#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty unputdownable thriller
featuring iconic forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE
WORLD ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR EVIL... Small animals - a rat a rabbit a squirrel
- have been turning up throughout Charlotte North Carolina mutilated and displayed in the
same bizarre manner. But one day as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless moody
great-niece Ruthie she's diverted by a disturbing call. Now it seems the perp is upping the
ante. This find is larger. Could the remains be human? Tempe visits the scene and discovers
that the victim is a dog. Someone's pet. As someone who has always found animal cruelty deeply
abhorrent she vows to help apprehend the person responsible for the killings. With her layered
knowledge of animal behaviour Ruthie becomes a valuable ally in the hunt for answers as does
semi-retired homicide detective Erskine 'Skinny' Slidell who is equally outraged and
committed. Needing a better understanding of possible motives Tempe and Skinny seek input
from a forensic psychologist who has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities.
The escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries - and that the
perp's focus may soon shift to humans. And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and
posed in a manner that mimics the earlier killings. As Tempe and Slidell follow the horrifying
clues to a shocking conclusion they find themselves force to confront an increasingly
terrifying question. What is pure evil? PRAISE FOR KATHY REICHS: 'This page-turning
series never lets the reader down' HARLAN COBEN 'One of my favourite writers' KARIN
SLAUGHTER 'Kathy Reichs and Tempe Brennan have thrilled readers with pacey mazey tales . .
. We readers are truly grateful' IAN RANKIN
