When Temperance Brennan receives photos on her phone of a faceless corpse she wants to investigate the case but she has a new boss who does not want Tempe working on the project. Tempe then enlists the support of friends including Skinny Slidell, a member of the local police force, and they proceed to try and establish who the victim is and how he died. As the investigation proceeds Brennan and Slidell encounter a series of conspiracy theories linked to the dead man and his colleagues. They also suspect that there may be link to the deaths of children ten years previously, a cold case that Slidell is investigating. The author provides lots of information as the plot unfolds, including information that leads to dead ends, as Brennan and Slidell persist in trying to establish the truth.
The book also reveals more of the private life of Temperance and Andrew Ryan. Ryan is now a private investigator in Montreal and he and Tempe have appartments in both Montreal and Charlotte, North Carolina, as Tempe works for organisations in both cities. Tempe has been ill and is receiving treatment for an anerism. During the investigation she often wonders what is true and what is imaginary.
This is a novel where the reader needs to concentrate in order to keep track of what is happening as the investigation continues. However, this current time of social / physical isolation may provide the perfect opportunity to read this novel.
(A Temperance Brennan Novel no 19)
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