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Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs (view source)
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The focus is on the 'how' of the solving. Although openly mocking CSI-watchers, our Tempe (as narrator) feeds the fix by explaining her procedures. She plays up the high-tech end where it matters…but to be fair to the author, she balances it with the slice of reality which tells you the limits of the oft-quoted databases, and how they work. She up-plays the human angle in interpreting what comes out of the machines.
Above all, she underscores the whole point of this kind of story bookstorybook: solving anything depends on the what-if kind of leaps that only the human brain can make.
There's are some reasonably yukky scenes you wouldn't want to be at, and a few crime scene get-to's that I'm not sure I'd have had the physical wherewithal to get to, but on balance, it didn't thrill. It DID intrigue – and having read Reichs before, it matched up.
For those who like their crime like this, we continue to recommend Cornwell as one of the best [[Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell]] but A.D Garrett’s contribution is also worth keeping an eye on, start with [[Everyone Lies by A D Garrett|Everyone Lies]]. You might also enjoy [[I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter]].
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