Three by Kathy Reichs

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As Constant Reader already is aware, I do enjoy mystery thrillers, and I tend to like them fairly dark and a tad gruesome. This is part of what makes Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan books so much fun - a forensic anthropologist is always going to have a touch of grue about her. Hard to identify human remains are like that. Also, Reichs' novels tend to be entertaining, fast-paced, suspenceful but not too challenging, and it's often fairly easy to figure out the plot twist.

Her latest, Bones Never Lie, was exactly what I've come to expect from a Temperance Brennan book, and that's a good thing. I must say that this time I found the ending very easy to see from a long ways off, the clues were so out in the open, but watching Brennan work out the obvious is fun. I could do with a few less info-dumps and "as you know, Bobs" - but this time everything that is sometimes a bit annoying was offset by the fact that Andrew Ryan is back in Tempe's life, and at last it looks like he's here to stay.

I also gobbled up two novellas, one of which - Bones in her Pocket - was a pleasant surprise because I did not figure out the real killer until shortly before Brennan stumbled over them. The other, Swamp Bones, was a bit easier to figure out, but as usual, watching Brennan do her thing is fun.

And now I am up-to-date with the series, and will just have to wait for the next one to come along.