| Description |
496 p. (large print) ; 22 cm. |
| Summary |
In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery -- a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine, there is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog. Nothing is clear -- neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy's body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans. They begin a witch hunt, intent on seeking revenge. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan -- "five-five, feisty, and forty-plus" -- is called in to investigate. |
| Source |
ILDP 9/2008 PPL |
| Subject |
Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Women forensic anthropologists -- Fiction.
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Satanism -- Fiction.
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Vodou -- Fiction.
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Large type books.
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Charlotte (N.C.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781597227346 (lg. print) |
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159722734X (lg. print) |
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