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by Kathy. Reichs (Author) "I AM DEAD ..." (more)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Bone-Chilling Page-Turner, Sep 13 2006
By Cheryl Tardif "bestselling suspense author" (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (Mass Market Paperback)
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan and a team of forensic experts head to Guatemala to excavate an old well where twenty-three women and children are said to have been shot, butchered, burned and buried. But some secrets are meant to be buried and sometimes the past is meant to stay dead.

When Tempe hears the horrific attack of two associates, she is spurred into action and her investigation takes her across borders and into unknown territory.

Partnered with Montreal detective Andrew Ryan and Special Crimes Investigator Bartolomé Galiano, Tempe investigates the disappearances of missing women. And two handsome men leads to a spicy but complicated subplot. And ultimately Tempe must make a choice.

Grave Secrets is a story of the "desaparecidos"--the disappeared, the missing. It's a story of black market greed and scientific advances that may prove to be to our detriment. Reichs doesn't just write a gripping, suspenseful tale, she also strives to administer a message that is far more powerful. Yet she entertains while doing so. I found this Tempe Brennan novel to have more 'heart' than the previous novels in the series.

I'll admit, I'm a `Bones' junkie--and I love the actors' portrayal of the characters in the TV version, but in Reichs' novels, you'll find far more depth than in a one-hour show. Kathy Reichs is the `Queen of the Past' and a writer extraordinaire.

~Cheryl Kaye Tardif, [.........]
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3.0 out of 5 stars A little more forensic detail, if you please!, Aug 7 2009
By Paul Weiss (Dundas, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (Mass Market Paperback)
It's a sad fact that world history is rife with complex, deeply disturbing stories of mass murders and genocides by governments and dictators - Germany, Japan and China, Uganda, Haiti and more. The list is all too lengthy. Temperance Brennan, forensic pathologist, is on site in Guatemala helping the current government to clear up a period in their history that they have chosen to expose to the light of day and the scrutiny of a critical world that they hope will forgive them for their actions in a dirtier past.

When she's ambushed by gunmen and an investigative reporter is brutally murdered, it becomes apparent that, despite the government's wishes for an open investigation of the massacre, there are obviously secrets that someone will do almost anything to keep buried. Temperance Brennan comes to the realization that she may be on somebody's hit list.

On the plus side, Temperance Brennan is a somewhat more focused, considerably less angst-ridden character than her American counterpart, Kay Scarpetta, as she is portrayed in the Patricia Cornwell novels. That's certainly not to say that she's flat and without a certain depth and flair. "Grave Secrets", for example, finds Brennan torn between two lovers, her long-time Canadian friend, Lt Andrew Ryan, and Bartolomé Galiano, a hotter blooded, more ardent Hispanic sort of more recent acquaintance.

Publisher's Weekly was graphic and rather effusive in their praise of the novel. They talked about skillfully interwoven plots and red herrings that melted into "a satisfying puddle of sex, sleaze, greed and gore". For my taste, I'd prefer to see a little more focus on the mechanics of forensic investigation and a little less attention to a plot that I believe was too complex by half.

Leave the plots and counter-plots to the international spy vs spy intrigue thrillers, I say. If you're going to create a protagonist who's a skilled forensic pathologist, then let her do her work. Don't attempt to make her all things to all people capable of puzzling through plots so complex as to defy believability and the best police efforts of two countries.

Paul Weiss
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4.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner, Jul 11 2004
By Louis M. Perdue (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grave Secrets (Mass Market Paperback)
Kathy Reichs' Dr. Temperance Brennan (Tempe) is one of the more complicated main mystery characters being written today. She is a combination of strength (in this book she must spend a day digging around in a septic tank) and emotional caring that makes for an interesting person that is not cookie-cutter like so many of today's 'sleuths.'

The mystery begins with Tempe working in a remote Guatemalan village uncovering long buried victims of a junta's attack. She is then dragged, somewhat unwillingly, into investigating the disappearance of four young women in Guatemala City, leading to complications in which the government is involved. The action moves from Guatemala to Canada and back again. There is romance involved, as well, as she begins to be attracted to the Guatemalan detective with whom she is working (he is also an old friend of Tempe's sometime boyfriend Andrew Ryan which provides further drama).

I enjoyed this book as I have all of Reichs mysteries. One thing did stick out in my mind though as I was reading: several times Tempe is complaining (which she has toned down since her first book appearance) about being constantly surronded by death. I could not help but think, "Well, that is your chosen profession. Sure it must be disheartening at times but if it is creating that much travail, change jobs." I guess my feeling was a throwback to that first book in which Tempe came across as somewhat whiny.

That aside, I will definitely be reading the next books in the series.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yawn
It probably would have been a good story had they picked someone better to read it.
Published on April 8 2004 by mje1954

1.0 out of 5 stars Annoying dialogue
I bought this book in Dubai, U.A.E., because I'd finished Dan Brown's excellent book, "Digital Fortress", and needed reading material for the airplane trip. Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars A little misguided
This is the first and only book of this author/series I have read and this is what I like about the book:

-The locations, moving from Guatemala to Montreal is very... Read more

Published on Dec 27 2003 by Magicians_assistant

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful, thrilling book!
Kathy Reichs is fast becoming one of my very favorite authors and this book is no exception. Usually her main character, Tempe Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, stays in the USA... Read more
Published on Oct 9 2003 by J. Hitchcock

5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed to Give you Nightmares
Tempe is in Guatemala, helping to unearth the bodies of 28 villagers disappeared (killed by the govt.) during the civil war there. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2003 by Katie Osborne

5.0 out of 5 stars Kathy will have you Gagging for More
Tempe is in Guatemala to help identify some of the bodies of the disappeared, a result of the civil war. The bodies were found in a mass grave. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2003 by Vesta Irene

3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best effort!
Dr. Tempe Brennan helps identify remains of villagers in Guatemala that "have been disappeared" in the early 1980's. Read more
Published on Aug 4 2003 by pompfis_hoppi

4.0 out of 5 stars Cess Pit of Crime
The over-riding theme of this book is the connection between the womb and the tomb. I can't say a lot about this without giving information away but readers need to watch for her... Read more
Published on Jul 23 2003 by Sires

3.0 out of 5 stars Muddy waters
In this, the 5th in the series of Tempe Brennan books, the initial departure from the Canada/North Carolina loop has Tempe unearthing victims of a 20 year old mass murder in... Read more
Published on May 19 2003 by gotta run now

5.0 out of 5 stars Supremely talented Kathy Reichs...
What has started as a distinguished third career from this talented medical examiner/teacher/writer has turned to gold for those of us who like a well-told tale. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2003 by Laurie Fletcher

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