{"product_id":"evil-bones-a","title":"Evil Bones, A","description":"#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic ';thriller of the highest order' (Bookreporter) featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall creaturesa rat, a rabbit, a squirrelhave been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. But one day, as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless, moody great-niece Ruthie, she's diverted by a disturbing call. The perp is upping the ante. This find could be human.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. Someone's pet. As one who has always found animal cruelty abhorrent, Tempe agrees to help apprehend the person responsible, and she acquires an equally outraged ally in semi-retired homicide detective Erskine ';Skinny' Slidell. Needing a better understanding of possible motives, Tempe seeks input from a forensic psychologist. The doctor has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities, warning that the escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveriesand a shift in the perp's focus to humans.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the animal killings. Subsequently, people Tempe cares about begin to go missing until it becomes clear she is being taunted, the target in a sick game that has her and Slidell racing against a ticking clock. In this ';grisly mystery that keeps us guessing' (Booklist), Tempe faces a terrifying question: ';What is pure evil?'","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58470775423311,"sku":"9781668051481","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781668051481_1-evil-bones-a.jpg?v=1786654613","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/evil-bones-a","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}