Kathy Reichs - Bones to Ashes

Pros: More consistent than the last several Tempe novels, excellent historical research

Cons: Ending felt rushed

The Bottom Line: Another fabulous page-turner from Kathy Reichs.

Review: Tempe Brennan’s back in her tenth mystery. For those not in the know, Dr. Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who divides her time between Québec and North Carolina. No stranger to personal trouble, she’s an ex-alcoholic and ...

Pros: well plotted and suspenseful

Cons: insertion of plot threads that rely solely on highly improbably connections

The Bottom Line: As always Kathy Reichs has a well-crafted thriller in Bones to Ashes, however, she's gone overboard on the coincidences this time.

Review: It's amazing, rally, how little most people understand about the odds of the very rare occurring. Amazing, perhaps, though clearly the basic driving force behind all those one-armed bandits, state lotteries, and defense attorneys who cavil at "one in a ...