Falešné kosti – Reichs Kathy (2021)

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is not having a good year. And this summer in Charlotte is particularly tough for her. She is recovering from brain surgery, struggling with terrifying dreams, migraines, and apparently even hallucinations – and worst of all, she sometimes cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not. However, the photographs of a faceless, armless, and belly-less dead man that appear on her phone are definitely not products of her imagination. Who sent them to her and why? And who is the man in the photos? Tempe embarks on her own investigation, as she can expect little help from the new director of the forensic office, who replaced the late Dr. Larabee. Tempe did not get along with her new boss, and now she even risks losing her job. The clues that Tempe uncovers are confusing and disturbing. Was the faceless man a spy? He clearly had ties to disinformation and conspiracy theories. Was he trafficking children? Or perhaps he was killing them? Maybe he himself became a victim of a hitman. And why did he have a piece of paper with the name of a child who went missing many years ago? This time, in solving the intricate and very personal case, Tempe will be helped not only by her friend Andrew Ryan and former homicide detective Skinny Slidell, but also by...