
Titles in This Set
A Conspiracy of Bones
The Bone Code
Cold, Cold Bones
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Overview
This paperback set brings together three consecutive entries in Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan series, following forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan through cases packed with scientific detail and relentless suspense. A Conspiracy of Bones follows a chain of anonymous, faceless corpses texted to Brennan while she's sidelined from official casework, forcing her to investigate off the books. The Bone Code links a hurricane-exposed body in Charleston to a Quebec cold case, with a dangerous bacterial mutation raising the stakes. Cold, Cold Bones opens with a GPS-tagged eyeball left on Brennan's doorstep, leading toward a monastery and a hidden killer.
About the Books
This three-book set spans the 19th, 20th, and 21st installments of Kathy Reichs' long-running Temperance Brennan series, a run of forensic crime novels built on Reichs' own background as a forensic anthropologist. Across all three books, Tempe Brennan works cases that blend hard science with personal risk, moving between labs, crime scenes, and dangerous confrontations with the people behind the deaths she investigates.
In A Conspiracy of Bones, Brennan is recovering from surgery and shut out of official channels when disturbing, faceless corpse images arrive on her phone. Unable to let the case go, she pursues leads on her own, uncovering a connection to a long-cold missing-person case and a threat that turns toward her directly.
The Bone Code opens with a hurricane in South Carolina exposing a body with unsettling similarities to an unsolved case from Quebec years earlier. As Brennan and her longtime partner Andrew Ryan compare notes across the two locations, a fast-spreading, flesh-affecting bacterium adds a public-health dimension to the murder investigation.
Cold, Cold Bones closes the arc with one of the series' most unsettling openings: a preserved eyeball, tagged with GPS coordinates, delivered to Brennan's own home. The trail runs through a monastery and a cluster of related deaths, testing Brennan's resolve as she realizes she may be the true target.
Read together, these three novels give fans a continuous stretch of Reichs' signature blend of procedural detail, forensic science, and fast-moving plotting, with Brennan's voice staying consistent from one book to the next.
Key Benefits
Book-by-Book Guide
A Conspiracy of Bones — Brennan investigates a string of faceless corpse images texted to her while working outside official channels.
The Bone Code — A hurricane-exposed body in Charleston connects to a Quebec cold case as a dangerous bacterium spreads.
Cold, Cold Bones — A GPS-tagged eyeball left on Brennan's doorstep sends her toward a monastery and a hidden killer.
About the Author
Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist and the author of the long-running Temperance Brennan series, which inspired the television drama Bones. Reichs has served on the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and has worked on cases ranging from mass disasters to genocide investigations, drawing directly on that expertise for her novels. She splits her time between North Carolina and Quebec, the two settings that recur throughout the Brennan books. Reichs' combination of real forensic science and fast-paced storytelling has made her one of the most recognizable names in crime fiction.
Why You'll Love This Collection
This set is perfect for mystery readers who want to move straight from one Temperance Brennan case to the next without waiting between books. It makes a great gift for true-crime and forensic-thriller fans, a solid pick for summer reading, and an easy way to stock a home library with three consecutive, character-driven mysteries in one paperback bundle.
Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.
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