I'll be honest- I'd forgotten how much I enjoy this series, both for the mysteries and for the characters. This latest is a terrific addition (although I'll bet it's also pretty darn good as a standalone). Tempe Brennan doesn't understand why Detective Tia Musgrove is so insistent on coming to Montreal from the Turks and Caicos to talk to her about the body of a young msn she's been working on- and then she does. Turns out young men- tourists- have been going missing on T&C- each one missing a hand. Four of them. So Tempe agrees to go help recover two skeletonized sets of remains but she finds a much bigger problem there- starting with the discovery of a yacht filled with dead men which was discovered adrift. And there's a missing FBI agent. This twists in and back on itself, with topical issues (most of which will only be apparent near the end). A quibble - the physical descriptions of everyone Tempe meets might make you feel a little uncomfortable. That said, you'll find yourself rooting for Det. Monck, among others. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC, Good storytelling and a clear voice for Tempe combined with a puzzle makes this a very good read.

This was my first Temperance Brennan book; coming in at 22 didn’t detract from the story. I’m not sure why I have never read the series as I love mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, and forensics. The story was engaging, and I didn’t figure out who did it halfway through, so that was nice. I will also be going back to the beginning to start the series as I am intrigued to find out the backstory of Tempe’s current employment and relationship.

Thank you to NetGalley, Scribner, and Kathy Reichs for the eARC.

Dr. Temperance Brennan finds an unusual tattoo on a body found in the water in Montreal. A detective from the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Tiersa Musgrove travels to Canada to see the deceased. TCI Musgrove wants Brennan’s help with a serial killer on the islands—one that is taking the left hands off young, male victims. As soon as Brennan touches down in TCI, she becomes involved in a mysterious fishing boat case. One where all the passengers have died of hunger and exposure despite having cell phones and a fully functioning boat. What is going on in the Turks and Caicos Islands? Are all these cases somehow connected? Brennan is determined to find out and get back home as soon as possible.

Kathy Reichs delivers another great addition to the Temperance Brennan series. There isn’t much character development of Brennan in this one, but the mystery is a good one. I enjoyed reading about the setting of the Turks and Caicos and finding out about the different cases. This one has some detailed descriptions of bodies, which I found interesting. The twists are interesting and kept me wanting to read more. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys mysteries and thrillers. Even though this is the 22nd in a series, it could be read as a standalone. I give it 4/5 stars.

Title: The Bone Hacker
Author: Kathy Reichs
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 4 out of 5

Called in to examine what is left of a body struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to its source and is soon embroiled in a much larger case. Young men – tourists – have been disappearing on the islands of Turks and Caicos for years. Seven years ago, the first victim was found in a strange location with both hands cut off; the other visitors vanished without a trace. But, recently, tantalizing leads have emerged and only Tempe can unravel them.

Maddeningly, the victims seem to have nothing in common – other than the strange locations where their bodies are eventually found, and the fact that the young men all seem to be the least likely to be involved in foul play. Do these attacks have something to do with the islands’ seething culture of gang violence? Tempe isn’t so sure. And then she turns up disturbing clues that what’s at stake may actually have global significance.

It isn’t long before the sound of a ticking clock grows menacingly loud, and then Temper herself becomes a target.

This was a solid thriller read, as the Temperance Brennan books usually are. The opening scene was quite dramatic and hooked me in, although it had very little to do with the rest of the story. I enjoyed the setting of Turks and Caicos, although I felt the setting was left pretty hazy, and I didn’t get a feel for it or the culture there, which would have been fascinating. All in all, a solid read, and I finished the book in one sitting.

Kathy Reichs is a bestselling author. The Bone Hacker is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of Scribner in exchange for an honest review.)

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The latest Tempe Brennan is out! This one sends Tempe to Turks and Caicos to help investigate what appears to be a serial killer, as the bodies of three men have been found, each missing their left hand.
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This was really everything I could have wanted out of this series, it's fast (I read this in a day), has some fun twists, and I really liked the new characters that came with this new location. I could have done with more Andrew Ryan though :)
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If you've been following this series, you will not be disappointed by this next installment!
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Thanks to @netgalley and @scribnerbooks for the early copy!

