#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new twisty unputdownable
thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. **PREORDER EVIL BONES THE
THRILLING NEW KATHY REICHS NOVEL COMING SPRING 2026** It’s never easy working fire scenes
. Called to Washington DC to analyse the victims of a mysterious arson attack Tempe
quickly finds her misgivings justified. The fire site is in Foggy Bottom a neighbourhood with
a colourful history and as the pieces start falling into place the property’s ownership
becomes more and more suspicious. Sensing a good story Tempe teams up with a new ally
telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Delving into the past the duo learns that back in the Thirties and
Forties the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy
Bottom Gang. Though interesting this fact seems irrelevant – until the son of one of the gang
members is shot dead at his farm in Virginia. When another Foggy Bottom Gang-linked
property burns to the ground claiming one more victim what might have been coincidence starts
to look more like targeted attacks. As she and Ivy dig deeper Tempe’s instincts point towards
the obvious: somehow her every move since coming to Washington has been anticipated in
advance. And every path forward brings with it a lethal threat. PRAISE FOR KATHY REICHS: ‘A
thing of clever beauty – smart scary complicated and engrossing’ Michael Connelly ‘This
page-turning series never lets the reader down’ Harlan Coben ‘One of my favourite writers’
Karin Slaughter ‘I await the next Kathy Reichs thriller with the same anticipation I have
for the new Lee Child or Patricia Cornwell’ James Patterson
