Death Du Jour: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Book 2) by Kathy Reichs (MOBI)

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When a recent skeleton among ancient bones raises questions—and danger—forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is the only one who can solve the case in this “triumphant second appearance” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs.

Tempe Brennan is stuck teaching an archaeology field school for students at UNCC in Charleston, South Carolina.

When she stumbles upon a recent skeleton among the ancient bones, she starts asking questions. She’s the expert they might have called in, but lucky for the police she’s already there. The skeleton leads her to a free street clinic where patients have begun to go missing, and some have wound up dead. What is going on and who is to blame? The charismatic televangelist who oversees the clinic? The shady doctor who practices there? Or is it the clinic staff?

Ryan is in Montreal, though he may come down for a visit. If he does, Tempe will have to juggle him and Detective Galiano, an old flame, who is in town investigating the disappearance of a wealthy young woman. This is a phenomenally high stakes business where one dead body can save a couple of lives, maybe more. Along with the corpses, Tempe investigates the sick moral logic of the mastermind behind the operation.

Kathy Reichs has returned Tempe to America and put her in the middle of a sinister trafficking ring that’s local and global. The suspense is intense, and the world is riveting. Kathy Reichs’s books are expert and smart with a taut energy, and this is her best plot and writing yet.

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⭐ This book is number two in the Temperance Brennan series. I wasn’t completely sold on the series from book one, but went to book two for another shot. Didn’t work. The characters smooth out a bit in this installment, they are a bit more likeable, but the story itself has an uncomfortable, unfinished edge to it. The narrative floats and doesn’t grab, the plot moves forward in awkward spurts. The writing also leans to the gory side – books based on gruesome murders and autopsies tend to do that – but there wasn’t a lot of balance to the macabre. Just not my thing. The narrator for the audio book is decent.

⭐ I had read the first two novels out of sequence. This was actually my fourth. I found I liked Ms. Reich’s books and decided to start reading in order. Being a forensic anthropologist by profession, her books are full of scientific details. By bringing her professional career into her novels, Ms. Reichs brings interesting forensics to life.Dr. Tempe Brennan splits her time between the Southern U.S. and Quebec. She is so focused on her work and daughter, her personal life has taken a back seat. It’s interesting to see if something will evolve between her and a fellow colleague.The story revolves mainly around serial killing which seems to center around a zealous cult. If true, why? There’s a secondary forensic story which is woven around a characterwho died in the late 1800’s. I would have liked this secondary story shortened or eliminated and the connection to the primary woven differently. I didn’t find the connection that strong. It would have shortened the novel a bit which would have been fine.At any rate, the author provides a nicely written novel, complete with enough twists to make it worth your while.

⭐ I have decided to read the Tempe Brennan novels in order. The first in the series, “Deja Dead” was quite disappointing. Even after getting over the VAST differences between the TV and novel versions of Tempe, the book was unevenly written, tedious through the middle third, and predictable all the way to the end (almost from the start). In this book, Ms. Reichs seems to be hitting her stride.Although Tempe is still excessively emotional for my taste, in this book she “plays by the rules” and doesn’t go off and do the “stupid” stuff that she does in the first book. Additionally, the character of Detective Andy Ryan (the “Booth” character, for “Bones” fans) is much more fleshed out, and the love/hate relationship between them begins. There is a lot more forensic science in this book, and much less tedious “case work”. We are introduced to an entemologist and social psychologist who add their expertise to the scientific mix. The story is fast-paced throughout, and I was unable to put it down for the last third of the book.I DO have agree with some other reviewers that there is a bit too much coincidence driving the story line. There are three independent story lines: a house fire in Montreal, bodies discovered in North Carolina, and a visit by her sister that have a little too much in common to be completely believable (I’m being intentionally vague so as not to ruin the story for those who have not read it). Everything ties up nicely (if a bit predictably) in the end, but a lot of that is because of Tempe being in just the right place at the just right time. There is a completely independent “historical” mystery running parallel to the primary story that is interesting in it’s own way, but ultimately not really needed.All and all, though, this was a very enjoyable read, and I am anxiously looking forward to the next book in the series.

