Evil Bones – Kathy Reichs

Mutilated animals, displayed in an odd manner, have been appearing throughout Charlotte’s parks, but Dr. Temperence Brennan fears that the person responsible is escalating and will soon work his way to humans.  Working with semi-retired homicide detective Erskine “Skinny” Slidell, Brennan works to find the offender before that happens, but they are too late.  When the case starts becoming more personal for Brennan, she needs to start putting together all the clues before someone close to her, her daughter or her niece, become the next victims.

Evil Bones is the 24th and latest entry in Kathy Reichs’ Temperence Brennan series and is now the eighth book in the series that I’ve read.  This one seemed a little rushed, coming in under 300 pages, with an underage niece that continually goes missing that everyone is concerned, but not too concerned, about and a conclusion that certainly could have used more show and less tell.  This was easily my least enjoyable outing with the series, at lease since I rediscovered it following the conclusion of the television show, Bones, that it inspired.