A New York Times bestseller, a number one bestseller in both Canada and Britain with foreign rights sold to nineteen countries. Written with the riveting authenticity that only world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs can provide, her novels pair witty, elegant prose with pulse-pounding storytelling in a tour de force worthy of crime writing's new superstar.

Nobody tells a chilling story like international best-selling author Kathy Reichs, whose "most valuable tool is her expertise...she's the real thing" (New York Newsday).

Drawing on her years as a top forensic anthropologist, Reichs brings her cutting-edge scientific know-how to this poignant, terrifying new tour de force. Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal and is a frequent expert witness in criminal trials. Her work as a forensic anthropologist is internationally recognized. She has traveled to Rwanda to testify at the UN Tribunal on Genocide, helped identify individuals from mass graves in Guatemala, and done forensic work at Ground Zero in New York. Experiences she has had while working in forensic anthropology spawned her best selling novels. Each new story plays on an aspect of forensic anthropology and matter classification that Dr. Reichs has personally used in her work, allowing her main character, Temperance Brennan's work to be authentic. The Temperance Brennan series: Déjà Dead, Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, and most recently, Grave Secrets.

In her signature gripping style, Kathy Reichs explores the intriguing science of forensic anthropology that fuels the art of her crime writing. Using a power point presentation that shows actual case material, Kathy takes audiences through her travels to distant lands - Guatemala and Rwanda -- and charts the mystery and wonder of her dual professions. As her stories unfold, audiences catch glimpses into the macabre, the darker side of human nature that Kathy uncovers in her daily work as writer and scientist.