The Bone Hacker is book 22 in the Temperance Brennan series. Tempe is a forensic anthropologist who splits her time between Montreal and North Carolina. This book starts with Tempe looking into a few different cases in Montreal, but then being asked to consult on a case involving a possible serial killer on the islands of Turks and Caicos. While Tempe is involved in this difficult case on the islands, her significant other, Andrew Ryan, stays in Quebec consulting on a gang-related case.

I enjoy the book series so much more than the television series, Bones, that was based on these books. Both versions of Tempe are independant, intelligent women, but Tempe is a much more interesting and likable character in the books. In this installment, it's interesting seeing her take her skills to a new location, but I didn't like that Tempe and Andrew were apart for much of the book.

There is a lot going on in this story, but it is a fast read in part because of the mini-cliffhangers at the end of each chapter. Most of the different subplots come together by the end, but some remain unconnected making the story more complicated than it needs to be. I liked both the Canadian and the Turks and Caicos settings in this book. The main plot is interesting and Although this isn't my favorite of the series, I still enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more by Reichs. Fans of the book series will enjoy catching up with Tempe and if you're only familiar with the tv series, you will like getting to know the "original" Dr. Temperance Brennan.

I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley and Scribner Books, but my review is voluntary and unbiased.

The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs is a police procedural with a focus on forensic anthropology. Temperance Brennan is the forensic anthropologist, which means she deals primarily in bones: ancient or more recent. She also takes calls for her to attend to bodies at crime scenes or accidents. This was one such morning. It was only pieces of a body, caught in the rotor of a boat motor. Enough to make a start. Fortunately, most of the rest of the body showed up later. An ID was made: a young man from Turks and Caicos. After the local police were called, a detective answered that she had better come up. It turns outs out Musgrove was not coming about this boy. She had some murders she needed Tempe’s help on. She had two newly discovered skeletons that she though were part of a serial killer’s work. She wanted Tempe to come to Turks and Caicos. Upon arrival, they were whisked to a scene on a boat that appeared to be upscale and in perfect shape, except for the corpses that were there with no obvious explanation.

Tempe is a professional and didn’t let the plethora of odd circumstances throw her off, much. She is not a detective, but an anthropologist and as such had no business in the field except to retrieve bones. That was not the case here. She visited an odd assortment of people that, at first glance, could have no relation to one another. She was creative and responsive and had, over the years, become very diplomatic, especially with the odd assortment of folks that were police officers. Turks and Caicos was a different sort of place, one she relished in many ways. This is only the second of this series that I have read, so I don’t have much to compare it to, but I really liked it. The character development was excellent, especially one time characters, and the plot was a good one. The mystery was interesting. The forensics were interesting. Turks and Caicos was interesting. The way the FBI acted when they arrived was off-putting, but not different than a lot of authors portray them. All-in-all, an intriguing and interesting mystery.

I was invited to read a free e-ARC of The Bone Hacker by Scribner, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #Scribner #KathyReichs #TheBoneHacker

Tempe is on a new adventure in Turks and Caicos. When a young man's mangled body is found floating, Tempe is called in to take a look. The young man was identified as someone from Turks and Caicos. A detective from there comes to Montreal to see Tempe about the body and about getting her help to identify some bones that were found on the island. While there, the detective ends up murdered and Tempe wants to help find the killer. As she works with another detective to solve several mysteries at once, she also uncovers some international intrigue. All she wants to do is go home to Ryan, but another part of the mystery shows up and keeps her in Turks and Caicos. Will she ever get back home? Will she live long enough to get there?

