When this showed up on Netgalley I knew I had to have this book, and I am so happy that I was accepted to review the latest in a long line of Temperance Brennan novels. I have been a massive fan of Kathy Reichs for as long as I have remembered and have read every single book in this series.

I also listened to the audiobook alongside the ARC I received which I greatly enjoyed. The narrator had a way of fleshing out these much-loved characters and bringing them off the page and into my imagination.

Here, Dr Temperance Brennan works hard as she tries to uncover the truth behind the "faceless" corpse at the local morgue whilst battling against her new fame-hungry boss, crazy conspiracists and the ever-present omen of death within her skull.

I did miss Brennan's usual trips to Montreal and the multiple cases she usually helps to solve by using her amazing, intuitive skills in forensic anthropology. Reichs' current novel felt a bit like a mixture of chess and one of those complicated wooden puzzles all rolled into one. I still would have liked Brennan to have figured out what the victim was trying to tell her at the beginning of the story. It was touched on but never looked into other than as clues into the identity of the deceased.

Overall, this was a great crime novel that really stands out with a feisty heroine, just like its author who continues to power on and kick ass in all that she does.

Massive thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.