Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
Something savage happened in the Guatemalan highlands two decades ago and something savage is happening today. Four girls are missing from Guatemala City, and the victims may be linked. An American human rights investigator is murdered as Tempe listens to her screams on the phone. Will Tempe be the next victim in this web of intrigue?
Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan departs from home turf to journey to Guatemala, where her skills will be tested to the limitIt was 1982 when soldiers entered the village of Chupan Ya and rounded up the women and children. No records were kept. Families and neighbours refer to their lost members as 'the disappeared'. The bodies are said to lie in a mass grave, and Tempe uncovers the bones of a child. Something savage happened in this village years ago. And something savage is happening today. Four girls are missing from Guatemala City, including the daughter of a government official. When a young archaeologist is murdered, Tempe realises that she may be the next victim in a web of intrigue that connects the historical and contemporary murders. Reichs on top form.
Kathy Reichs serves as forensic anthropologist for the Offices of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratorie de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale for the province of Quebec. A professor of anthropology at the University of North Caroline at Charlotte, she divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780434008407 |
| ISBN 10 | 0434008400 |
| Title | Grave Secrets |
| Author | Kathy Reichs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2002-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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