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But you will see new layers to the brilliant Tempe Brennan that may surprise you. Read this book. It was created by a master of the genre who knocks it out of the park.\" \u003cb\u003e--David Baldacci, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOne Good Deed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than Kathy Reichs or crafts a better sentence. Her latest forensic investigation, \u003ci\u003eA Conspiracy of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, rivets with its non-stop pursuit of some of the vilest villains ever.” \u003cb\u003e--Clive Cussler, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNight Probe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSahara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Sinister and chilling. In Tempe Brennan’s riveting return to the investigative trail, she suddenly finds herself caught in a tangled web. Who can she trust? Maybe not even herself. 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