{"product_id":"evil-bones","title":"Evil Bones","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic \"thriller of the highest order\" (\u003ci\u003eBookreporter\u003c\/i\u003e) featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmall creatures--a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel--have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a 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. The perp is upping the ante. This find could be human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. Someone's pet. As one who has always found animal cruelty abhorrent, Tempe agrees to help apprehend the person responsible, and she acquires an equally outraged ally in semi-retired homicide detective Erskine \"Skinny\" Slidell. Needing a better understanding of possible motives, Tempe seeks input from a forensic psychologist. The doctor has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities, warning that the escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries--and a shift in the perp's focus to humans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the animal killings. Subsequently, people Tempe cares about begin to go missing until it becomes clear she is being taunted, the target in a sick game that has her and Slidell racing against a ticking clock. In this \"grisly mystery that keeps us guessing\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), Tempe faces a terrifying question: \"What is pure evil?\"","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943665860839,"sku":"9781668051474","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_eb7dab04-4a5a-46d3-b60a-5e1b90e54073.jpg?v=1775334984","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/evil-bones","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}