206 Bones

206 Bones opens with Tempe Brennan regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, very dark, very cold enclosed space. She is bound, hands to feet, and there's something the matter with her ankle. She begins, slowly, to remember. . . Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Suddenly, Tempe is accused of mishandling the autopsy--and the case. Someone has made an incriminating phone call. Within hours, the one man with information about the call is dead, and Tempe is left in the dark. Who wants Tempe dead, or at least out of the way, and why? Seamlessly weaving between the stories of the case of the heiress and a new case that may or may not be related, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the lab. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies while the tale unfolds in this taut, riveting mystery.