I have been a fan of Temperance Brennan and Kathy Reichs since Deja Dead! This 22nd installment of the series, The Bone Hacker, takes Tempe to Turks and Caicos to assist the local police with some recently discovered bones. As soon as she arrives, Tempe finds herself caught up in several mysterious deaths on the island. Could they be related? With an engaging plot, Tempe’s quick wit, and interesting new characters, I enjoyed this book from start to finish! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Book 22 of this brilliant series which is pretty much nothing like the TV series which I gave up on after the 4th or 5th series! I guess there's a lot to play catch-up with if you haven't read any, but I will always recommend starting from book one... If you are familiar, you can probably skip the rest of this review and just take away the fact that it's just as good as what has gone before so, if you liked that, just buy the book and read it already!
So... Tempe is called in to help examine a body. She is drawn to an unusual tattoo which, in turn, draws her to the Turks and Caicos Islands, whose authorities she seeks assistance of. This then spirals as she is told that the Islands has its own weird and open case. The disappearance of young, male, tourists, some still missing, some whose bodies have been found in strange places. But as she arrives to look into this, she discovers that a boat has just been found with 5 dead aboard, no survivors, and no way of working out what happened. They ask her to help...
And so begins a rather interesting, interconnected and convoluted case that really tests Tempe, and that's no mean feat. But which also puts her in peril...
Ok so I have never heard of the Turks and Caicos so I had to do a bit of googling... But that actually didn't matter a jot as it is the story that is important, the setting for me was window dressing. And it gave Tempe a chance to escape from Canada where she is now setting up shop with long term squeeze Andrew Ryan, who has his own part to play herein.
Tempe was at her very best in this book, not that she isn't usually I hasten to add. Just this case was a bit of a humdinger! One which twisted and turned, between the tourists and the boat people, delivering shock after surprise, keeping me guessing all the way to the very scary end.
All in all, a worthy addition to one of my favourite long-going series. Long may it continue... My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Kathy Reichs is one of my favorite authors: her characters feel "real", the technical aspects of her books are always spot on (as you'd expect), and she is a master at pacing and providing such tantalizing chapter endings that it is almost impossible to not keep reading.
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan divides her time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, Quebec. At the start of The Bone Hacker, she is in Montreal and summer has finally arrived. After a night of the city's international fireworks competition and a freak severe storm, Tempe has to fish a body out of the river, a young man believed to have been struck by lightning. The ID includes the information that he is from the Turks and Caicos Islands and soon after Tempe contacts law enforcement there for more information, she finds herself on a plane to the islands to consult on the recovery and analysis of skeletal remains recently found there that may be the work of a serial killer. The story involves several interweaving plots, lots of action, red herrings, fresh ideas, and intriguing characters. And the descriptions of the Islands and the food literally had me looking at airfares!

The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs is an interesting novel set in Canada and the Carribean is set on the islands of Turks and Caicos. Tempe is a forensic anthropologist and a female detective on the island comes to her to convince her that her expertise is needed to solve a series of murders and suspicious activity that have occurred on the island. Tempe has been there before but is still intrigued as she sets off on what will be an adventure of a lifetime to solve the mystery. The characters are interesting, many in the forensic field, and some of the crimes appear unrelated until the end. I love the setting and wish the author had spent more time giving us some of the beauty and culture of the island. She does, however, give us a good story. A good read. Thanks to #NetGalley#TheBoneHacker for the opportunity to read and review this entertaining book.

Another edge of your seat thriller starring Temperance Brennan! Temperance travels from snowy Montreal to the balmy Caribbean in her quest to discover why young men's bodies are turning up in this island paradise. Along the way, a series of local murders leads her to discover she is on the edge of revealing a larger conspiracy.

The Bone Hacker is the 22nd installment in the long running Temperance Brennan series by @kathyreichs. In this book, Brennan is whisked away to the tropical island of Turks and Caicos but not by Ryan but by a police detective working a potential serial killer cold case. While on the island, Brennan becomes wrapped up in several active investigations that somehow all seem to tie together. If only they can figure it out in time before more people end up dead.

This story moved fast and the island setting will definitely have you wishing for a vacation but with less death. Another well written novel that continues to make this one of my favorite series. As always we got to see glimpses of Ryan and Brennan’s life in Montreal and a potential new development for Ryan’s career there.

Thank you @scribnerbooks and @netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback!

There are 22 books in the Tempe Brennan series and that they are all fantastic! As I’ve said before, but I’ll say it again, @kathyreichs does such a great job coming up with unique and exciting cases for Tempe to investigate every novel. I still look forward to the next book in this series, even after all these years!

The latest installment, The Bone Hacker, starts in Montreal, but takes Tempe to the Turks and Caicos islands to investigate missing and murdered tourists. I loved the new setting of this book and that it is as another twisty, crime filled thriller that only Tempe finds herself involved with💙

Make sure you grab and read this book soon! I’ve already pre-ordered mine and plan to see Kathy during her book tour stop in Charlotte.

Thank you @scribnerbooks and @netgalley for allowing me to read this book ahead of publication in exchange for my honest review.

