Autopsies

Temperance Brennan revient à elle, ligotée au sol, enfermée dans un lieu exigu et glacial. Difficile de se rappeler les événements qui l′ont conduite jusqu′ici. Mais, peu à peu, les souvenirs refont surface, et Tempe va reconstituer, pièce après pièce, le puzzle de sa mémoire...Tout a commencé lorsqu′à la demande du coroner du Québec, elle a été chargée de transporter à Chicago la dépouille de Rose Jurmain, conservée jusqu′alors à l′institut médicolégal. Une fois sur place, Tempe apprend de l′avocat de la famille Jurmain qu′un coup de téléphone anonyme l′a accusée d′avoir bâclé, voire falsifié, l′enquête sur la mort de cette femme. Qui peut chercher à lui nuire ainsi ? C′est le médecin examinateur du comté de Cook qui va hériter du corps en même temps que de l′affaire Jurmain. De retour à Montréal, Tempe se voit confier d′autres enquêtes, d′autres cadavres, qui semblent toutefois la ramener à celui de Rose Jurmain. Les affaires pourraient être liées, mais son intuition et son savoir-faire sont de nouveau mis en doute. Serait-elle moins efficace, moins précise, en raison du harcèlement dont elle est victime ? Ou de ses histoires de coeur ? Il semble surtout que quelqu′un ait tout intérêt à saboter son travail...Kathy Reichs tient le lecteur en haleine dans une alternance de chapitres à l′efficacité redoutable : d′un côté, Tempe lutte pour sa survie, recluse dans l′obscurité froide d′un caveau, tandis que, de l′autre, lui revient par bribes le déroulement de l′enquête qui l′a menée là. The #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox television hit, Bones, returns with a spectacular new Tempe Brennan novel.There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct...Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy -- and the case. Someone made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call was dead. Back in Montreal, the corpse of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third.Seamlessly weaving between Tempe's present-tense terror as she's held captive and her memory of the cases of these murdered women, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies as this complex, riveting tale unfolds. Reichs is writing at the top of her game.Unabridged Compact Disk Includes a Bonus MP3 CD of Kathy Reichs' Deja Dead The #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the Fox television hit, Bones , returns with a spectacular new Tempe Brennan novel. There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct... Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy -- and the case. Someone made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call was dead. Back in Montreal, the corpse of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third. Seamlessly weaving between Tempe's present-tense terror as she's held captive and her memory of the cases of these murdered women, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies as this complex, riveting tale unfolds. Reichs is writing at the top of her game. There are 206 bones in the human body. Forensic anthropologists know them intimately, can read in them stories of brief or long lives and use them to reconstruct every kind of violent end. 206 Bones opens with Tempe regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct ... Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the autopsy -- and the case. Someone made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call was dead. Back in Montreal, the corpse of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third. Seamlessly weaving between Tempe's present-tense terror as she's held captive and her memory of the cases of these murdered women, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies as this complex, riveting tale unfolds. Reichs is writing at the top of her game.--Publisher description Ligotée au sol, enfermée dans l'obscurité froide d'un caveau, Temperance Brennan revient à elle. Difficile de se rappeler les événements qui l'ont conduite jusqu'ici. Mais les souvenirs refont surface... Pièce après pièce, elle va reconstituer le puzzle de sa mémoire. Tout a commencé lorsque, à la demande d'un coroner du Québec, Tempe a été chargée de transporter à Chicago la dépouille de Rose Jurmain, conservée à l'institut médicolégal. Une fois sur place, elle a appris qu'un coup de téléphone anonyme l'avait accusée d'avoir bâclé, voire falsifié, l'enquête sur la mort de cette femme. Qui peut chercher à lui nuire ainsi ? Les enquêtes qui lui sont confiées à son retour à Montréal semblent systématiquement la ramener à la disparition de Rose Jurmain. Mais son intuition et son savoir-faire sont de nouveau mis en doute. Serait-elle moins effi , moins précise, en raison du harcèlement dont elle est victime ? Ou de ses histoires de coeur ? Et si quelqu'un avait tout intérêt à saboter son travail ? Du fond de son caveau, Tempe n'a plus le moindre choix : elle doit résoudre le mystère qui entoure la mort de Rose Jurmain... Le douzième opus des aventures de Temperance Brennan, la désormais célèbre anthropologue judiciaire et héroïne de la série Bones. The twelfth Temperance Brennan thriller from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the no. 1 international bestselling author and the inspiration behind of the hit TV series Bones. 'You have an enemy, Dr Brennan. It is in your interest to learn who placed that call.'A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation that she missed or concealed crucial evidence. Before Tempe can get to the one man with information, he turns up dead.The heiress isn't the only elderly female to have appeared on Tempe's gurney recently. Back in Montreal, three more women have died, their bodies brutally discarded. Tempe is convinced there's a link between their deaths and that of the heiress. But what – or who – connects them?Tempe struggles with the clues, but nothing adds up. Has she made grave errors or is some unknown foe sabotaging her? It soon becomes frighteningly clear. It's not simply Tempe's career at risk. Her life is at stake too. "Chicago forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy and the case of a missing heiress from Montreal--an investigation that becomes more complicated when two more bodies of elderly women are found in Montreal and Tempe faces the very real possibility that a colleague has sabotaged work in the lab."-- (Source of summary not specified) Chicago Forensic Anthropologist Temperance Brennan Is Accused Of Mishandling The Autopsy And The Case Of A Missing Heiress From Montreal--an Investigation That Becomes More Complicated When Two More Bodies Of Elderly Women Are Found In Montreal And Tempe Faces The Very Real Possibility That A Colleague Has Sabotaged Work In The Lab. Kathy Reichs.