Déjà Dead
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 509
- ISBN-13
- 9780684839066
- Type
- novel
About this book
Déjà Dead (1997) opens the Temperance Brennan series, introducing the forensic anthropologist splitting her working life between Montreal and North Carolina. At 509 pages, it establishes the technical authenticity — real bone science and lab procedure, courtesy of author Kathy Reichs's own forensic-anthropology career — that later inspired the TV series Bones.
Key facts about Déjà Dead
Kathy Reichs wrote Déjà Dead, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1997. The book has 509 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780684839066 to find the main one.
Déjà Dead is book 1 of 28 in the Temperance Brennan series. The series has 28 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Kathy Reichs writes Virals as a separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and young adult shelves. Meanwhile, Evil Bones is the latest published Kathy Reichs book on file, from 2025.
About Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs is an American forensic anthropologist and novelist whose Temperance Brennan series -- beginning with Deja Dead in 1997 -- draws directly on her own casework identifying remains for the Montreal medico-legal lab and testifying at the UN tribunal on the Rwandan genocide. See every Kathy Reichs book in order.
Its place in Temperance Brennan
Déjà Dead is book 1 in the Temperance Brennan series. It is followed by Death du Jour. See the full Temperance Brennan reading order.
Dr. Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist who splits her working life between Montreal and North Carolina, identifying the dead from skeletal remains, decomposed bodies and crime-scene fragments that ordinary detectives can't make sense of. Kathy Reichs, herself a practicing forensic anthropologist, grounds every case in real bone science and lab procedure -- how to read trauma, age and cause of death from a skeleton -- rendered with a level of technical authenticity that set the template for…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780099260660
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780684839066