Kathy Reichs

[nerd4hire]

Apparently bones is based on novels by Kathy Reichs. Reichs is also a forensic anthropologist.

In the stories the main character Temperance Brennan is involved both professionally and at least semi-romantically with an FBI agent - Ryan. Boreanaz will be playing Ryan. I'm getting the impression there's tension in both areas.

I've heard suggestions either the novels, or the series will contain black humour.

Here's some more on Reichs and Bones -

New Fox TV Drama Based on Work of Kathy Reichs

Human bodies can be reduced to virtual bone in as little as a year, and when that happens, standard pathology just doesn't work. That's when you call in a forensic anthropologist.

WIth the wild popularity of crime scene television shows, Fox has recognized the work of Kathy Reichs has long been captivating readers in print form. The hour-long drama will revolve around Reichs' female forensic anthropologist and protagonist, Temperance Brennan, who solves crimes using evidence supplied by skeletal remains. The series is based both on the character Brennan in Reich's bestselling works, and on novelist- forensic anthropologist Reichs herself.

Temperance Brennan will have a team of experts to help her solve the mysteries of the bones, including a reconstructive artist and bug experts who can uncover clues about a case by analyzing the creatures surrounding a corpse.

As with Reichs, Brennan also will be a writer, though that won't be a key part of each episode.

Here's a couple of reviews of one of Reichs' books - Bare Bones.

Bare Bones

If you read a number of books by any author, you will discover one of three facts about him/her. The quality of their writing stays the same, deteriorates, or gets better. It seems, with every new book, Kathy Reichs learns a bit more about writing. In 'Bare Bones,' she has learned how to balance the personal life of the protagonist with the action sequences. Reichs is becoming a serious writer and not just an expert dabbling in storytelling.

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan's busy weekend starts on the sad note of finishing her work analyzing the bones of an infant placed in a woodstove. Her daughter insists on taking her to a weekend Carolina country barbecue known as a pig pickin' interrupting her preparations for a planned beach vacation starting on Monday. Her special friend, Ryan, will be arriving Sunday afternoon and she wants everything ready.

During the Saturday pig pickin', the family dog, Boyd, finds two garbage bags filled with decomposing flesh and bones. Sunday, Tempe is called to a small plane crash with two dead bodies. Juggling the dead bodies and her romantic vacation with Ryan, Tempe Brennan's life becomes more complicated than she expected. Bones and bodies keep showing up and all Tempe wants to do is go to the beach with Ryan.

'Bare Bones' is joy for the mystery reader who likes forensics. It is filled with the oddities of life. The suspense and mystery builds throughout the tale to a climatic end. 'Bare Bones' is an example of the best the forensic mystery genre produces. 'Bare Bones' is solid mystery reading that is highly recommended.

S.A. Gorden, Reviewer

http://www.paulbunyan.net/users/gsirvio/content.html

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Reich's novels are usually intricately plotted and not entirely unbelievable. Bare Bones is a likeable exception. In two seemingly unrelated cases, a baby's bones arc discovered burnt in an abandoned house and the bones of a number of bears are unearthed by Tempe's dog at a summer picnic. The bear bones lead to the discovery of some human bones and a drug find. Then, when a small plane crashes in the vicinity with two burnt bodies covered in an unknown burnt substance, Tempe has to put off her holiday to the seaside with her policeman lover Ryan (who cracks the most abysmal jokes ever found in fiction but otherwise is a good egg) and get to work on putrefying flesh in the summer heat. As she delves deeper she is warned off with a number of scary emails and in true detective heroine style sets herself up to be murdered. The connecting links become more and more unlikely as the story progresses. This is not one of her best books but it is still enjoyable.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200311/ai_n9319853

 

[Faith]

I've actually had one of her books sitting here for a while and just not gotten around to it. I started 'Monday Mourning' last night and remembered why I don't read much of her books.

With it being set in Motreal a lot of the terms are French and I can never remember which department is which and it confuses me. Will stick at it though as I love books of this nature. If the tv show sticks to the values of her book then it should do well.

 

[nerd4hire]

I picked up what I think is the first book of the series from the library - Deja Dead.

Just started it, but so far it's not half bad. There's some stuff about the examination of rotting bodies that just makes you go "yech!", and you don't want to be reading it before dinner though. 🙂

I like the Montreal locations. Adds atmosphere. I'll bet they move the location to a US city for the TV series. Well they must, because I think the DB character is an FBI agent.