CRISPR has been in the news for the last couple of years, and gene altering is one of those scientific achievements that has as much possibility for evil as for good.
A medical waste container tossed ashore during a hurricane has two bodies inside. Tempe, called in by the Charleston coroner, is stunned to see that the details are exactly the same as a case she investigated in Canada fifteen years earlier.
To say her interest is piqued--is an understatement. Tempe feels compelled to identify the bodies in the current case and those of the old case as well. Identical situations in two different countries, fifteen years apart presents a puzzle that both Tempe and Ryan need resolved.
In a secondary thread, there is some background of ResuciAnnie, the mannequin used to teach CPR.
Read in February; review scheduled for June 24, 2021.
NetGalley/Scribner
Mystery/Forensics. July 6, 2021. Print length: 368 pages.
The scientific and forensic medical aspect in this book has definitely piqued my interest alongside the premise. Another new-to-me author to look out for!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy the forensic information in Reichs' novels. She selects something from the headlines and creates a mystery that requires forensics--a leper colony in Canada to identifying remains of POWs.
DeleteSounds intriguing. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteIt is usually the forensics and science that keeps me coming back to Temperance Brennan! :) Reichs explains so much about how her different cases are solved though the science.
DeleteI've been aware of these books for years (because of the TV series), but I've never read one. How sad is that? Have you read any of her Virals series? I wonder if they're as good as this series has been.
ReplyDeleteThe books are very different from the tv series. About the only thing in common is the forensic element. :) The reason I could enjoy both the books and the tv series was because they are so different. I haven't any of her Virals series, but I think I'll give one a try to see how she writes for a younger audience.
DeleteI knew it had been a while since I read one of these, but as a quick check just revealed, it's been even longer than I imagined: July 2008. I think it's about time for me to read another.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy the forensic anthropology angle, and I like the way she takes a current topic in science and develops it.
DeleteThis sounds really interesting. I had no idea this series already had 20 books. I'm so far behind.
ReplyDeleteNot unusual for most of us! I've been reading them for years, and I haven't read all of them. :)
DeleteLike Lark, I haven't read the books (or maybe just one) but I thought they would be like the show. Glad to hear they are very different. I watched the show for a while until it became too ridiculous for me but I think I'd like to check out the books. Definitely sounds like an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteThe Temperance in the books is not even close to the one in the show and the stories are very different, too. :)
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