Speaking in Bones
- Published
- 1 January 2015
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780099558095
- Type
- novel
About this book
Speaking in Bones (2015), 432 pages, is the eighteenth Temperance Brennan novel, following the novella Swamp Bones and preceding Bones on Ice. Kathy Reichs continues drawing on her own forensic-anthropology background for the case's bone science.
Key facts about Speaking in Bones
Kathy Reichs wrote Speaking in Bones, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2015. The book has 432 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780099558095 to find the main one.
Speaking in Bones is book 20 of 28 in the Temperance Brennan series. The series has 28 published books. However, the series starts with Déjà Dead (1997).
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
Speaking in Bones is book 20 in the Temperance Brennan series. It follows Swamp Bones. It is followed by Bones on Ice. 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 9780099558125
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780804194877
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101885543