Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan Series, Book #16) by Kathy Reichs
Bones of the Lost (Temperance Brennan Series, Book #16) by Kathy Reichs
An unidentified teenage girl is struck down and left to die along a stretch of Charlotte, North Carolina, highway. In the lab, the bruise patterns tell Tempe that this hit-and-run was no accident. Meanwhile, Tempe is called on to analyze a bizarre shipment confiscated by U.S. Customs -- mummified Peruvian dogs, antiquities that may have been smuggled in by a Desert Storm vet. Two disparate cases, too many mysteries, and turmoil in her personal life push Tempe to the brink. Then a chilling link emerges between the South American artifacts, the death of a prominent Charlotte businessman whose name turned up in the dead girl's purse, and the nightmare reality of human trafficking, and Tempe must race to protect her community, her family, and herself.
SION AND SCHUSTER, SOFTCOVER, 2013
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.