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	Deadly Decisions Kathleen J. Reichs, Kathy Reichs Scribner, 2000 - 333 pages average customer review:based on 97 reviews view larger image
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"Fans of TV's CSI: 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.

When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds.

Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

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Great Book

Loved this book. I am trying to read all of Kathy Reichs books. Each book gets better than the one before.


A heroine who can see her own faults

Maybe the thing I liked best about this book was the way, Temperance Brennan, the lead character, discovers that she may have been wrong about the way she was judging people and was able to admit it. Especially Quickwater and Claudel. The bulk of the story took place in Quebec so some of the French names were kind of annoying while I was trying to read. Why can't they have names like Buck or Hank? Also La Rue de whatever. What's wrong with a name like Maple Street? Anyway, there is a lot going on in this novel and at times I was confused by all the characters and how they were involved with each other. By the end, I guess I had it pretty well sorted out, but this is one book that I wish I had started taking notes about who the characters were as they appeared. This is the second novel by Kathy Reichs that I have completed, and again I'm saying that this one earned 4 stars. Very enjoyable with very believable characters. The plot with Kit and the Crease was kind of a stretch and the whole final resolution was also a bit hard to conceive, but Reichs does bring it all together and manages to tie up the loose ends. Well, most of them. The convenience of Andrew Ryan bothered me as he just happened to be in the right place at the right time twice, but hey, it's fiction not reality. Then there was the scene in the biker bar. For a heroine as smart as Temperance Brennan, that was one brain fade moment when she decided to go there. Cool scene though. The bottom line is that this is an enjoyable book with a good plot and one that will not disapoint the reader looking for a nice mystery/thriller.

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Too formulaic...

After reading seven Kathy Reichs' books in quick succession, I guess it was inevitable that I would find one not quite as good as the others. The problem with Deadly Decisions, the third Temperance Brennan mystery, is that it is just too formulaic.

Deadly Decisions opens in Montreal where a war is raging between outlawed motorcycle gangs. The bad part is that not only gang members are being murdered, but innocent victims are being caught in the crosshairs as well. Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist, vows to do what she can to bring the guilty to justice. But as always, it's at great personal risk to herself.

The problem with this book is that it's almost identical to Reichs' number two book, Death Du Jour. Instead of cults, Reichs deals with motorcycle gangs. Instead of her sister becoming a victim, this time it's her nephew, Kit. And there still is the unrealistic tie between crimes in Montreal and South Carolina. The one change is that there is an alarming subplot involving Brennan's growing love interest, Andrew Ryan.

However, Reichs is still a decent writer and there's much in Deadly Decisions to like. Although Brennan is a fictional character, when she speaks, you know that you're listening to Reichs. Both started in the archeology side of anthropology before switching to forensics. According to Brennan, the biker cases "had an urgency that ancient deaths did not. I could give a name to the nameless. I could provide a family with closure. I could contribute to law enforcement's efforts to reduce the slaughter on America's streets, and to identify and prosecute perpetrators. I'd shifted my professional focus...and never looked back." This is vintage Reichs.

After reading all that Reichs has written, I'm looking forward to Bones to Ashes, being released August 28th. I've already pre-ordered my copy from Amazon.

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