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2010 novel by Kathy Reichs

Spider Bones
US cover of Spider Bones
Author	Kathy Reichs
Language	English
Series	Temperance Brennan
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Scribner (US) Heinemann (UK)
Publication date	2010
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print Hardback
Pages	320
ISBN	978-1-4391-0239-8
Preceded by	206 Bones
Followed by	Flash and Bones

Spider Bones is the thirteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

Alternate Title

It was released under the title Mortal Remains in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Plot

Brennan is called to examine a newly-dead body in Quebec, which turns out to be that of John "Spider" Lowery, an American ex-soldier apparently killed in Vietnam in 1968. After exhuming the remains buried under Lowery's name, she travels to Hawaii to check the US military records, along with her grieving daughter Katy (whose friend has been killed in Afghanistan), where they are joined by sometime lover Detective Andrew Ryan and his recovering addict daughter Lily. As Brennan begins to uncover the truth, the two girls are put in danger.

Critical reception

Writing in The Independent, David Evans said that Reichs' expertise means that her "descriptions of grisly autopsies ring true" but that "Sadly the same cannot be said of her dialogue, and the banter between Brennan and her love interest falls flat." Publishers Weekly also commented on how Reichs' scientific expertise contributes positively to the book, and that she delivers "a whopper of a final twist".

External links

Kathy Reichs' site on Spider Bones

References

Evans, David (30 July 2011). "Spider Bones, By Kathy Reichs". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
"Spider Bones". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

v t e Books by Kathy Reichs
Temperance Brennan series	Déjà Dead (1997) Death du Jour (1999) Deadly Decisions (2000) Fatal Voyage (2001) Grave Secrets (2002) Bare Bones (2003) Monday Mourning (2004) Cross Bones (2005) Break No Bones (2006) Bones to Ashes (2007) Devil Bones (2008) 206 Bones (2009) Spider Bones (2010) Flash and Bones (2011) Bones are Forever (2012) Bones of the Lost (2013) Bones Never Lie (2014) Speaking in Bones (2015) The Bone Collection (2016) A Conspiracy of Bones (2020) The Bone Code (2021) Cold, Cold Bones (2022) The Bone Hacker (2023)
Virals series	Virals (2010) Seizure (2011) Code (2013) Exposure (2014) Terminal (2015) Trace Evidence (2016)
Adaptations	Bones

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