperance Brennan Novels. (standard series)

Preceded by 206 Bones, and followed by Flash & Bones.

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  1. Kathy Reichs (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 24, 2010
ISBN: 1439102392
Page Count: 320

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