"Fans of TV's C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" ( People ) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers. She works with the dead but she works for the living. "Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan's vocabulary: in the midst of a sizzling North Carolina summer, a string of disturbing cases puts her vacation plans on hold. A fiery plane crash, a newborn's remains, a mysterious cache unearthed on a remote farm...all hide secrets that Tempe must extract from the bones of the dead. But X rays and DNA can't tell her what she needs to know most urgently: who is closing in on Tempe and her family -- and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.