⭐ The second book in the series was wonderful, somehow it was even better than the first which I found to be a bit long and overly wordy ( yet enjoyable never the less) this left me hungry for more, what better in a continuing story line than a hook line and sinker type of feeling, reading “Death du Jour” made me crave the next book right away. I almost never read a series one after another, I give myself a break because it’s always better to crave the next than get stuck in a similar story and feel like I’m reading an eight hundred page book. That said I can’t recommend Kathy Reichs enough, she knows what she’s talking about and she engages the reader rather than making me feel like I’m standing on the site and observing, I couldn’t wait for a free moment to sit and read, on the train, during lunch, before bed, you get the gist…Its winter time and Temperance finds herself working on a misplaced nun coffin, along the way she gets called to examine the victims of a fire, this of course is no ordinary accident, what fire victims after all have execution style bullet wounds in their head? Clues from her work place and a nearby university reveal that something foul is going on, as usual Tempe gets mixed up into a situation that puts her life in danger, her character is so well written that the reader feels her victories and her falls with great flair. I loved solving the mystery alongside of her, tracking strange disappearances and wondering what happened to the mutilated bodies, traveling and picking up clues and forming opinions of a bunch of zany characters, for those who love gristly deaths, mystery, clues, realistic characters and engaging dialogue this is a real treasure, I hope this series has thirty books in it by the time she’s done because deep down I want to read them all. I liked the realistic element of danger, in the previous book her close friend meets with a deadly end so you never know when someone is going to exit the story, it keeps you on your toes! I also enjoyed the bit of romance developing, it made things a bit more interesting, and trust me, it’s not nauseating, it adds to the depth of the book. This was another nice read from Reichs and I can’t wait to dig right back in.- Kasia S.

⭐ I know the title, but really? Far too much for one book. 3/4 through with more characters added, I was losing track of who was who. All in all, completely too far fetched. Hung in till the end hoping for something but I don’t know what. Actually, I knew I could review fairly without finishing. I will try the one more hoping for more. If not, I’m done.

⭐ Another interesting read from Kathy Reichs. This is the second in her series featuring Temperance Brennan (in the states we know her as Bones, but don’t compare the two — they are really nothing alike except that they are both forensic scientists). In this one, the story begins with Brennan trying to find a corpse of a nun being considered for sainthood buried more than a century ago. From there she is called to a farm house that has burned and discovers several bodies, including two babies. Evidence points to something very strange and the case follows her from Montreal back to her native Carolina.I’ve jumped all over this series, reading some that follow this one and it was good to read this and get a feel for how the main characters develop into what you find in the later books. The story is a good one, even if it seemed a bit long.

⭐ This was my first Tempe book. Spurred by all the adverising of the newest book in July 2020(Conspiracy of Bones), I decided to pick it up. I liked the science of the Forensic Anthropology. Plot was somewhat formulaic. Perhaps the later books heve more character development. Otherwise, an enjoyable easy read for distraction.

⭐ This is my second book by Kathleen Reichs after Deadly Decisions.I could not enjoy any of them because the author cannot focus on a single subject. It is difficult to establish what she intends to do when she writes, first Temperance unearths a nun corpse while paying a service to a church, then she suddenly switches and is summoned to investigate the bodies of an old lady and two babies found murdered in a house located in a frosted area of northern Canada, then she flies down to an island full of wild animals in North Carolina and another dead body appears, finally she brushes with a cult.Reichs opens many roads she does not travel at all, and the main idea seems to make a contrived connection between the bodies found in Canada and North Carolina, besides no interesting characters appearOn the other hand, �Death du Jour� features a neat prose and very interesting is the way Temperance Brennan through the author forensic experience proceeds to survey the corpses in order to establish their gender and age based on findings in the shapes and scars of the bones, these sections of the book will delight science fans, but that is all that is worth of merit

⭐ i starting reading these books because the sue grafton kinsey milhone books are coming to an end :(kathy reichs temperance brennan is a satisfactory replacement…. tempe is not as funny, lovable and entertaining as kinsey.tempe is ornery and stand-offish. but her obvious expertise and explanations of scientific processes is pretty cool. and the change of locales & descriptions of montreal are a nice addition.plus, how do you not love a strong, smart, courageous, independent woman. so far, a pretty fair trade off

⭐ I have read several of Kathy Reichs’ books and pretty much loved them all, but this one had just too many coincidences to make this one the least bit believable. North Carolina, Quebec and Texas where Brennan works or has relatives just happens to be the 3 centers of cult activity involved in this caper. Then, Tempe just happens to be visiting the ape island on the day the bodies are discovered. sigh. Had it been almost anyone but Kathy Reichs, I might have awarded this book 2 stars. The book was fairly interesting and the action kept moving for the most part but the ending just came out of no where like the plot suddenly shifted into overdrive to get to the conclusion. The last hundred or so pages just felt rushed. Had this been the first Temperance Brennan novel I had read, I would probably give another one a shot. It wasn’t terrible. Since this is like the fifth one I’ve read, I shall just chalk this one up to something of a lesser work and look forward to the next one, confident that it will probably be better. Kathy Reichs has a style I like and Tempe Brennan is a heroine I enjoy.

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