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Break No Bones
by: Kathy Reichs

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099441519
ISBN: 0099441519
Label: Arrow Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: March 29, 2007
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Studio: Arrow Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 6220

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
It must be harder and harder for Kathy Reichs to keep each new novel as forceful and dramatic as the one before--not that delicate effects (which are not Reichs’ thing!) are particularly easy, but there is a danger in a certain fatigue setting in for the reader when an author puts them so comprehensively through the ringer with each novel as Reichs does. Break No Bones is proof positive that the author still knows how to cannily ring the changes on theme of her earlier work--this one is every bit as unsettling as Bare Bones or Grave Secrets, but the path Reichs takes to our pulse rate is somewhat different.

Dr Temperance Brennan is working with her students at an archaeological field school on an Island near Charleston , South Carolina. A decomposing corpse is discovered in a shallow grave, showing evidence (connected vertebra, etc.,) that the body has not been dead for long. While engaged in this mystery, Tempe’s own life encounters real havoc when a bullet, possibly meant for her, hospitalises her estranged husband Peter; and her new relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan is in trouble. But, as so often before, cracking a mystery may cost her her life.

All of this is handled with the assurance that we have come to expect from Reichs, but there are new things here: Reichs' sense of structure has always been strongly linear, but the extra looseness of the narrative pays dividends in disorienting the reader. Set pieces, too, are more integrated, though with all the usual capacity to raise hairs on the back of the neck. When so many authors are repeating themselves to ever-diminishing effect, it’s good to see Reichs is clearly not content to rest on her laurels.

--Barry Forshaw

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- A Facinating Tale of Forensic Genius
I have never read any of Reich's work before and have to say this has sat on the shelf for over a year waiting its turn to be read.

I was intrigued from the start with her natty way of narration and the way she describes the persons mood after they have spoken. She writes in an almost scientific commentary of her lead character's adventures.

The lead character, Tempe Brennan specialises in postmortem study of bones to determine causes of death and what has lead up to that death. In this particular case, she is called to assist an ailing friend who is County Pathologist in a fairly remote part of Southern Carolina, whilst actually supervising an archaeological dig. She discovers a body that doesn't appear to be ancient ... Read More:

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- More of the same from Reichs.
In this book Reichs' central character, Temperance Brennan (the character that the Fox tv character "Bones" is based on, without the forensic sidekicks and more explanation of bones), is on an archaeological dig when a recently decomposed corpse is found. Because of her skills in that area, she's asked to investigate the corpse.

Just when she's finished with the first, two more bodies (in a similar state of disrepair) turn up, so Brennan makes a holiday out of it and stays round to examine the bones (bit of luck she was there wasn't it).

At the same time, Brennan's sort of ex- turns up to investigate nefarious goings on in a church and her "current beau" turns up to help ask the potential murder suspects all the sort of ... Read More:

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- Personal Life Complications of a Complex Investigation Filled with Inane One-Liners
If you've ever had one of those frustration dreams where you cannot keep up with all the tasks in sight, Break No Bones will remind you of one of those dreams. Temperance Brennan has agreed to teach an archeology field school at the last minute after no other substitute can be found. While there, she excavates Native American burial mounds and has an unpleasant time with the developer who wants to build on the mounds. But the end is in sight when a student rushes up to say that there's a body there that was buried later than the rest. What she finds causes Dr. Brennan to call the local coroner, an old friend, Emma Rousseau. Before she knows what's hit her, Temperance finds herself doing the forensics on the all-too-recent body. Before long, bodies ... Read More:

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- Good Story Line
Although this book has a good story line and an insight into forensics, I found it difficult to get into and a slow starting book. After about half way through though it picks up pace and becomes a good read with an interesting conclusion.

If your someone who gets bored quickly with books I wouldn't recommend it. However if your willing to give a slow book a chance to improve and like forensic crime, you'll enjoy this book.

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- Great story, but suffered some difficulty with the language
Once you get behind the strongly American version of English and the Reichs style of short-sentenced rhetoric, there is a good story lurking in this book.

Normally, I can understand those small differences between English English and American English, but there were just too many times, whilst reading this book, that I just had no idea what was meant!

The narrative is also littered with three-letter acronyms, some explained, some not; and unfamiliar words that don't appear in my version of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Eventually, I became lazy, giving up on trying to reference these words and approximating my understanding based on the context.

The story is based on the interesting similarities ... Read More:

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