Monday Mourning – Kathy Reichs

When three sets of bones are found buried in the basement of a pizza place, Montreal police call in forensic anthropologist Temperence Brennan to determine if there is a crime worth investigating or if they have been there for a hundred years or so.  When she narrows down the victims to the 80s and 90s, the hunt is on to find the perpetrator.  Taking the investigation into her own hands, Brennan tracks down the building’s previous tenants and digs into their pasts.  Can she find the truth before she becomes the next victim?

After a thirteen-year absence, I found myself returning to the works of Kathy Reichs with Monday Mourning, her seventh entry, and my third, in the Temperence Brennan series.  That long break, along with the six years since the adaptation Bones left the air, helped alleviate the issues I had previously had with the series.  I was able to enjoy the book for what it was, rather than compare it to the show that I watched for twelve seasons.  I might even try to revisit the rest of the series sooner rather than later.