I really enjoyed the start of the book, where you find Temperance Brennan waiting in the hospital, an unknown colleague shot and dying, she flashes back to her first case that leads her from being a bio archaeologist to that of a forensic anthropologist.

I enjoyed Tempe Brennan in the books, far more than I did in the TV series.

Having been a long time fan of the TV Series Bones, I happily found that I am now itching to start on her first Temperance Brennan novel Déjà Dead. The first time reading Kathy Reichs's work is in the collection of short stories The Bone Collection, and all I can say is thankfully I own almost all her books containing Temperance Brennan. Overall First Bones was a fantastic read and I would recommend it to fans of the series. We see at the end of the book that the case has inspired Tempe to change her field which I thought was a nice touch. The murder case itself was quite interesting and I was surprised by how it was resolved. I liked watching Tempe have to adapt her skills to work on the case and that she didn't claim to know everything. Her background of working with the ancient dead was a good starting point when it came to looking at more recent bones. In the rest of the series, she's already well established as one of the leading people in her field so I liked getting to see Tempe when she was just starting out. Getting to see the case that drew Tempe into forensic anthropology was incredibly interesting. As the investigation unfolds, Tempe finds herself getting more involved and determined to uncover who was behind such a heinous crime. A burned body has been discovered and they need help identifying the remains. When two detectives appear at her lab looking for her boss, Tempe finds herself drawn into their case when she explains her boss is out of town. In 1980s Charlotte, North Carolina, Temperance Brennan is working as a bioarchaeologist, studying the bones of the ancient dead at a local university. First Bones features Temperance Brennan's first case consulting as a forensic anthropologist.

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