This is 13th in the Temperance Brennan series (Bones TV show was based on this series). I say this with every Brennan book and I'll say it again: this series is 1000 times better than the show. I liked the show at first but then, I didn't.

You might know that Brennan is a forensic anthropologist and spends her time between Montreal and North Carolina, doing whatever work is needed for any case that needs her. She's called to a body that was found wrapped in plastic and weighted down with a rock tied around the ankle, sunk in a pond. At first, it seems like murder. Until, the body is unwrapped and it's discovered that it was autoerotic activity. The fact that the male victim was dressed like a naughty nurse was a good first clue.

The victim was ID'd by fingerprints as John 'Spider' Lowery....

who died in Vietname in 1968.

So who is buried in Lowery's grave in America? Brennan exhumes the body and, at the insistence of Lowery's father, accompanies the body to Hawaii for identification.

Things get very screwy with at least 4 bodies appearing without ID and bodies showing up and getting incorrectly ID'd. Detective Ryan comes to Hawaii (and continues hitting on Brennan) to help investigate when the plastic-wrapped body's DNA did not match Lowery's mother's DNA. Something is seriously a miss.

I figured it out half a page before Brennan realized the whole picture and that was near the end of the book. It was one curvy, weird ride and I liked it!

This book was classic Kathy! The foreboding, the incessant questions, the geeky awesome knowledge.. loved it. The plot was similar to the others as well in one aspect: I'm generally always confused until the end. I always have my theories, but sometimes her stories are so convoluted, and I love that too! Glad I finally found this one.. can't wait for the next one either!

Another wonderful book by Kathy Reichs.

The living characters I had no trouble keeping track of, but when it came to the dead ones I was a bit confused. The twists and turns seemed a little more predictable in this book, but I still love the lady.

Good book. Did not want to put it down.