I hadn’t read a Tempe Brennan novel in several years, and this made for a great reunion.. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed these forensic mysteries! Tempe seems more wise-cracking than I remembered, but the mystery flowed and it was a quick and fun read. And as it takes place in Turks and Caicos, it almost qualifies as a beach read! I will definitely be looking up the other recent books in the series that I’ve missed.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this novel.

This finds Temperance in Montreal for a short period and has all of the usual Canadian crew. Then she goes to the Turks and Caicos to chase down some of the mystery coming from Montreal. She finds a whole new set of bodies and bones. This is a great story and comes out with an interesting twist!

This is another good novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Even though it is way down the line, it reads pretty well on its own. Reichs has done a good job of giving us a unique setting. I liked reading about the land and culture of some of the lesser known islands in the Caribbean.

Brennan is a good heroine. She is tenacious in her investigation, insisting she help a reluctant local police detective. She explains many technique used in her work and I appreciate learning about them. I also like the good balance Reichs provided of Brennan's personal life and her work.

The plot is complex, beginning in Quebec and then moving to the islands. There seems to be no connection to the murdered people Tempe is asked to investigate. And then there is the unexplained drifting pleasure boat discovered with several bodies on board. There are many surprises along the way and a twist at the end I did not see coming at all. There is a heart stopping bit of suspense near the end too.

I have really liked this series. Considering Brennan's work, this book is not for the faint of heart. There are some pretty grizzly scenes described in the book. Readers who like a feisty heroine with a complex mystery to solve and who are not too squeamish will like this book.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

I received an ARC through "NetGalley" and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

This story begins with Tempe being sent to the scene where the body of a person suspected to be killed by a lightning strike is discovered. To make matters worse, the body has been struck by a boat propellor and is mangled. After getting the parts to her office, Tempe learns that the body was not struck, but was killed by a gunshot. They were ultimately able to identify the person and when Tempe notified the police at the deceased home location, she wound up with another situation. It appears that the person Tempe spoke to needs her help in assisting them with the discovery of bones of missing people.

Once Tempe arrived she was called to a scene where a boat with several dead people was discovered. She did not have a lot of involvement in this incident, but it later became associated with what she was asked to perform originally.

Discover why the missing people were killed, how the individuals on the boat happened to die and what events occurred as the search went on for the killer. This is a definite read and is hard to put down.

Tempe and Ryan are out in a boat on the St. Lawrence watching fireworks when a huge thunder storm comes on. Their motor has died, and for awhile they wondered if they could reach shore safely. Five days later, when Tempe is on the way to the autopsy room to examine four babies which had been found in shoe boxes in the basement of a farmhouse, when her boss asks her to check out the report of a fisherman who seems to have caught a dead body at the stern of his boat. His boat is not far from the bridge where witnesses saw a man on the bridge seem to be hit by lightning and fall into the river during the fire works. They manage to pull the body out, and it is missing an arm and a leg and part of the head. Not long after, the rest of the body is found on on Island in the St. Lawrence. They then find that the man has been shot in the chest and there was no water in his lungs, so he was dead when he entered the river. They manage to fingerprint him and find he is Deniz Been, a 19 year old who came from Turks and Caicos (TCI) and had been in Montreal longer that his visa allowed.

Tempe calls the police in TCI to find out more about Been, and Detective Tiersa Musgrave says she is coming to Montreal. They briefly talk about the dead boy, but Musgrave says she really came to Montreal to ask for Tempe's help. She has been trying to solve the murder of an American tourist to TCI for 7 years. Since then, two more handsome male tourists have died. They have just found the new bodies, and all three are missing one hand which has been hacked by a mechete! They have no forensic anthropologist in TCI, so she wants Tempe to go TCI with her to help her solve these murders, and Tempe agrees.

When they get to TCI, they are called to a boat which has been brought to shore and has 5 dead bodies. They are all thin and have no bodily injuries, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the boat. Then they hear that an FBI Special Agent has come to TCI, but no one seems to know where he is. Shortly after that, Musgrave doesn't show for a meeting, and they find her dead in her home. Tempe continues to do autopsies and detect with Detective Monck, who had been working with Tempe and Musgrave. Something very bad is going on in TCI, and Tempe and Monck need to figure it out before something really bad happens. By the end of the book, all the mysteries have been solved.

The book becomes very exciting! I thank Netgalley and Scribner for an ARC.